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For 



other climbing 



plants, see 



next page. 



For 

 general list of 

 hardy climbing 



plants, 

 see page 147. 



HARDY MOON FLOWER. 



Ipomcea Fandurata. This splendid hardy climbing plant will grow 



rapidly, covering up a great amount of space in one season, and will 



(js> live in the ground over winter in our Northern latitude. The foliage 



is large and handsome, giving a dense shade. The flowers are truly 



magnificent, measuring from 3}£ to 6 inches across, pure white, shading to pink 



and purple in the throat. Unlike the tender Moon Flower, this species opens 



flowers during the day-time and remains open all day, which makes it doubly 



. Price, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



THE MOON FLOWER. 



Ipomaza (or Calonyction) Grandiflora. 

 If planted out in rich ground about May 15th, in a situation where it has full exposure to the sun, 

 this plant will attain a height of 40 feet by October 15th, blooming abundantly the entire season. It 

 is called " Moon Flower" from its rare peculiarity of blooming best at night, although it also ex- 

 pands its flowers in dull days ; the flowers are of pure white, from 5 to 6 inches in diameter, emitting 

 a rich Jessamine-like odor at night. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



THE HARDY CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE 



(Lycium CJidnense) 

 Is a most vigorous hardy climbing plant when trained to an arbor, fastened to a fence, attached 

 . to a tree, to the side of a house, the pillars of a piazza or in any location where a hardy vigorous 

 ! climber is desired. It sends out numerous side branches, so that it covers a great amount of space 

 ' in a short time, and every new growth is at once covered with bright purple flowers, which are suc- 

 ceeded by brilliant scarlet berries nearly an inch long, every branch being loaded with them ; the 

 contrast between the glossy, dark green foliage and shining scarlet fruit is ex- 

 tremely beautiful. It continues flowering and new berries are forming from late 

 spring until frost. The berries ripen in early autumn and remain on the vine late 

 into the winter. It will grow and thrive in any situation, either shade or bright 

 sunlight, and will take root in any soil ; in fact, nature has given it all the essen- 

 tials for wide popularity. (See cut.) 



Price, 1st size, extra strong 2-year-old plants, 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz. 

 Young plants (which will bloom and fruit abundantly this year), 20c. each, 

 $2.00 per doz. 



MANETTIA C0RDIF0LIA. 



One of the most showy and attractive summer flowering vines, and entirely 

 distinct from the well-known Manettia Vine. 



It is of rapid growth, with deep glossy green foliage and a wonderful profusion 

 of crimson-scarlet tubular flowers, one and a half inches long. These are borne 

 on longer stems than the ordinary Manettia, and when trained on a trellis, as 

 shown in the illustration, all the flowers grow outward, so that the whole surface 

 is a mass of glowing crimson-scarlet of a most pleasing shade, and of sharp con- 

 trast to the foliage. Owing to the length of the stems and graceful form of the 

 flowers, the slightest breeze gives them a graceful, wavy motion which adds 

 wonderfully to their attractiveness. 



As a summer climber, in a position where a graceful vine is required, it has no 

 equal, beginning to flower early in the summer and continuing one mass of bloom 

 until cut down by a very severe frost. The plants in our grounds at this writing, 

 November 1st, are still one mass of bloom and have not been affected by the frosts 

 that cut down all other soft-wooded plants. (See cut.) 



Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per dozen, strong plants for this season's blooming. 



Manettia Bicolor. A very pretty, rapid-growing twining plant, producing tubular 

 flowers over an inch in length, the plant being literally covered with them 

 the entire season. The coloring of these flowers is gorgeous in the extreme, 

 being a flame color tipped with bright yellow. Given strings or wires to cling 

 to, it will attain to a height of from 6 to 10 feet in one season. 

 Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per dozen. 



SPECIAL OFFER. The two Manettias for 25 cents. Chinese matbimony vine (about one-third natural size). 



MANETTIA COBDIFOLIA. 



