NEW FLORAL GUIDE-SPRING, 1900. 



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New Swect-Sccnted Japan Clematis 



(CLEMATIS PANICULATA) 



EVERYBODY should plant this charming Clematis. One of the very nicest hardy flowering vines you 

 can have ; don't fail to plant it this season; always sure to grow and bloom, perfectly hardy, needs 

 no protection; loaded down with lovely pure white fragrant flowers for weeks, every season— a per- 

 fect mass of fragrant bloom. Splendid for porches, trellises, or wherever nice, clean, hardy flowering vines 

 are wanted. Fine plants, 15c. each, 2 for 25c.; 1.50 i)er cloz., postpaid ; lart»er plants, 

 20 and 25c., according to size; latter should go by express. See other Clematis, page 87. 



THE WONDERFUL BLUE DAWN FLOWER 



(BLUE MOON VINE) 

 Words fail to pfoperly describe the exquisite beauty of the grand masses 

 of charming blossoms, borne by this elegant summer flowering vine. It 

 is iiot a new thing, but has never received the attention it deserves. It is 

 a strong vigorous climbing vine, and will soon cover a porch trellis with 

 handsome foliage and lovely large, bell-shaped flowers of pure 

 heavenly blue. The flowers are so exceedingly beautiful in color and 

 fortti, and are borne in such astonishing profusion as to be almost bew^ilder- 

 ing. We ask attention to it, as one of the most beautiful sunimer-flowering 

 vines we know of. Splendid for porch trellises; a nice companion for the 

 White Moon Flower. Stroiij? Plants, 15c. each; 2 lor 25c.; ^1.25 

 per doz. 1 Blue and 1 White, the 2 for 25c,, all postpaid. 



TRUE MAGNOLIA-SCENTED MOON FLOWER 



(IPOMEA NOCTIPHITON) 



A beautiful summer climber, grows 15 to 20 feet 



New Golden Ipomea. ^^^^. ^akes a nice shade for porches or trellises, and 



bears a profusion of large trumpet-shaped, snow-white flowers, richly scented and very 



beautiful. The flowers open with remarkable regularity every evening, and close in 



the morning about eight o'clock. 15c. each, 2 for 25c.; $1.50. per doz. 



NEW GOLDEN IPOMEA, (Yellow Morning Glory) 



This is a beautiful novelty, very rare and scarce. It is a pretty, rapid-growing, 

 slender climbing vine, making plenty of handsome foliage, and bearing a great 

 profusion of lovely, golden-yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers for months at a time. 

 Fine for pots, vases, baskets and out door planting. 20 cts. each. 



NEW CAREX JAPONICA— A first-class novelty and an excellent plant 

 for house and table decoration; forms a mass of erect-growing, fine spray-like 

 foliage, drooping gracefully from the centre ; the delicate dark-green leaves. 



beautifully edged, as with a band of gold. 

 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts.; larger 

 20 cts. each. 



NOTE — A pretty low- 

 growing- Fern, planted 



with the Car ex, will 



cover the earth and^ 

 pot and add very much ^ 

 to its beauty. Will 

 send two nice Ferns 

 and one Carex, the 

 3 for 40 cts., postpaid. 



VINCA VARIEGATED 



LrE AVE D — An elegant 



low-growing, climbing vine, 



bright, glossy-green leaves, widely bordered with 



creamy-white ; always bright and pretty, extra nice 



for pots, vases, baskets, window boxes and rockeries; 



good everywhere, always w^anted. 10 Cts. each, 



6 for 50 cts.; 12 for $1.00. 



...SWEET-SCENTED GERANIUMS... 



DR. LIVINGSTON— Pretty, fiuely cut leaves ; very fragrant 



rose-scented. 10 cts. each. 

 MRS. TAYLOR — Scarlet flowering, rose-scented Geraniums.. 



10 cts. each. 

 NUTMEG — The sweetest of all, somewhat resembles the Apple 



Geranium in fragrance. 10 cts. each. 

 ROSE GERANIUM— Very richly scented, and a great favorite. 

 ^^^ 10 cts. each. 



New Cares Japouica, SET OF FOUR FOR THIRTY CENTS. 



Moon Flower Vine. 



