HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



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FOUR GRAND LARGE-FLCWERED CLEMATIS 



r>f> large aud beautiful in ffum and color of flowers, which are produced in such great profusion, and 

 the vines are so graceful and refined in habit, that too much can scarcely be said in favor of the finer va- 

 rieties of Clematis. Those here ofTered are all as hardy as oak trees; requiring no protection and very lit- 

 tle care to produce annually a mass of bloom utterly impossible to describe. After carefully testing the 

 scores of varieties named in the European catalogs, 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 

 two years old, grown upon their own roots (not grafted), and will bloom freely the coming summer. 



Henryi.— The best variety producing large, pure 

 white flowers. Its large clear, ivory white, shell- 

 like flowers appear in great numbers throughout the 

 summer and early autumn. Wonderfully chaste and 

 beautiful. 



Jackmanii.— The best known and most popular of 

 the large flowered varieties. Its flowers are large, of 

 a rich velvety violet-plum and are produced in such 

 profusion as to form a veritable cloud of bloom. 

 The popularity of the Clematis is largely due to this 

 snperli variety— the choicest vine in cultivation. 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA. 



Mad. Baron-Veillard.— A strong grower and an r x- 

 (•eedingly free bloomer: growing more rapidly than 

 its parent, C Joclrn !t blooms later than other 



varieties of its class and continues until frost. 

 Flowers very large, open and of an even ros.v-lilac 

 color. 



Mad. Edouard Andre.— Also of the .Jackmanii type 

 and is the nearest approach to a true red Clematis 

 that has yet been produced. The flowers are very 

 large, usually .six petaled, of a distinct, pleasing shade 

 of carmine and are produced in bewildering profu- 

 sion. 



Each .30c: doz. ."^S.fX). \ set— r.ne each of the four 

 f.-r %\Mi\. 



GOLDEN CLUSTER HOP. 



IlrMULUs LrpuLr.s. 

 ;ntal and valuable vine for quickly 



Ornamental and valuable vine for quickly produc- 



a dense covering on trellises, pergolas, etc. 



For illustration and full description, see kitchen 

 crennials. Each Ktc; dr)Z. .*l."Kt. 



The finest of all vines for airy grace and beauty. 

 It quickly grows to a height of 1.5 to 20 feet and 

 spreads out in all directions. In August and Septem- 

 ber, when most other vines have ceased to bloom, 

 it Ls completely covered with a sheet of fleecy white, 

 made up of numerous pure white, star-like flowers 

 on long stems, and so fragrant that the air is per- 

 fumed to a great distance. Its masses of delightful 

 bloom remain until frost, and are succeeded by tufted 

 seed-pods. Strong heavy two year field grown roots, 

 each, 1.5c; doz. .$1.50; 100, S8.00. 



Extra heavy roots, each 20c; doz. $2.00.; 100, .?12.00. 



ENGLISH OR IRISH IVY. 



Hedera Hilernica (Helix).— This well known favor 

 is useful for coveriog walls and in rock garden- 

 Owing to its handsome, evergreen gloss.v foli- 

 age it is jauch used for covering graves, particularly 

 in shady situations where grass will not grow. 

 Strong field grown plaAts. each. 20c; doz. .S2.00; 100, 

 .?12.00. 



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS. 



Perexmal or EvKRL.\STixG Pea. 

 See Hardy Perennial Plants. 



The formal clipped hedge is now seldom seen on 

 private grounds of the less pretentious sort; It has 

 given place to irregular secreens of Barberry, 

 Althea. Forsythia and other free-growing shrubs, 

 perhaps a combination of .several flanked by clumps 

 of Herbaceous Perennials 



Such a hedge, comprising Althea. Deutzia, and 

 woody Spiraeas, bounding a city "comer lot" and 

 blossoming from April to October Is a charming ad- 

 dition to one's surronndlnga.— Dora Read Goodalb. 



