74 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



SEEDS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. 



Climbers are indispensable, useful, and very ornamental plants, for 

 covering old buildings, walls, arbors, trellises, and stumps with graceful 

 foliage, and beautiful rich colored, varied-shaped flowers in great pro- 

 fusion: the strong growing varieties for larger objects, and the more 

 delicate for pots, vases, baskets, and balcony decorations. Care should 

 be taken in selecting those varieties suitable for the purpose they are 

 intended; also the necessary support must be furnished in time; if 

 neglected and the plants are left to grow wild, they cannot always be 

 made to assume good habits after once thus neglected. 



Per packet. 



ABOBRA VIRIDIFLORA . Half-hardy tuberous-rooted perennial, 

 fruiting the first year from seed ; with beautiful cut glossy, 



dark green foliage, and small oval scarlet fruit 10 



ADLUMIA CIRRHOSA {Mountain Fringe). A hardy biennial, 

 flowering the first season, of graceful habit and delicate foliage, 



clusters of rosy-lilac flowers; 15 ft 10 



ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO (Dutchman's Pipe). Hardy perennial ; 



ornamental, curious-shaped flowers 10 



BALLOON VINE {Cardiospermum Halicacabum). Half-hardy, 



rapid growing plant ; flowers white, producing inflated capsules. 5 

 RRYONOPSIS LACINIOSA ERYTHROCARPA. Half-hardy, 

 ivy-like pale green foliage plant, with beautiful scarlet fruit, 



marbled white 10 



CLEMATIS FLAMMULA {Virgin's Bower). Hardy perennial, 



fine for arbors and verandahs, white, very fragrant 10 



COBCEA SCANDENS. Half-hardy perennial, flowering the first 

 season, with large bell shaped purple flowers. In sowiug, place 

 the seeds edgewise and cover with light soil. Comes up best in 



a hot-bed; 20 ft 10 



COCCIN I A INDICA. Half-hardy perennial, flowering the first sea- 

 son if started early, with beautiful smooth, glossy, ivy-like 

 leaves, contrasting with the fine, snow-white, bell-shaped flowers, 



brilliant carmine fruit ., , 10 



CONVOLVULUS MAJOR {Morning Glory). One of the hand- 

 somest flowering and most rapid growing plants in cultivation ; 

 the beauty and delicacy of their colors are unsurpassed ; 15 ft. 



Large Blue. Large White ...each 5 



Burridgi. Rosy crimson, with white centre , 5 



Mixed Varieties. All colors . 5 



Aureus Superbus. Golden vellow flowers ; 6ft 10 



CYCLANTHERA EXPLODENS. A free-growing handsome foli- 

 age plant, oval-shaped fruit, exploding when ripe; 10 ft 10 



CYPRESS VINE (Ipomosa quamoclit). A half-hardy, very beau- 

 tiful, delicate, fern-like foliage plant, and masses of bright 

 crimson and white flowers. Plant about the 10th of May ; 15 ft. 



Crimson. Very brilliant. White. Pure white...: each 5 



Mixed. White and crimson ; 5 



ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER {Colampelis). Tender rapid-grow- 

 ing plant, with cluster of orange tube-shaped flowers 10 



GOURD, ORNAMENTAL {Ciccurbita). A tender rapid-growing 

 interesting plant, with striking foliage and singular fruit. 



Calabash. The old Dipper Gourd : 5 



Hercules' Club. Club-shaped; 4 to 5 ft. long 5 



Egg-Shaped. Mock Orange. Powder Horn each 5 



Apple Shaped, Pear Shaped, Cucumber Shaped each 5 



ARGYROSPERMA. From Texas ; also known as the Bonnet Gourd. 10 

 Tricosanthes Colubrina ( True Serpent Gourd). Striped like 

 a serpent, changing to carmine 10 



