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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Clematis. 



Within the past few years great attention has 

 been given to the cultivation of these valuable 

 plants, and a large number of elegant varieties 

 have been obtained, bearing magnificent showy 

 flowers of large size and superb coloring. For 

 garden and conservatory decoration, either as 

 climbers on walls, trellises or verandas, old 

 trees or ruins, or as specimens on the lawn or 

 in borders, or for massing in large beds on the 

 lawn, they have scarcely an equal, certainly no 

 superior, as they embrace nearly every shade 

 of color. The following is a most desirable 

 collection in every respect : 



Alba Magna. Pure white, with purplish 

 brown anthers; one of the finest white 

 varieties in cultivation. 



Anderson Henrye. Creamy white, large 

 and handsome. 



Countess Lovelace. Bluish lilac, rosette- 

 shaped, forming a double flower, occasion- 

 ally showing single flowers. 



Duchess of Edinburgh. Very fine, pure 

 double white, sweet scented. 



Fairy Queen. Large flowers, pale flesh with 

 a pink bar in centre of sepals, shaded pur- 

 ple at base. 



Gloire de St. Julien. White, flushed with 

 mauve while young; large and showy. 



Imperatrice Eugenie. Large flowers, of a 

 pure white color; free blooming. 



Jackmanni. Large rich violet purple ; a free 

 bloomer and strong grower. 



Lawsoniana. Rosy purple, with darker 

 veins ; distinct and very large. 



Mad. Eliza Schenck. Blue; very free 

 flowering. 



Mrs. James Bateman. Pale lavender, 

 large and free. 



Mad. Vau Houtte. Pure white, extra fine. 



Star of India. Reddish violet purple, with 

 red bars. 



Sensation. Rich satiny mauve, large and 

 showy. 



50 cts. each ; $5.00 per dozen. 



CLEMATIS FLAMULA. 



(Virgin's Bower.) 



A general favorite, where a hardy, rapid 

 growing, graceful vine is desired. Its small 

 bright green foliage is almost hidden by large 

 clusters of small fragrant white flowers. " 

 25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00. 



CLEMATIS CRISPA. 



A. beautiful and distinct species, the flowers 

 of which resemble in shape some of the elegant 

 bell-shaped Lilies, and are H to 2 inches in 

 width and about IV inches long. 



The color is a beautiful lavender-blue tint on the sur- 

 face and margin of petals ; the centres of the petals 

 are an opaque white, are of a thick leatherv texture, 

 perfumed with a delicious piquant benrambt flavor. 

 Remarkable for its free growth and robust habit; itishardv 

 and very free flowering, continuing in bloom from June 

 until frost. 



25 cts. each ; 5 for $1.00; free by mail. 

 CLEMATIS COCCINEA. 



This remarkably handsome climbing plant has proved 

 to be one of the most desirable climbing plants. The plant 



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Clematis Jackmanni. 



is a herbaceous perennial, the stems dying to the surface 

 each winter; the vines attain the height of from 8 to 10 or 

 12 feet, beginning to flower in June and continuing itntil 

 frost ; single vines have from 20 to 30 flowers on each, and 

 frequently as many as 10 vines will start from one crown 

 each season. 



The flowers are bell-shaped, in color a rich deep coral- 

 scarlet, shining as if polished, and lasting a long time 

 when cut. The plant grows freely in any soil, requiring 

 only one or two hours' sunshine to strengthen the vine 

 sufficiently to make a successful flowering season, and 

 above all is perfectly hardy, standing exposure in our 

 severest winters without harm. 



Free by mail, 25 cts. each ; 5 for $1.00. 



