HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS. 



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Clematis. Madame Edouard Andre. 



Hardy Clematis. 



The Clematis we offer this season are exceptionally fine 

 strong plants, two years old ; we have reduced the number of 

 varieties to such sorts as from experience we know to succeed 

 best in our climate. Many failures in the growing of Clematis 

 are the result of too shallow planting; the crown of the roots 

 should be set at least 3 inches below the surface of the soil. 

 They delight in a rich, cool soil in an open, sunny position. 

 For covering walls, trellises or verandas, old trees or ruins, oi 

 as specimens on the lawn or in borders, or for massing in large 

 beds on the lawn, they have scarcely an equal, certainly no 

 superior. 



AlKler.SOn Henryi. Creamy white, large and handsome. 

 Countess Lovelace. Bluish lilac, rosette-shaped. 

 Duchess of Ediuburgll. The best of the double pure 



whites, dehciously scented. 

 Fairy Queen. Large flowers, pale flesh, with a pink bar. 

 Gipsy Queen. One of the vei-y finest of the rich purple 



varieties, a strong grower and free bloomer. 

 Boskoop Seedling-. Extra large lavender. 

 Jaclcnianui. The "jest known and most popular variety. 



Color, dark, rich, royal purple. A mass of bloom when in 



full flower. 

 .Tacknianni Alba. A fine pure white. 

 Jackmanni Superba. Very dark violet purple. 

 John Gould Veitch. Lavender blue ; flowers double. 

 Jean D'Arc. Large single white. 

 Laiiug-inosa Candida. White, tinted ; a fine flower. 

 Lawsoiliana. Rosy purple with darker veins. 

 Lord Loudesboroug-h. Deep mauve, large flowers. 

 3Iadanie Van Houtte. Pure white ; extra fine. 

 Miss Batenian. White with chocolate-red anthers. 

 Standishii. Light lavender blue. 

 The Gem. Deep lavender blue. 

 Velutina Purpurea. Dark mulberry, distinct. 

 .50 cts. each ; $5.00 per dozen. 



CLEMATIS VIRGINIANA. 



A rapid, strong growing variety, producing a profusion of 

 white flowers during July and August. 25 cts. each ; 5 for $1.00. 

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NEIV RED CI.EMATIS, 

 IHADAME EDOUARD AXDRE. 



An entirely distinct and most novel variety and the nearest 

 approach to a bright red ever sent out. The plant is a strong, 

 vigorous grower, being a hybrid of the popular Jacknianni, 

 which it resembles in freedom of bloom, strong vigorous 

 growth and shape and size of flower, but is of a distinct 

 carmine red color of a most pleasing shade, entirely different 

 from all other varieties. 75 cts. each. 



CEEMATIS COCCINEA. 



A very handsome, hardy climber, bearing thick, bell-shaped 

 flowers of a bright coral red color; blooms with wonderful pro- 

 fusion from June until frost. 25 cts. each ; 5 for §!1.00. 



CEEMATIS CRISPA. 



A very beautiful species, bearing an abundance of pretty, 

 bell-shaped, fragrant, lavender flowers with while centre. 

 Blooms from June until frost. 25 cts. each ; 5 for §1.00. 



CI^EMATIS FEAMMITI^A. 



(Virgin's Bower.) 



A general favorite, where a hardy rapid-growing' vine fs" 

 desired. Its small, bright-green foliage is almost hidden by clus- 

 ters of small fragrant white flowers. 25 cts. each ; 5 for §1.00. 



CEEMATIS PANICULATA. 



A Japanese plant recently introduced to this country and 

 possessing unusually attractive merits. A vine of very rapid 

 growth, quickly covering trellises and arbors with handsome, 

 clean, glossy green foliage. The flowers are of medium size, 

 pure white, borne in immense sheets, and of a most delicious 

 and penetrating fragrance. These flowers appear in late Sep- 

 tember, at a season when very few other vines are in bloom, 

 being an added merit of great consequence. The extreme ra- 

 pidity of its growth, the showy foliage, beautiful and fragrant 

 flowers borne so very freely, and its late blooming nature, 

 united with an entire hardihood, serve to make this one of the 

 veiy choicest of recent introductions. Good strong plants, 25 

 cts each , 5 for SI 00. 



Clematis Paniculata. 



