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J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS. 



Vines are an essential feature in beautifying a country home, whether it be for the simple cottage 

 or the mansion. They should be largely employed, and there are innumerable positions where nothing 

 else can take their place. I offer here but a small selection, comprising the choicest and best for general 

 cultivation, all of which are hardy nnd vigorous, will thrive everywhere and grow in strength and beauty 

 from year to year. They are all strong plants, most of them two years old or older. I will select smaller 

 plants and send by mail if desired any varieties offered at prices quoted. 



Rates per dozen and per hundred will be given up07i application. 



AMPELOPSIS. 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii. 



Quinquefolidw ( Virginia Creeper). — A well-known 



and useful climber; known also as American Ivy. 

 Of luxuriant, vigorous growth, covering trel- 

 lises, arbors, buildings, etc., with a mass of 

 beautiful, digitate, bright-green foliage, turning 

 to brilliant crimson in Autumn. 2 yrs., each, 15c.; 

 4 for 50c. 



Tricolor ( Variegated Ampelopsis). — A Japanese 

 vine of great beauty, valuable especially for its 

 handsome,ornamental foliage, which is abundant, 

 large, and grape-like, with bright-green foliage, 

 most beautifully variegated with blotches and vein- 

 ings of rich, creamy white, with markings of car- 

 mine — all in a most curious and delightful manner. 

 Its stems are of reddish-purple and its flowers are 

 small and insignificant, but are followed by berries 

 in handsome clusters of greyish color, turning later 

 to a slaty blue, in great numbers, during late Sum- 

 mer and Autumn. It is of iron-clad hardiness, free 

 from insects and mildew and a robust grower. Un- 

 surpassed for decorative planting and is a welcome 

 acquisition. 2 yrs., each, 20c.; 3 for 50c. 



Veitchii ' Japan or Boston Ivy). — The most popu- 

 lar and best of climbers for covering walls, etc., 

 clinging firmly to brick, stone, or other material 

 and forming a perfect coat of deep, glossy green 

 foliage which turns to crimson and gold in Autumn. 

 The leaves are ivy-shaped and lap closely over each 

 other, presenting a close mass of delightful verdure. 

 It is a rapid grower and spreads rapidly. Although 

 of dainty and frail habit, it is as hardy as an oak 

 tree. {See illustration.) 2 yrs., from 2>\ in., pots, 

 3 to 5 ft., 20c.; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO. 



Of strong growth, with large, showy, roundish, 

 pale-green leaves over-lapping each other, and odd' 

 pipe-shaped, yellowish- 

 brown flowers in July. 

 Valued especially for its 

 luxuriant foliage and rapid 

 growth. 2 yrs., each, 40c. 



EUONYMUS. 



Radicans. — A small, unique 

 and valuable climber and 

 trailer, with small, myrde- 

 like, glossy, evergreen foli- 

 age, clinging to walls and 

 buildings after the manner of 

 Ivy. Its creeping habit ren- 

 ders it valuable for rockwork. 

 2 yrs., 15c.; 4 for 50c. 

 Radic&.ns variegata. — A variety very much like 

 the above, with beautiful, small, evergreen foliage, 

 finely variegated and margined with creamy white 

 and light rosy purple. 2 yrs., each, 15c. ; 4 for 60c. 



JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM. 



A slender-growing vine of rather shrubby habit, 

 needing to be trained on trellis or other support, 

 and bearing small, yellow, fragrant flowers very 

 early in Spring, before the leaves appear. 2 yrs., 

 each, 15c.; 4 for 50c. 



LYCIUM SINENSIS. 

 Matrimony Vine. 



A rapid and vigorous 

 grower covered with bright 

 purple flowers which are 

 succeeded by bright scarlet 

 coral-like berries almost an 

 inch long. It blooms 

 throughout the Summer and 

 the fruit remains on the vine 

 until late in Winter. Of the 

 easiest culture and thrives 

 everywhere. Of iron-clad 

 hardiness. 3 to 5 ft., 6 to 10 stems, ea., 20c. ; 3 for 50c. 



