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Small Flower- 

 ing Clematis. 



Clematis Cocciuea. 



A very handsome, hardy 

 climber, bearing thick 

 bell-shaped flowers of a 

 bright coral-red color; 

 bloums with wonderful 

 profusion from June un- 

 til frost. 25 cts. each; 

 5 for 11.00. 

 Clematis Crispa. A 



very beautiful species, 

 bearing an abundance 

 of pretty bell-shaped, 

 fragrant, lavender flow- 

 ers with white centre. 

 Blooms from June until 

 frost, 25 cts. each ; 5 

 for $1.00. 



Clematis Flammula ( Virgin's Bower). A general favo- 

 rite, where a hardy, rapid-growing vine is desired. Its small, 

 bright-green foliage is almost hidden by clusters of small fra- 

 grant white flowers. 25 cts. each ; 5 for $1.00. 



Clematis PaniClllata {Japanese Virgin's Bower'). This 

 handsome hardy climber is one of the choicest and most .satis- 

 factory climbing flowering plants we know. The plant is of 

 strong, rapid growth, with small dense cheerful green foliage, 

 giving it a grace and elegance possessed by no other hardy 

 climber, and, even did it not flower at all, it would be one of 

 our most desirable vines. The flowers appear in the greatest 

 profusion during August, and continue until late in the fall, are 

 of a white color and most deliciously fragrant. The plant suc- 

 ceeds in almost any position ; not only is it well adapted to run 

 up all kinds of supports, but is just as useful for planting among 

 Tock-work, sloping banks, covering graves, or, in fact, any posi- 

 tion where a graceful vine is desired. (See cut.) Strong iwo- 

 year-old plants, 25 cts. each.; §2 50 per doz.; strong one-year- 

 old plants, 15 cts. each.; |)1.50 per doz. 



L,ars^e Flowering 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. 

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

 they have scarcely an equal. 



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

 Boskoop Seedling'. Extra large lavender. 

 Fairy Queen. Pale flesh, with a pink bar. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. The best of the double pure white, deliciously scented. 

 ^yP**y Queen. One of the very finest of the rich purple varieties, a strong grower 



and fiee bloomer. 

 Jackmanni. The best known and most popular variety. Color, dark, rich, royal 



purple. 

 ]V[. Koster. A bright rosy carmine, not as rich in color as Mad. Edouard Andre, but 

 possessing the advantage over that beautiful variety of being a much stronger, freer 

 grower, and also of being remarkably free in flowering, while Mad. Edouard Andre 



though richer and brighter in color, lacks in 

 constitution and makes but a light growth. 

 We have seen M. Koster under ordinary 

 nursery cultivation a height of 6 to 8 feet in 

 two-year-old plants with hundreds of flow- 

 ers open at one time. (See cut.) 

 Mine. Baron Veillard. One of the 

 strongest growing varieties, large light rose 

 flowers, with lilac shading. 

 Mine. Edouard Andre. An entirely 

 distinct and most novel variety, and the 

 nearest approach to a bright red ever sent 

 out. The plant is a medium grower, being 

 a hybrid of the popular Jackmanni, which 

 it resembles in freedom o* bloom and 

 shape and size of flower ; but is of a 

 distinct carmine-red color of a most pleas- 

 ing shade, entirely different from all other 

 varieties. (See cut.) 

 Mme. Van HOUtte. Pure white ; extra 



fine. 

 Miss Bateman. White, with chocolate- 

 red anthers. 

 Standishi. Lavender blue. 

 The Gem. Deep lavender blue. 

 The President. Bright bluish purple. 

 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. ; set of 14 varie- 

 ties for $5.50. 



Cliimatis Mme. Edouard Andre. 



Clematis Paniculata. 



