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Popular Hardy Climbing Vines 



AMPELOPSIS 



These are hardy plants, will grow in any location, and very 

 rapidly. Each 25c., doz. $2.00. 

 Veitchii. Clings very firmly to the side of a house or wall, and 



will soon form a perfect mass of foliage. Also known as Japan or 



Boston Ivy. 

 Quinquefolia, or Virginia Creeper. Sometimes called American 



Ivy and Woodbine; a very rapid grower; the leaves turn crimson 



in Autumn. This is a native plant, and the hardiest and most 



rapid chmber 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 30c. 



BIGNONIA (Tecoma) 



Bignonia radicans, or Trumpet Vine ,A hardy, strong-grow- 

 ing climber, with, large trumpet-shaped, orange-scarlet flowers; 

 very handsome and desirable. Each 50c. 



CLEMATIS 



The Clematis makes a rapid growth, and produces its beautiful 

 showy flowers in the greatest profusion. For pillars, trellises, bed- 

 ding in masses, or planting about rockwork, it cannot be excelled. 

 In the Fall give the plants a good top-dressing of weU-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 entirely 

 hidden from view. Flowers pure white, star-shaped, about one 

 inch in diameter, and borne in large clusters on stiff stems from 

 four to six inches long. Each 25c. 



LARGE-FLOWERING VARIETIES 

 Henryi. Fine large cream- white flowers. The best white variety. 



A strong grower, and very hardy; a perpetual bloomer. Each 50c. 

 Jackmanni. Large, intense violet-purple flowers, from 4 to 6 



inches in diameter. Each 50c. 

 Madame Edouard Andre. Fine bright crimson; free from any 



purplish shading. Each 50c. 



HONEYSUCKLE 



One of the most desirable hardy climbers. The plants grow witft 

 great freedom in any good soil, and commence blooming the sec- 

 ond year from planting. 

 Hall's Japan. Flowers are pure white, changing to yellow. Each 



50c., doz. .S5.00. 



CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE 



A vigorous, hardy climber. Flowers bright purple, succeeded by 

 scarlet berries nearly an inch long. Each 30c. 



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 

 35c., doz. $3.50. 



WISTARIA MAGNIFICA 



Strong, rapid grower, desirable for trellises, porches, etc. Flow- 

 ers light purple, showy, produced in long racemes. Each 50c. 



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). A handsome shrub. 

 Yellow flowers, followed in Fall by scarlet fruit. 

 Thunbergii (Japanese Barberry). In Autumn the foliage is a 

 bright crimson; when it falls, a profusion of scarlet berries are 

 revealed upon the branches and remain throughout the Winter. 

 1 to IM feet; plant 8 to 10 inches apart. Doz. $2.25, 100 $15.00. 



CALYCANTHUS floridus (Sweet-Scented Shrub). Flowers choc- 

 olate color; fragrant, like strawberries. 



CORNUS alba sanguinea (White-fruited, red-stemmed Dogwood). 

 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, droop- 

 ing racemes of yellow flowers, which appear in early Sunimer. 



CYDONIA Japonica crenata fl. pi. (Japan Quince). Flesh-, 

 colored, double flowers, produced early in Spring. 75c. 



DAPHNE Cneorum (Garland Flower). A pretty dwarf, spread- 

 ing shrub, 6 to 8 inches high, especially suited for planting on 

 rockeries, producing beautiful bright pink sweet-scented flowers 

 early in May. 



DEUTZIA crenata fl. pi. alba. Flowers double, white, tinged 

 with pink. One of the best shrubs in cultivation. 

 Gracilis. Dwarf, compact, pure white. 



EUONYMUS Europaeus (Burning Bush). 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). The best early-flower- 

 ing shrub. 



HYDRANGEA paniculata grandiflora. Immense white flow- 

 ers. One of the finest shrubs in cultivation. A general favor- 

 ite. 50c., to $1.50. 



LILAC (Syringa). The purple sweet-scented variety. Every- 

 body knows what a beautiful shrub the hlac is. 

 Persica alba (White Persian Lilac). Beautiful sprays of white 

 flowers; slender, graceful grower. 



PHILADELPHUS coronarius (Mock Orange, or Syringa). Strong 

 growing; pure white fragrant flowers in June. One of the 

 handsomest of the early shrubs. 



RHODODENDRONS. The grandest of hardy evergreen shrubs. 

 Colors, rose, crimson, pink, white, lilac, purple and variegated. 

 Plants with 8 to 10 buds, $1.50; 10 to 15 buds, $2.00. 



SPIR/^iA Anthony Waterer. A valuable and distinct variety; 

 color bright crimson; it is of dwarf, dense growth, never ex- 

 ceeding 30 inches in height; in bloom the entire Summer and Fall. 

 Van Houttei. This handsome species is perhaps the most popu- 

 lar and desirable of all Spiraeas. Flowers pure white, produced 

 in great abundance and exceedingly beautiful. 

 Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath). A favorite A'ariety and one of the 

 best; it is a beautiful shrub of medium size with double white 

 daisy-like flowers in May. 

 Prunifolia fl. pi. (Plum-Leaved Spiraea). Double white flow- 

 ers in spiral form. 



VIBURNUM opulus (Snowball). Flowers white; a well-known shrub. 



WEIGELA amabilis. Pink flowers; free bloomer. Blooms with 

 Philadelphus and makes a splendid companion to it. 

 amabilis alba. White, very showy. 

 variegata. Beautiful variegated foliage. 



FOR HEDGES 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET. A splendid hedge plant; glossy green 

 fohage; white flowers; very rapid grower. $3.00 per 100. 



