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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
with magnificent light green foliage, ten or twelve inches in diameter and curious pipe- 
shaped, yellowish brown flowers. 
CLEMATIS PANICULATA. Vine with fragrant white flowers. 
CLEMATIS HYBRIDS. Vines with large flowers, purple, white, blue and red. 
HONEYSUCKLE, HALL'S JAPAN. Vine with fragrant white flowers. 
HONEYSUCKLE. JAPAN GOLD VEINED. Vine with yellow variegated foliage. 
HYDRANGEA SCANDENS. Another importation by us from Japan. Grows forty to fifty 
feet, covering walls, old trees, etc. like Ampelopsis Veitchii. The white flowers appear 
in great abundance and present a beautiful sight. 
KUDZU VINE. A hardy and vigorous vine, frequently producing stems forty to sixty feet 
long in a single season. A veritable Jack-and-the-bean-stalk. 
VIRGINIA CREEPER. One of the finest vines for covering walls, verandas, or trunks of 
trees; affords shade quickly. 
WISTARIA. Chinese Purple. Hardy climber with racemes of pale purple flowers. 
CHINESE WHITE. Differmg from above only in color, being pure white. 
WISTERIA MULTIJUGA. White and purple. This bears racemes of flowers two to three 
feet in length. 
BARBERRY THUNBERGII 
We have growing in our nurseries a large stock of this beautiful, graceful plant, very 
desirable for hedges or for grouping. The crimson berries remain on throughout the winter, 
giving a bright coloring to the winter landscape. 
HEDGE PLANTS 
Hedges are valuable as a defense against animals, as windbreaks to protect" orchards, 
gardens or farms unduly exposed, and as ornamental fences or screens to mark the bounda- 
ries of a lawn or cemetery lot. 
The usefulness of suitable hedges for both ornament and defense is now everywhere 
appreciated. To secure a good hedge it is necessary to plant well. Dig a wide, deep trench 
and work the soil thoroughly into the roots. Stamp the ground firmly so that each plant 
will be set solidly as a post, then mulch heavily with loose strawy manure for a distance of 
from one to two feet on each side, according to the size of the plants. This precaution is 
especially necessary with Evergreens. tt , , , 
EVERGREEN HEDGE PLANTS. American Arbor Vitae, Norway Spruce, Hemlock and 
Pines are used for hedges. See description of each under Evergreens. 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET. This is the most glossy leaved and rapid growing of all the half- 
evergreen plants used for low hedges around private lawns, and is the universal favorite at 
Newport and other fashionable seaside resorts. The plant has light green stems and white 
flowers in June. Transplants easily, grows in almost any soil and location, even where 
quite shaded and can be trimmed to any desired form. 
BARBERRY THUNBERGII. A comparatively new shrub of low growing habit, seldom 
over four feet, unrivalled for beauty. Foliage a bright green until autumn, when it changes 
