PLANT DEPARTMENT. 



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Glemati^. 



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 rnins, 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 lliey embrace nearly every shade of color. The following is a must desirable collection in every respect: 



Alba Magna. Pure white, with purplish brown an- 

 thers; one of the finest white varieties in cultivation. 



Albert Victor. Deep lavender. 



Anderson Henrye. Creamy white, large and hand- 

 STine. 



Cjmtess Lovelace. Bluish lilac, rosette-shaped, 

 forming a double flower. 



Duchess of Eliuburgh. Very fine, pure double white, 

 sceiiteil. 



Duchess of Teck. Pure white, with delicate mauvo 

 bar down the centre. 



Duke of \orf\)lk. Deep mauve color with broad pale 

 bar, dark colored anthers. 



Fairy CJiieen. I,arge (lowers, ))ale flesh with a pink 

 bar in centre of sepals, shaded purple at base. 



Gloire de St. Julien. White, flushed with mauve 

 while young; large and showy. 



Hvbrida Perfecta. White, tinted piir|)Iish lilac. 



Jackmani. Large rich violet purple; very fine. 



Lawsoniana. Kosy purple, with darker veins; dis- 

 tinct and very large. 



Lanuginosa Candida. Tinted grayish white. 



Liord Neville. Uicli dark plum, well formed, edgings of 

 sepals finely crini;)ed. 



Magnifica. Reddish i)urple, with red bars. 



Mai. Eliza Schenck. Blue; very free flowering. 



Mrs. Ja:nes Bate man. Pale lavender. 



Mrs. Geo. Jackman. Satiny white, with creamy bar; 

 one of the very best early white. 



Otto Froebel. Grayish white; very large. 



Prince of Wales. Deep purple. 



Purpurea Elegans. Deep purple violet; tine. 



Reine Blanche. Light mauve, with lighter bar; a fine 

 bedder. 



Rubro Violacea. Large, rich purplish violet. 



Star of India. Reddish violet purple, with red bars; 

 distinct. 



Sensation. Rich satiny mauve, large and showy. 



Tunbridgeusis. Deej) bluish purple. 



Velutina Purpurea. Blackish mulberry. 



Venus Victrix. A fine double variety, delicate laven- 

 der, beautifully formed flowers. 



Victoria. Deep reddish mauve: distinct and handsome. 

 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per ctoz. 



CLEMATIS CRISPA. 



A beautiful and distinct species, the flowers of which 

 resemble in shape soine of the elegant bell-shaped Lilies, 

 and are IV to 2 ijiches in width ami about IV inches long. ' 



'I'he color is a beautiful lavender-blue tint on the surface 

 and margin of petals; the centres of the ])etals are an 

 opaque white, are of a thick leathery texture, perfumed 

 with a deliciiius |)iqu:iiit bersramot flavor. Remarkable 

 for its free growth and roliust habit; it is hardy and very 

 free flowering, continuing in bloom from June until frost. 

 30 cts. each ; 4 for jil.OO ; free by mail. 



CLEMATIS COCCINEA. 



This remarkably handsome climbing plant has proved 

 to be one of the most desirable climbing plants. The plant V"^\ 

 is a herbaceous perennial, the stems dyini: 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 until ^i 

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

 frequently as many as 10 vines will start from one crown 

 each sea-ion. 



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

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

 when cut. The |dant 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 barm. 



Free by mail, 30 cts. each ; 4 for Sl.OO. 



Clematis Jackmani 



CLEMATIS FLAMULA. 



(Virgin's Bower.) 



A general favorite, where a hardy, rapid growing, grace- 

 ftil vine is desired. Its small bright green fidiage is almost 

 hidden by large clusters of small fragrant white flowers. 

 30 ct.s. each ; 4 for $1.00. 



For $1.25 we will send free by mail l Crispa, i Coccinea, i Flamula, and i of the 50 ct. Hybrids. 



