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Bignonias (Trumpet Vine) 
Speciosa, Has shining green foliage and 
long drooping branches. The large flowers 
are mauranda-like, of a soft violet shade, 
beautifully veined with purple and _ black; 
blooms through the spring and summer; half 
hardy. 25c. 
Syderifolia. A most rapid and vigorous 
grower; flowers in clusters with broad tubu- 
lar base, creamy white outside, the texture 
being like the finest velvet. Inside a delicate 
lemon yellow. 50c. 
Tweediana. One of the most beautiful 
climbers in existence. The old foilage is 
dark green, the young growth pale yellow- 
ish green, which gives a soft, filmy look 
that is most enchanting. Flowers come 
in spring, and continue for two or three 
months. They are bright canary yellow, 
shaded darker in the lobes and throat. The 
vine clings by tiny tendrils, growing close to 
the surface of walls, roofs, or trees, and is 
beautiful to trail over the ground. 25c. 
Venusta, Nothing can exceed the magni- 
ficence of this brilliant climber in Southern 
California. It is everygreen and has hand- 
some foliage with large clusters of trumpet- 
shaped orange-salmon flowers at the axil of 
every leaf; graceful branches hang in long 
wreaths of blossoms, and the effect is almost 
barbaric in its gorgeous masses of orange 
and green. It blooms through the winter and 
the spring months. 35c. 
All these bignonias are hardy in Califor- 
nia and the South. 
BOUGAINVILLEA Braziliensis. A splendid 
new variety, hardy and luxuriant; blooms 
most of the year, butis especially fine in 
winter. The floral bracts are _ one-third 
larger than Sanderiana and Glabra, the 
stems are longer, the color deeper and 
more intense. In two years plants attain 
the height of 20 feet with a corresponding 
spread. All bougainvilleas are exceeding- 
ly fine for conservatories. 25c. 
Glabra. One of the most brilliant flower- 
ing climbers. The foliage is shining green, 
and the plant is always covered with masses 
of brilliant magenta-rose bracts. In Southern 
California it makes splendid specimens out- 
Side. 25c. 
Lateritia. Scarce, owing to difficulty in 
propagation, but we have a limited sup- 
ply at present. It is a most beautiful climb- 
er, a rapid grower, and a winter bloomer. 
The foliage is handsome and the _ long 
branches are adorned with masses of rich 
bright TERRA COTTA RED flowers, or 
bracts, that shade lighter with age, giving 
a charming effect. It harmonizes with other 
colors most beautifully and delights every 
one. $1.50. Must be sent with soil. 
COBOEA SCANDENS. Mexico. A beautiful 
climber of rapid growth, bearing large 
purple bell-shaped flowers in great profu- 
sion during the fall months; very attrac- 
wee and desirable for arbors and trellises. 
15¢e, 
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CAMPSIDIUM filicifolium—Tecoma australis 
Foliage glossy in young plants, finely cut 
like a fern, and gradually increasing in 
size, so to appear at last quite a differ- 
ent plant; flowers small, creamy, sprinkled 
with red, but very effective, coming in 
very large, feathery bunches. 25c. 
CLIANTHUS Puniceus or Parrot’s Beak. A 
magnificent scandent shrub with long 
spreading branches and handsome light 
green pinnate foliage. Remarkable for its 
large showy flowers that are borne in 
auxiliary racemes of the most brilliant 
crimson scarlet, resembling a parrot’s 
beak. It grows well outside in California. 
Is especially fine for planting on the wall 
of a conservatory. 25c each. 
Alba. Similar, only flowers white. 35c, 
FICUS REPENS. (Climbing fig) China and 
Japan. A very handsome little climber; 
with small roundish, dark green leaves. 
Hardy in this state; a very attractive 
plant, attaching itself to walls, etc., like 
ivy. 20c. 
HOYA CARNOSA the Climbing Wax Plant 
Will grow rapidly and luxuriantly outside 
in sheltered locations in Southern Cali- 
fornia, giving a profusion of _ star-like, 
velvety flowers in clusters. 15c. 
IPOMOEA. Learii or Blue Dawn Flower. 
The flowers are the most intense violet- 
blue with reddish purple rays, and are 6 
inches across; there is nothing of its col- 
or that exceeds in richness the flowers of 
Ipomoea; rapid grower. 15c each; $1.50 
doz. 
MANDEVILLA Suaveolens Grandiflora. A 
most chaste and beautiful climber and 
rapid grower, with handsome foliage. 
graceful habit, and completely covered 
with its large starry, snow-white flowers 
through the spring and summer months. 
The flowers are in clusters, and are deli- 
cately perfumed. Hardy in California and 
the South. 25c each, 
THUNBERGIA Grandiflora, or  Harrisii. 
Flowers large and trumpet-shaped, violet 
blue with white throat. A fine climber 
and a most magnificent plant. Very 
choice. $1.00 each. 
Passiflora 
Pfordti Variegata. A handsome gold- 
en foliage passion vine, showy and striking, 
even without its large mauve, white and 
blue flowers. A strong, rapid grower, with 
large, light green leaves, profusely spotted 
and marked with bright golden yellow. 25c. 
Princeps. Distinct from all _ others; 
hardy in California, but it little known 
except in conservatories. The leaves are 
shining and leathery; exquisite waxen, coral 
red flowers; the short fringe of the corona 
‘is violet blue. Rare. 50c. 
Scarlet. One of California’s most brilliant 
climbers. It will in three years reach the 
top of the tallest trees, completely taking 
possession. With its handsome foliage and 
SEEDS.—THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN 
