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HARDY VINES AND CLIMBERS— Continued. 
CLEMATIS Duchess of Edinburgli. Double white, scented. 
— ^Jackmani. Purple, free flowering. 
— Jackmani alba. Pure white. 
— Ville de Lyon. Bright carmine. Best red variety. 
CLEMATIS Paniculata. Japanese Virgin's Bower. Pure white, deliciously fragrant 
Blooms in August in the greatest profusion, covered with masses of small flowers 
borne in clusters. Two-year-old plants, each, 40c. Three-year-old plants, 
each, 50c. 
EUONYMUS Radicans. A low trailing shrub, dark leaves; will form a splendid shrub 
where it cannot climb. Valuable for covering wood, to which it clings. 
Two-year-old plants, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. Three-year-old plants, each, 50c; 
dozen, $5.00. 
— Variegafa. Foliage edged with creamy white, which takes on a pinkish tinge in 
winter. Two-year-old plants, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00; Three-year-old plants, 
50c each, ; dozen, $5.00. 
HUMULUS Lupulus. Hop. A useful climber for quickly covering unsightly places. 
Two-year-old plants, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
LONICERA Aurea Reticulata. Golden Honeysuckle. Handsome foliage, netted 
and spotted bright yellow. Two-year-old-plants, each, 40c ; dozen, $4.00. Three 
year- old plants, each, 50c; dozen, $5.00. 
— ^Belgica. Monthly Fragrant Honeysuckle. Blooms all summer. Fragrant 
red and yellow flowers. Two-year-old plants, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00; Three- 
year-old plants, each, 50c; dozen, $5.00. 
— Halleana. Hall's Japan Honeysuckle. Deep green foliage, flowers pure white, 
turning to yellow, fragrant, blooms all summer. Two-year-old plants, each, 40c; 
dozen, $4.00. 
— Sempervirens. Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle. Scarlet tubular flowers borne 
all summer in profusion. Two-year-old plants, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00. 
LYCIUM Europseum. Matrimony Vine. A fast growing vine with orange-red flow- 
ers. Three- year-old plants, each, 40c. 
WISTARIA Sinensis. Purple Chinese. A heavy and fast growing climber. Flowers 
in violet-blue pendulous clusters, richly perfumed, produced in May. Two-year- 
old plants, each, 75c. Three-year-old plants, each, $1.00. 
— Sinensis Alba. White Chinese. Of similar habit to the purple, with pure white 
flowers. Two-year-old plants, each, 75c. Three-year-old plants, each, $1.00. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 
HINTS FOR PLANTING. 
Soil. Fibrou^ loam is for all purposes the best soil, though any good garden soil 
may be made to serve as a foundation for building up a good border. Where clay pre- 
dominates, a heavy dressing of straw manure and lime well worked in, will improve the 
texture greatly. Sandy soil should also have a dressing of well decayed manure with 
the addition of some clay soil if possible. Bone meal or any of the cooler fertilizers 
are useful for this purpose. 
Preparation. It is essential that the preparation should be thorough, digging 
where possible to a depth of two feet. If the subsoil is clay, that should be well dug also, 
leaving it at the bottom of the trench and well working in the dressing through the entire 
depth. The roots will quickly find their way down to this apparently poor food. 
Where necessary, drainage in some form will help, but given a decent aspect and thor- 
ough cultivation, this is not often necessary. 
Planting. In planting, a generally safe guide is to plant from 12 to 20 inches 
apart, according to the height and vigor of the varieties selected. Make holes large 
enough to lay out all roots and plant firmly. 
Protection. A little protection for nearly all the hardy plants in winter is advisable; 
not a protection so much against the frost, as against mild winter weather. Hardy 
plants may be killed by alternate freezing and thawing. A covering of leaves or loose 
stable litter will be found beneficial, two or three inches spread loosely over, after a little 
frost is all that is required. 
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