60 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



JASMINUM Gracillimum. A rare and beautiful variety; snow-white 

 flowers, larger and finer than others. Ready May 1st. Each 25c to 50c. 



Poeticum. A very rapid grower, with fine, glossy foliage, covered through 

 the spring and summer with a perfect cloud of airy, starry blossoms. Each 15c 

 to 25c. 



South. Carolina. A verv graceful climber, with golden yellow flowers. 

 Each 25c. 



MAXDEVIJLEA Suaveolens. "Grandiflora." A grand improvement on the 

 old sort. One of the most chaste and beautiful climbers; a very rapid grower, with 

 handsome foliage, graceful habit, and is completely covered with its snowy-white 

 flowers through the spring and summer months; the flowers are in clusters, of a 

 pure, snowy white, delightfully perfumed, like the jasmiDe; each flower measures 

 2 1 2 inches across and somewhat resembles the single tuberose, but is much larger 

 and more beautifully formed. No one who has once seen a large plant of this fine 

 climber in the height of its beauty will ever forget it. Ready April 1st. Each 

 25c to 35c. 



PASSIFLORA Scarlet. One of California's most brilliant climbers. It 

 will, in three years, reach the tops of the tallest trees, completely taking posses- 

 sion. With its handsome foliage and vivid scarlet flowers it is wonderfully effect- 

 ive. Each 25c to 40c. 



Violacea. A very desirable variety with dark maroon-red flowers. Each 15c. 

 to 25c. 



SMIIjAX This plant has beautiful, small, glossy foliage. It is a rapid, 

 grower, and, without exception, one of the finest climbing plants. Each 5c, 10c, 

 15c and 25c. 



SQIiANTIM Wendlandi. Has immense panicles of large violet -blue 

 flowers, 2 X 2 to 3 inches across, sometimes over a hundred in a cluster. It is inde- 

 scribably lovely, and is one of those plants that sell at sight. It is a rapid grower, 

 of very easy cultivation. Each 15c to 25c. 



TECOMA. Jasininoides Alba. Flowers pure white, with a pale yel- 

 low throat. They are also larger, of heavier texture than the older varieties, and 

 the lobes of the flower tube are fuller and overlap each other, giving a soft effect 

 that is very beautiful. Young plants, each, 25c; large, each, 50c and $1.00. 



JasrELinoides. A very handsome climber and always admired. Glossy foli 

 age, and clusters of large flaring, trumpet-like flowers, white with maroon-red 

 throat, and pink with a red throat. White, each, 25c; pink, each, 30c. 



MACKENII. One of the most satisfactory of all climbing plants. The 

 branches are long and graceful and are covered with a bright green foliage, which 

 in itself is very handsome. The flowers are gloxinia -shaped, in long spikes; 

 color, a most beautiful pink, with numerous darker lines of pink in the throat. It 

 grows very rapidly and is very hardy; when covered with masses of the lovely 

 flowers, it is a charming sight. It is invaluable for covering an arbor or veranda, 

 and is unexcelled as a splendid climber. Each 25c to 50c. 



TACSONIA. "Sutherlandia." The flowers measure 4 inches across. Color, 

 an exquisite carmine -rose, shading darker in the center, with a tiny purple fringe 

 around the throat. It is a fine bloomer, rivaling even its parent, the Scarlet Pas- 

 sion Vine, so noted for the profusion and magnificence of its flowers. Each 25c 

 to 50c. 



Exoniensis. The foliage is handsome, a glossy green; plant grows very 

 rapidly, covering arbors, or screens in a single season; climbs to the top of high 

 trees and is always full of blossoms ; the color of the flowers is a very deep rose ; 

 they measure 6 inches across, the tube is 3 inches long, and the stem 2 or 3 

 inches in length. Each 35c to 50c. 



