46 THeEoposia B. SHEPHERD COMPANY’S CATALOGUE 
able addition to the list of climbers. All bougainvilleas are exceedingly fine for a conservatory. 
50c to $1.00 each. 
Lateritia. Is still very scaree, owing to the difficulty of propagation it was impossible to 
secure stock last season. We havea limited supply of nice plants and will book orders in succes- 
sion for delivery April Ist. It isa most beautiful climber, a rapid grower, anda winter bloomer. 
. The foliage is handsome and the long branches are adorned with masses of rieh, 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. From 3 inch pots $1.50. Must be sent 
with soil, 
Refulgens. A fine new variety with rich foliage, the young growth being a pinkish shade, 
The flowers are a dark wine color. A rapid grower and very handsome. Small plants 50c, $1.00. 
Glabra. One of the most brilliant flowering climbers, and one that attraets all eyes and calls 
forth admiration. 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 ontside. 
Fine for greenhouse. 25c to $1.00. All bougainvilleas must be sent with soil. 
CLIANTHUS Puniceus or Parrot’s Beak. A most magnificent seandent shrub with long 
spreading branches and handsome, light green pinnate foliage. Remarkable for its large showy 
flowers that are borne in axilary 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 cf 
a conservatory. 15¢ to 25c each. 
CLERODENDRON Balfouri. A climber of great beauty. The flowers, which are of a 
bright scarlet, are encased by a bag-like calyx of pure white; the panicles of the flowers are 
upwards of 6 inches in width. Free blooming. Sprouts from the root readily when top is 
frosted back, in the South. Excellent window vine. 50c each. 
IMPOMOEA 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 color that exceeds in 
richness the flowers of Ipomoea Learii and it is the most rapid grower of any climber we have, 
15¢ each; $1.50 doz. 
JASMINUM Gracillimum or Graceful Jassamine. Is one of the most distinct in its 
graceful habit and in the abundance of its large, starry flowers, which are also most copiously 
produced. lt appears to be a small species, with long very slender branches, springing from 
low down on the stems and eurying over on all sides, weighed down by termina] globose panicles. 
Pure white flowers. Stands considerable frost, and grows into aserambling bush 5 to 10 feet 
high. Valuable in the east for outside. 25¢ each. 
Poeticum. A very rapid grower with fine glossy foliage, covered through the spring and 
summer with a perfect cloud of airy, starry blossoms. 15c to 25c¢ each. 
MANDEVILLA Suaveolens Grandiflora. A most chaste and beautiful climber and a very 
rapid grower, with handsome foliage, graceful habit, and completely covered with its large 
starry, snowy-white flowers through the spring and summer months. The flowers are in 
clusters, and are delightfully perfumed. No one who has once seen a large plant of this fine 
elimber in the height of its beauty will ever forget it. Hardy in California and the South. 
25c to 50c each. 
PASSIFLORA 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 
vivid searlet flowers, it is wonderfully effective. Fine for conservatory. 25e to 50c. 
Violacea. A very desirable variety with dark purplish maroon-red flowers. 15¢ to 25c. 
Pfordti Variegata. A very handsome golden foliage passion vine, showy and striking, 
even without its large, mauve, white and blue flowers. It is a strong rapid grower, having very 
large, light green leaves, profusely spotted and marked with bright golden yellow.  25c to 50c. 
Princeps. A very rare passion vine, distinet from all others. It is hardy in Southern 
California, but is little known except in conservatories. Its great beauty recommends it at 
sight. The leaves are shining and leathery, the flowers are arranged on spikes or racemes 18 to 
20 inches long, with eighteen to twenty exquisite waxen, coral red flowers; the short fringe of 
_ the eorona is violet blue. 5Ve to $1.50 each. 
SMILAX. This plant has beautiful, small glossy foliage. It isa rapid grower and, without 
exception, one of the finest climbing plants. 5c, 15c¢ to 25c¢ each. 
SOLANUM Wendlandi. Has immense panicles of large violet-blue flowers 2%4 to 3 inches 
across. Indescribably lovely and one of plants that sells at sight. It isa rapid grower, of easy 
eultivation. 15e, 25e, 50 to $1.00 each. 
