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Sometimes Called 



"BOSTON IVY" and "JAPAN IVY" 



The fashionable and most hardy wall climber of the day. Clings 

 tightly tc roct:, brick, etc., and it is a wall of living green the sum- 

 mer through, turning in autumn to a flaming crimson, when it is 

 certainly gorgeous. It stands the dust and dry air of cities admirably. 

 Strong plants, i 5c. each, 2 for 25c.postpaid. " 



Japanese Kudzu Vine 



(Pueraria Thunbergiana, "Jacl<=and=the- 

 Bean=Stalk Vine."; 



The most remarkable and rapid-grow- 

 ing of all hardy rines, often making a 

 growth of fifty to seventy-five feet in one 

 season and flourish where nothing else 

 will grow, and last for 25 years or more. 

 In the north the plant dies to the 

 ground in winter, coming up again from 

 tne roots in the spring. It has clusters 

 of delightfully fragrant purple flowers in 

 summer and autumn, with large beauti- 

 ful deep green leaves affording a dense 

 shade, making it invaluable for covering 

 porches, arbors, fences, rockeries, dead or 

 old trees, etc. Price, Strong 1 year old 

 roots, 15c. each; 3 for 40c., or 12 for 

 S1.30, postpaid. 



Honeysuckles 



HALLEANA— (Hall's Japan)— For real 

 home vines to climb over your win- 

 dows and doorways there is nothing 

 prettier than the Honeysuckles, and 

 the Halleana is considered by many 

 the sweetest and most beautiful of all. 

 It is a strong, rapid grower, perfectly 

 hardy. Blooms constantly and profusely from June toNoveraber. 

 Flowers are pure white changing to yellow, and of peculiarly de- 

 licious fragrance. Fine for trellises or pillars. Fohage bright, 

 glossy green; makes dense shade. Strong plants, 15c. each, or 2 

 for 25c, postpaid. 



GOLDEN LEAVES — Marvelously effective. It bears innumerable 

 sprays of the most perfect little leaves, that are covered with a 

 network of gold and green, often marked with pink also. A strong 

 grower, with white blossoms. A unique vine. Strong plants, 15c. 

 each, or 2 for 25c, postpaid. 

 SPECIAL OFFER: — For only 2Sc. I will send postpaid one fine plant 

 each or the two varieties of lion- 

 ay suckles. 



:best ha^d^ 



ClematiS-HARDY perpetual flowering 



Of all the vines used either for shade or decoration, none can com- 

 pare with the Clematis in its many and varied forms, producing 

 hundreds and thousands of picturesque and striking beautiful blossoms. 



CLE.nATIS, PANICULATA— (Japanese Virgin's Bower)— One of the 

 most beautuul. The flowers of pure white, three-fourths of an inch 

 m diameter, star-shaped, and are borne in great panicles or clusters 

 of bloom, fairly covering the plant. The fragrance is delicious, 



resembling the English hawthorne 

 blossoms, and will fill the air with fra- 

 grance. It begins to bloom in August, 

 at a time when most other hardy 

 climbers are out of bloom. Large, 

 strong 2=.year-oId roots price 25c. each ; 

 S for SI. 00, postpaid. 



CLE.MATIS, JACKMAMI— Intense vio- 

 let purple, with a rich velvetv appear- 

 ance, distinctly veined. It flowers .-on- 

 tinually from July. Strong field-grown 

 3-year-old roots, price 50c, each, post- 

 paid. 



NEW RED CLEMATIS— (.Mad. Edouard 



Andre; — An entirely distinct; and 

 most novel variety, and the nearest 

 approach to a red ever sent out. 

 Thousands of flowers produced on a 

 single specimen plant. Large 3-> ear- 

 old roots, price 50c. each, postpaid. 



CLEMATIS, HENRVII — Fine, large, 

 creamy white flowers. The very best 

 of the white varieties; a perpetual 

 bloomer. Large field-grown roots, 

 3 years old, only 50c each, postpaid. 



Japanese Kudzu Viae, 



Mountain Beauty Vine 



(ANTIGONON LEPTOPLS) 



A beautiful New (^mbing Vine not quite hardy here, but speci- 

 ally recommended for the South and Pacific coast; it is a vigorous: 

 climber, suitable for covering porches, verandas, etc., has handsome 

 foliage and is covered for months at a time with splendid clusters of 

 rose-pink flowers of the most exquisite color, leaves heart-shaped. 

 Price, fine strong plants, 15c. each, or 2 for 25c., postpaid. 



Chinese Wistaria 



- One of the most elegant and rapid growing hardy climbing plantse 

 attains an immense size, growing at the rate of 15 to 20 feet in a singl, 



season. Bears an abundance of long 

 pendulous clusters of purple-lilac 

 flowers in May and June and again 

 In autumn. Large 2-year-old plants, 

 price, 35c., postpaid. 



Honeysuckle. 



Jackmanii 



