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CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO., INC., OLDEST AND LARGEST 
CLIMBING PLANTS 
One Can Readily See From the Dense Mass of Growth 
Which the Muehlenbeckia or Wire Vine Makes» 
How Well It Is Adapted for Covering 
Walls and Unslightly Objects 
MUEHLENBECKIA complexa. (Wire Vine; Tas- 
manian Ivy ; Maiden Hair Vine; Mattress Vine ; 
Money Vine, etc.) New Zealand. Remarkably 
strong-growing, evergreen, twining vine. The 
innumerable branches are very slender and 
black, resembling wire. Leaves about the size 
of Maiden Hair Fern. Flowers white, but 
entirely inconspicuous. Splendid for training 
up trunks of trees. If grown on "chicken wire" 
will make a very beautiful hedge, as the 
branches intertwine until a dense mass is 
formed. Each 
4- inch pot $ .50 
ACTINIDIA chinensis. China. Very strong-grow- 
ing, twining deciduous climber. Leaves very 
large, rounded, downy beneath. Branchlets 
and leaflets are densely covered with bright 
red hairs. Flowers, about two inches broad 
with five spreading petals and a mass of 
stamens, are creamy white, soon turning yellow. 
Quite out of the ordinary in every way. Each 
5- inch pot „ „ $ .75 
AKEBIA. Handsome twining vines with dense, 
semi-evergi'een foliage. Flowers, borne in early 
spring, are small, in short racemes, a peculiar 
shade of livid purple. Each 
5-inch pot $ .60 
A. lobata. China; Japan. Leaves of three large 
leaflets, deeply or slightly lobed, sometimes only 
wavy-margined. Foliage very dense. 
A. quinata. China; Japan. Leaves of five small 
leaflets. Foliage more graceful and less dense 
than preceding. 
BIGNONIA unguis-cati (B. tweediana.) Argentina. 
Leaflets long and narrow. Flowers lemon- 
yellow and usually broader than long. The 
vine is very graceful and handsome and will 
climb very high. The tendrils are hooked and 
adhere readily to brick, stone, cement and wood. 
Each 
Potted $1.00 
BOUGAINVILLEA. Very showy evergreen climb- 
ers from South America, with insignificant real 
flowers surrounded by three very showy bracts 
appearing like flowers and usually so called. 
Each 
4- inch pot $ .75 
B. spectabilis. Leaves large, bright green. Flowers 
brilliant rosy magenta. Wonderfully free 
bloomer and one of the showiest plants in cul- 
tivation, 
CAMPSIS chinensis (Bignonia grandiflora; B. 
chinensis.) (Chinese Trumpet Vine.) Foliage 
similar to common Trumpet Vine and decidu- 
ous. Flowers similarly colored, but shorter, 
more flaring and with much larger, spreading 
lobes. They are borne in a large, open pinacle. 
Makes a beautiful display nearly all summer; 
far superior to the common form. Very little 
known, as the ordinary Tecoma radicans has 
so generally been sent out by nurseries under 
this name. Each 
Potted $ .50 
CISSUS striata (Ampelopsis sempervirens.) (Ever- 
green Atnpelopsis.) Very handsome vine of 
much more dainty appearance than the decidu- 
ous kinds. Leaves small, palmate, with five 
dark green leaflets. Adheres by tendrils. Well 
liked where known. Each 
Potted $ .60 
CLEMATIS. Well-known deciduous climbers 
clinging by their twining leafstalks. Flowers 
vary greatly in size, color and time of blooming. 
Perfectly hardy here. They require rich, light 
soil, plenty of moisture with good drainage. 
Each 
5- inch pot $ .60 
4-inch pot 50 
Except large flowering varieties. 
C. paniculata. Japan. Flowers white, fragrant, 
very small but borne in the greatest profusion 
during late summer. 
Large- flowering varieties. Each 
Potted - $1.50 
Henryi. Extremely large, almost pure white. 
Single. 
Jackmanni. Single, medium-sized; intense violet 
purple. A very free bloomer and the most 
popular variety grown. 
FICUS pumila (F. repens.) (Climbing Fig.) Ex- 
tremely handsome evergreen climber with about 
same habit as the well-known Boston or Japan 
Ivy. It adheres closely to walls by its cling- 
ing tendrils. Leaves are small, dark green and 
heart-shaped. Has been proved perfectly hardy 
here by several years' test on our office build- 
ing, where it has thrived admirably. Each 
4-ineh pot $ .50 
