MIDSUMMER CATALOGUE, _ 1912 
FARQUHAR’S NEW AND RARE CHINESE PLANTS .~ contin. 
CLEMATIS MONTANA RUBENS. 
See illustration. This beautiful hardy, 
new Clematis begins to bloom early in 
June when a profusion of soft rosy-red 
blooms resembling those of the Jap- 
anese Anemone are produced. As the 
flowers are borne on the young wood, 
they appear more or less freely until 
frost. A First Class Certificate was 
awarded to this plant by the Royal 
Horticultural Society of London, 
Mr. A. E. Thatcher of the Arnold Ar- 
boretum, writing of this plant, says:— 
“During the last few years we have 
received from China, through the ex- 
ploration of Mr. E. H. Wilson, many 
remarkable and beautiful new hardy 
climbers, but up to the present time 
none of them surpassthis wonderful rosy- 
red variety of our old friend Clematis 
montana. Every one knows well the 
value of C. montana and the red va- 
riety is in every respect, except the 
color of the flowers and foliage, an 
exact counterpart. Itis perfectly hardy, 
and for any position where the _ best 
hardy climbers are desired no plant is 
better suited. It will grow successfully 
in any good garden soil, fully exposed 
to the sun, and needs but little attention. 
The flowers, about 2 inches across, are 
produced in thousands on an established 
plant, which presents one of the most 
beautiful objects possible to obtain in 
our gardens. Clematis montana rubens 
is one of the most beautiful hardy climb- 
ers it is possible to grow and should be 
in every garden.”’ 
Plants from 34-inch pots, each, 75 ets.; 
dozen, $8.00. 
Plants from 24-inch pots, each, 50 cts.; 
dozen, $5.00. 
THALICTRUM DIPTEROCARPUM. 
This elegant and graceful plant is 
easily the finest of all the Meadow 
Rue family. In a wild state it grows 
5-6 feet tall but under cultivation it 
occasionally grows as much as 10 feet 
tall. The foliage is much divided and 
resembles closely that of the Co- 
lumbine. The: stems terminate in 
July and August in a much-branched 
panicle of flowers, bright rosy-lilac 
in color and about an inch across. 
The whole plant is very unlike an 
ordinary Meadow Rue and extremely 
ornamental. Good rich loam and a 
well drained sunny situation are the 
essentials for its successful culture. 
Each, 75 cts.; dozen, $8.00. 
SCHIZOPHRAGMA INTEGRIFO- 
LIUM. A sub-scandent shrub, 5 to 
10 feet tall, with ovate glossy green 
leaves, and eases flowers 15 to 
i 20 inches across. nese flowers are 
Clematis Montana Rubens, surrounded by large, pure white bracts, 
making the plant extremely ornamental, 
COTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS. Though by no means a new )A free-flowering sun-loving shrub, this new Schizophragma is emi- 
plant, this rare and perfectly hardy Cotoneaster deserves to be most nently suited for planting in rocky situations. Its habit at hrst 
f 2 aa Fi _ creeping, ultimately becomes erect and bushy. Each, $2.50; dozen. 
widely planted. It is decumbent or semi-prostrate in habit, grows $25.00. 
3 to 4 feet tall, forming a dense bush many yards through. The 
fruits are bright scarlet changing to crimson and the small leaves, LILIUM MYRIOPHYLLUM. Sce page 23. 
which are dark green and almost round are retained late into the DEUTZIA D 
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fall, and even up to Christmas. It is suitable for planting in rocky SCOLOR 
positions and anywhere and everywhere that dwarf-growing shrubs 
are required. Each, $1.00; dozen, $10.00. 
A fine flowering and most attractive shrub, 
growing 4 to 5 feet tall with large eymose clusters of pure white flowers 
produced in early June. It is quite hardy and one of the largest 
flowered Deutzias known. Each, $2.50; dozen, $25.00. 
NEPETA WILSONII. A delightful plant of easy culture, DEUTZIA LONGIFOLIA. An elegant and striking species, 
growing about 2 feet tall with stems terminating in close trusses 4 to 5 feet tall, with arching branches, and cymose clusters of flowers 
of deep indigo-blue flowers. These flowers are produced freely very freely produced. These flowers are an inch or more across 
in late July and August and the plant continues to bloom until and vary in color from white to rosy-lilac. This new Deutzia is 
late in the fall. A welcome addition to the list of blue-flowered one of the handsomest and most desirable of its family. 0 
herbaceous plants. Each, 50 ets.; dozen, $5.00. for the first time. Each, $2.50: dozen, $25.00. 
