WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AND PLANTS 



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California Privet 



The One Best Hedge Plant, Combining Beauty, Hardiness 

 and Efficiency. 



California Trivet has long been recognized as the one 

 very best plant for Hedge purposes, as it is remarkable 

 for its beautiful, dark green glossy foliage, its quick, 

 strong and symmetrical growth, its freedom from insects 

 and scale, and its ability to withstand pruning and trim- 

 ming into any desired shape. 



For many years we have made a specialty of growing 

 California Privet for Hedges, and our stock cannot be 

 surpassed anywhere. It is strong, thrifty and in the 

 best of shape for transplanting. Each one a specimen 

 plant. We have it in all sizes, from one-year-old plants 

 to large, vigorous bushes wliich can be used with telling 

 effect in the formation of an immediate hedge. These 

 large plants are the most economical to buy, for with 

 them the tedious years of waiting for the hedge to grow 

 will be avoided. 



First size, 12 to 14 i'nches, 10c each; 6 for 50c, post- 

 paid; $5.00 per 100. Second size, 2 to 3 feet, 15c each; 

 5 for 50c; $8.00 per 100, by express or freight at pur- 

 chaser's expense. (Orders for 50 filled at 100 rates.) 

 AMOOR RIVER PRIVET— Similar in habit to California, 

 but with dark, lustrous foliage and more upright habit 

 of growth. Reputed to be hardier. Price, first-size 

 plaints, 12 to 18 inches in height, lOc each; $1.00 per 

 dozen, postpaid; $6.00 per 100; larger two-year-old 

 plants, 2 to 3 feet, $9.00 per 100, by express, collect. 

 BERBERIS THUNBERGI (Barberry). Grows 3 to 4 

 feet high; small, perfectly shaped, rich green leaves, 

 turning in autumn to bright scarlet. Flowers a delicate 

 shade of coppery yellow, followed by beautiful, bril- 

 liant red berries, clinging all winter. Price, first-size 

 plants, 8 to 12-inch, 15c each, 9 for $1.00, $10.00 per 

 100 by express; larger plants, 18 to 24 inches, $20.00 

 per 100, by express or freight. 



Miscellaneous Shrubs 



CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS (Carolina Allspice).— 



Flowers purple ; quite double, exquisitely fragrant 

 and borne in profusion during the entire season. 



Clematis Paniculata. 



FORSYTHIA Viridissima (Golden Bell). — Height, 3 to 



4 fecL; bri;;lit yellow, l)('ll-.slia[)ed (lowers; blooms early. 

 PHILADELPHUS Grandiflora (Mock Orange).— Blooms 



early in June; flowers creamy wliite and very fragrant. 

 TAMARIX AFRICANA (African Tamarisk).— Grace- 

 ful, erect-growing shrub, pretty pink flowers, leaves 



like evergreen. 

 CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS (Carolina Allspice)— 



Flowers purple; quite double, exquisitely fragrant 



and borne in protuision during the entire season. 

 FORSYTHIA Virdissinia (Golden Bell)— Height, 3 to 



4 feet; bright yellow, bell-shaped flowers; blooms early. 

 PHILADELPHUS Grandiflora (Mock Orange) — Blooms 



early in June; flowers creamy white and very fragrant. 

 TAMARIX AFRICANA (Ahican Tamarisk)— Graceful, 



erect-growing shrub, pretty pink flowers, leaves like 



evergreen. 



MISCELLANEOUS SHRUBS 



Price of all plants on this page, except where noted: 

 One-year-old size, 25c each; any 5 for $1 postpaid; 

 two-year-old size, 75c each; $7.50 per doz. by freight 

 or express; three-year-old size, 90c each; by freight or 

 express at purchaser's expense. 



HARDY CLIMBING VINES 

 Clemtis Paniculata 

 The Most Wonderful of All Flowering Vines — Quick 

 Grower, Exquisite Fragrance. 

 The flowers are pure white and are borne in great 

 panicles or clusters of bloom, fairly covering the plants, 

 so that it is a mass or sheet of fleecy white with an ex- 

 quisite fragrance. It begins to bloom late in August 

 the first year. Hardy in all sections of the country. 

 Strong plants in pots, 25c each; 5 for $1. Strong two- 

 year-old field-grown plants, 50c each. 

 Wistaria Magnifica — The finest Wistaria of its color now 

 known. Extremely vigorous, growing 30 to 40 feet 

 in one season when well established. The flowers are 

 pale lilac, and the immense clusters of drooping 

 racemes, which measure 12 to 18 inches in length, are 

 deliciously fragrant. 25c each; 5 for $1. 

 Wistaria Alba — There is nothing more striking or 

 appropriate for pergolas and ordinary trellises than 

 this splendid vine. Pure white flowers. 25c each; 

 5 for $1. 



Mammoth Flowered Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia Grandi- 



flora) — One of the most superb climbing vines in ex- 

 istence. Grows with rapidity, is perfectly hardy every- 

 where. The flowers are trumpet-shaped and warm 

 orange-red. Strong plants, 25c each; 6 for $1, post- 

 paid; larger plants, 50c each, postpaid. 

 English Ivy — A splendid evergreen climber, with dark 

 glossy green leaves; clings firmly to stone, brick or 

 wood walls without trellis or support; very desirable. 

 15c each; 9 for $1.00. 



AMPELOPLIS 

 Either variety, fine plants, 25c each; 5 for $1; three- 

 year-old plants. 3 feet in length, 75c each, postpaid. 

 Veitchii (Boston or Japanese Ivy) — It covers buildings 

 and walls with a perfect mat of dark green, leathery 

 foliage, which changes to brilliant crimson as fall ap- 

 proaches. Clings to either tree or wood without support. 

 Quinquifolia (Virginia Creeper) — Large, dark green 



foliage. 

 Engelmanni— A greatly improved variety of the Virginia 

 Creeper with dense foliage of a glossy light green in 

 summer, changing to a brilliant crimson in the 

 autumn. On a rough stone surface it will cling with- 

 out support in the same way as the Japanese Ivy. 35c 

 each; $3.50 per dozen. 

 Tricolor (Vitis heterophylla variegata)— A beautiful 

 and desirable climber with dark green foliage won- 

 derfully variegated with white and pink during 

 the late summer and fall the plant is literally 

 covered with attractive small berries of a peculiar 

 lustrous metallic peacock blue color; highly useful 

 for trailing over rocks or for a low trellis, 20c each ; 

 6 for $1.00; larger plants, 30c each; 4 for $1, postpaid, 

 HONEYSUCKLE 

 Price, 25c each; two-year-old plants, 50c each; assorted 



varieties, $5.00 per dozen. 

 Chinese Sweet Scented — White and yellow flowers. 

 Evergreen Sweet Scented — Buff, yellow and white. 

 Red Coral — Red trumpet-shaped flowers. 

 Yellow Coral — The only true golden-yellow Honeysuckle. 

 Golden-Leaved — Leaves beautifully veined and spotted 



with clear yellow. Flowers yellow and fragrant. 

 New Halliana — Evergreen and a constant bloomer; flow- 

 ers pure white, changing to yellow. Very fragrant. 

 New Heckrotti— Clear rose, yellow at the base; sweet 

 and fragrant; in constant bloom. 



