HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS. 



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THF FOUR REST LARGE-FLOWERED CLFM4TIS. 



bo large and beautiful in form and col or of their flowers, which are produced in such 

 great profusion, and the vines are so graceful and refined in habit, that too much can scarce- 

 ly be said in favor of the finer varieties of Clematis. Those here offered are all as hardy as 

 oak trees; requiring no protection and very little care to produce annually a mass of bloom 

 utterly impossible to describe. After carefully testing the scores of varieties named in the 

 European Catalogues I have selected the following as decidedly the most distinct and valuable 

 of them all. Each one is a gem; note the illustration above. The plants are all g~own upon 

 their own roots (not grafted), are strong, two years old, and will bloom freely the coming 

 summer. 



Henryi. — The hest variety producing large, 

 pure white flowers. Its large, clear, ivory 

 white, shell-like flowers appear in great num- 

 bers throughout the summer and early au- 

 tumn. Wonderfully chaste and beautiful. 



Jackmanii. — The best known and most pop- 

 ular of the large flowered varieties. Its blos- 

 soms are very large, cf an intense, rich vel- 

 vety violet-plum, produced in such profusion, 

 as to form a veritable cloud of bloom. The 

 popularity of the Clematis is largely due to 

 this superb variety — the choicest vine in cul- 

 tivation. 



Each 30c; doz. $3.00. A set — one each of 

 CLEMATIS PANICULATA. 



C. Paniculata is the finest cf all vines for airy 

 grace and beauty. It quickly grows to a height 

 of 15 to 20 feet and spreads out in all direc- 

 tions. In August and September, when most 

 other vines have ceased to bloom, it is com- 

 pletely covered v/ith a sheet of fleecy white, 



Mad. Baron-Villard. — A strong grower and 

 an exceedingly free bloomer; growing more 

 rapidly than its parent, C Jackmanii. It blooms 

 later than other varieties of its class and con- 

 tinues until frost. Flowers very large, open 

 and of even rosy-lilac color. 



Mad. Edouard Andre. — Also of the Jack- 

 manni type and is the nearest approach to a 

 bright red that has yet appeared. The flow- 

 ers are very large, usually six-petaled, of a 

 distinct, pleasing shade of carmine, and are 

 produced in bewildering profusion. 

 the four — for $i-oo- 



made up of numerous pure white, star-like 

 flowers on long stems, and so fragrant that 

 the air is perfumed to a great distance. Its 

 masses of delightf .il bloom remain until frost, 

 and are succeeded by tufted seed-pods. 

 Strong heavy two year field grown roots, 

 each, 15c; doz. $1.50; 100, $10.00. 



TECOMA (BIGNONIA) RADICANS. 



Trumpet Flower. 



A strong growing and 

 showy climber which is 

 exceedingly ornamental 

 at all times. It has 

 abundant fern-like foli- 

 age and large trumpet- 

 shaped flowers of vivid 

 orange-scarlet, in clusters 

 du-ing July and August. 

 Especially useful for cov- 

 ering dead trees, fences, 

 trellises, etc., its large 

 clusters of brilliant bloom 

 being very graceful and 

 producing a beautiful 

 and st-iking effect. Each, 

 20c; doz. $2.00. 



