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PETER HENDERSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 



REXT to the Eose the Clematis is the 

 most popular flowering plant of the 

 day ; entirely hardy, blooming during 

 the entire season, embracing great variety 

 of color, of the most beautiful tints of blue, 

 purple, lavender, scarlet, -n-hite, etc. ; double 

 and single — some of the flowers being six 

 inches in diameter, and from their w&vj, 

 graceful contour, when wafted by a slight 

 breeze, the flowers resemble huge butter- 

 flies hovering among the green leaves. They 

 ai'e all climbers, and, if trained carefully, 

 attain a height of from five to fifteen feet in 

 one season. Being grown in pots, they can 

 be planted out with safety at any time in the Northern States from 

 April to June, or in the Southern States from January to May. 



VARIETIES OF CEEHIATIS. 



Alexandria. Pale reddish violet ; free blooming. 



Gipsy Queeii. Rich, dark, bright velvety purple. 



Languiuosa Candida. Large white, tinted lilac. 



Star of India. Eeddish violet purple, with red bars ; distinct. 



Jackmani. (See cut and special description above.) 



Henryii. (See cut and special description.) 



Crispa, " Blue Bells." (See special description.) 30 cents. 



Lawsoniana. Eosy purple ; darker veined ; distinct, very large. 



Md. Van Houtte. Pure white ; extra fine. 



Md. Granger. Beautiful light mauve, shaded purple. 



Robert Haubury. Bluish lilac, flushed at the edge with red. 



Sir Garnet "Wolseley. Pale blue, a bar of plum red on each petal. 



Jackmani Alba. Grayish white. 



Lady Bovil. Light grayish blue. 



Lady Londesboro. Silvery gray, pale bars. 



Viticella Rubra. Bright claret red. 



Flammula. (Virgin's Bower.) "White, fragrant. 30 cents. 



Coccinea. (See special description.) 



Price. 1st size, 75 cents each, except where noted. Set of 18 sorts 

 for S12.00. 2d size, 60 cents each, except where noted. Set of 18 

 sorts for S9.00. 



CEEMATIS HEIVRYII. 



The sketch below was taken from nature, of a plant growing in 

 our grounds, trained on a wire fence ; and, while it shows its habit 

 and general appearance, it conveys no adequate idea of the large, 

 white, waxy flowers which cover the entire plant. This variety is 

 a much stronger grower than most of the other varieties, and is 

 entirely hardy. Excellent for cemeteries, or wherever a hardy 

 climber is desired. (See cut.) 



Large, strong plants, $1.00 each ; S9.00 per dozen. 



2d size 75 " 7. .50 



3d " 50 " 5.00 



CLEMATIS JACKMAUI. 



CLEMATIS HENBTII 



CEEMATIS JACKMANI. 



The best known and most valued variety of this popular family. 

 A perfect mass of bloom when in full flower. Color dark rich royal 

 purple. It is the variety shown in the engraving above, which 

 gives a fair idea of this superb Clematis. 



1st size, 75 cts. each; S7. 50 per dozen. 



2d " 50 " 4.50 



CLEMATIS CRISPA, 



"American Blue Bells." 



Although a native of the Southern States, it is entirely hardy. 

 Like all the other Clematis it is a rapid climber and profuse 

 bloomer. The flowers are bell-shaped, purplish blue, and emit a 

 rich fragrance — a quality wanting in all the other Clematis, except 

 the white C. Flammula. 



Price, 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



CI.EMATIS COCCII^EA. 



Bright scarlet has been a color hitherto unknown in Clematis, 

 but in this sort we have that color which, when placed in contrast 

 with the blue, purple and white kind?, has a most striking effect. 

 It is equally hardy as the other well known sorts. 



25 cts. each ; 5 for $1.00 ; 12 for $2.25. 



CLEMATIS FEAMMUEA, 



" Fragrant Virgin's Bower." 



This is an old and well-known species, entirely distinct from the 

 above ; flowers pure white, deliciously fragrant. The plants attain 

 a height of twenty feet, and when trained on trellis work, and in 

 full bloom, look like a mass of snow. The odor is perceptible at a 

 distance of 200 yards. Hardy. 



30 cents each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



The 



admirable 



plants arrived safely in the middle of a enow storm. With faith in your packing, I left them unopened until the weather was leas severe, and found thorn in 

 condition, everj- plant fresh and vigorous as it just out of the green-house. Thanks for extra plants.— B. J. Sherlock, Syracuse, N. Y., April 23d, 1888. 



