Hardy Vines and Shrubs 
56 WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
POPULAR HARDY CLIMBING VINES 
AMPELOPSIS 
These are hardy plants, will grow in any location, and very 
rapidly. Each 25 cts., doz. $2.00. 
Veitchii. Clings very firmly to the side of a house or wall, and 
will soon form a perfect’mass of foliage. 
or Boston Ivy. 
Quinquefolia, or Virginia Creeper. Sometimes called American 
Ivy and Woodbine; a very rapid grower; the leaves turning crim- 
son in autumn. 
This is a native plant, and the hardiest and most rapid climber 
we have. 
AKEBIA QUINATA 
A Japanese hardy climbing plant; handsome compound leaves 
With five leaflets; purplish flowers and purplish mottled berries. 
An interesting plant. Each 30 cts. 
BIGNONIA (Tecoma) 
Bignonia radicans, or Trumpet Vine. 
climber, with large trumpet-shaped, orange-scarlet flowers; very 
handsome and desirable, Each 50 ects. 
CLEMATIS 
The Clematis makes a rapid growth, and produces its beautiful 
showy flowers in the greatest profusion. For pillars, trellises, 
bedding in masses, or planting about rock-work, it cannot be 
excelled. In the fall give the plants a good top-dressing of well- 
rotted manure. 
Clematis paniculata. A hardy and remarkably handsome climb- 
ing plant. The freedom of bloom is quite unparalleled, for when 
the plant is in full flower the greater part of the foliage is en- 
tirely hidden from view. Flowers pure white, star-shaped, about 
Also known as Japan 
A hardy, strong-growing 
one inch in diameter, and borne in large clusters on stiff stems 
from four to six inches long. Each 25 ets. 
Large-Flowering Varieties 
Henryi. Fine large cream-white flowers. The best white va- 
riety. <A strong grower, and very hardy; a perpetual bloomer. 
Each 50 cts. 
Jackmanni. Large, intense violet-purple flowers, from four to 
six inches in diameter. Each 50 cts. 
Madame Edouard Andre. Fine bright crimson; free from any 
purplish shading. Each 50 cts. 
HONEYSUCKLE 
One of the most desirable hardy climbers. The plants grow 
with great freedom in any good soil, and commence blooming 
the second year from planting. 
HRall’s Japan. Flowers are pure white, 
Each 50 cts., doz. $5.00. 
CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE 
A vigorous hardy climber. Flowers bright purple, succeeded 
by scarlet berries nearly an inch long. Each 30 cts. 
PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA (Kudzu Vine) 
The most rapid-growing vine in cultivation, attaining, after 
once being established, a height of 50 feet or more in one season. 
Its foliage is large and furnishes dense shade; it bears small 
racemes of rosy purple, pea-shaped blossoms toward the close 
of August. Each 85 cts., doz. $3.50. 
WiISTARIA MAGNIFICA 
Strong, rapid grower, desirable for trellises, porches, etc, Flow- 
ers light purple, showy, produced in long racemes. Each 50 cts. 
changing to yellow. 
CHOICE HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
Price of the following Shrubs, 
except where noted, 50 cts. each 
ALTHEA. Rose of Sharon. Beautiful erect-growing shrubs, of the easiest culture, bearing large, showy flowers early in the fall. 
Very desirable because of flowering when few other shrubs are in bloom. 
BERBERIS vulgaris (European Barberry). 
Atropurpurea. A purple-leaved variety of the above. 
CALYCANTHUS floridus (Sweet-Scented Shrub). 
CORNUS alba sanguinea (White-fruited, 
red-stemmed Dogwood) 
A handsome shrub. Yellow flowers, followed in fall by scarlet fruit. 
Flowers chocolate color; fragrant, like strawberries. 
, Remarkable in winter for the red color of its branches. 
CYTISUS Laburnum (Golden Chain or Golden Rain). A dwarf tree 
or large shrub with shining green leaves and long, drooping 
racemes of yellow flowers, which appear in early_summer. 
CYDONIA japonica crenata fl. pl. (Japan Quince). Flesh-colored, 
double flowers, produced early in spring. 75 cts. < 
DAPHNE Cneorum (Garland Flower). A pretty dwarf, spreading 
shrubs, 6 to 8 inches high, especially suited for planting on 
rockeries, producing beautiful bright pink sweet-scented flowers 
early in May. : 
DEUTZIA crenata fl. pl. alba. Flowers double white, 
pink. One of the best shrubs in cultivation. 
Gracilis. Dwarf, compact, pure white. 
EUONYMUS Europeus (Burning Bush). <A very conspicuous tall 
shrub, which in the autumn and winter is loaded with scarlet 
seed-pods, from which orange-colored berries hang on slender 
threads. 
FORSYTHIA viridissima (Golden Bell). 
shrub. 
HYDRANGEA paniculata grandiflora. Immense white flowers. One 
of the finest shrubs in cultivation. A general favorite. 50c. to $1.50 
PHILADELPEHUS coronariuvs (Mock Orange, or Syringa). Strong- 
growing; pure white fragrant flowers in June. One of the hand~ 
somest of the early shrubs. : 
RHODODENDRONS. The grandest of hardy evergreen shrubs, in 
flower and foliage. Colors, rose, crimson, pink, white, lilac, pur- 
ple and variegated. Plants with 8 to 10 buds, $1.50; 10 to 15 
buds,- $2.00. ; z 
SPIRZA Rationy Waterer. A valuable and distinct variety; color 
bright crimson; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never exceeding 
20 inches in height; in bloom the entire summer and fall. 
Billardii. Pink-flowered; a late blooming species. One of the 
handsomest of the Spireas. ; : 
Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). A favorite variety and one of the 
“pest; it is a beautiful shrub of medium size with double white 
daisy-like flowers in May. : ; 
Prunifolia fl. pl. (Plum-Leaved Spirzea). Double white flowers in 
spiral form. E 
SYRINGA (Lilac). The purple sweet-scented variety. Everybody 
knows what a beautiful shrub the lilac is, A 
Persica alba (White Persian Lilac). Beautiful sprays of white 
flowers; slender, graceful grower. : 
VIBURNUM opulus (Snowball). Flowers white; a well-known shrub. 
WEIGELA amabilis. Pink flowers; free bloomer. Blooms witb 
Philadelphus and makes a splendid companion to it. 
amabilis alka. White, very showy... 
variegata. Beautiful variegated foliage. 
FOR HEDGES 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET. A splendid hedge plant; glossy green 
foliage; white flowers; very rapid grower. 38 to 3% feet high, 
$3.00 per 100. 
tinged with 
The best early-flowering 
