40 Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
Vines 
Ampelopsis 
A. quinquefolia. The common Five- 
leaved Ivy, or Virginia Creeper. 
A. Veitchii. Japan Creeper; Boston 
Ivy. Leaves smaller than those of tlie 
American, and overlap 'one another, 
forming a dense sheet of green. The 
plant is a little tender while young, and 
requires protection the first winter; but 
once established there is no further risk. 
It grows rapidly and clings to wall or 
fence with the tenacity of ivy ; the foliage 
is very handsome in summer, and changes 
to crimson-scarlet in autumn. For cov- 
ering walls, stumps of trees, rockeries, 
etc., no plant is so useful. For the orna- 
mentation o£ brick and stone structures, 
it can be specially recommended. 
Bitter Sweet 
A twining vine of very rapid growth, 
and waxy green, single-lobed leaf ; bright 
scarlet berries. Perfectly hardy and 
very beautiful. 
Clematis 
C. paniculala. 
Japan 
CLEMATIS PANICULATA. 
A great novelty from 
It has proved to be one 
of themost desirable, useful and 
beautiful of hardy vines, being 
a luxuriant grower, profuse 
bloomei', and possessing fine fo- 
liage. It is particularly useful 
tor covering verandas, pillars 
and fences, where a trellis or 
support can be provided for it to 
climb on. The flowers are of 
medium size, very pretty and 
fragrant, and produced in 
greatest profusion in late sum- 
mer. We can recommend this 
novelty in the strongest manner 
as one of the best vines to gi'ovv 
near the house. It makes a 
growth of from 25 to 30 feet in 
a eingle season, and should be 
cut back to the ground each 
spring. 
C. Virginica. A remarkably 
vigorous plant, and one of the 
finest for covering arbors, 
porches, and the like. This 
vine has been known to grow at 
the rate of 3 inches per day, 
and frequently makes a growth 
of 20 feet in a season. It is per- 
fectly hardy. Flowers small, 
greenish white, and seed -pods 
very conspicuous and light gray 
in color. 
C. coccinea. Small, bright 
coral-red ; inverted bell-shaped ; 
open l)ut (ittle. Very peculiar. 
Hardy and attractive. 
C. Jackmani. Large, intense 
violet-purple; remarkable for 
its velvety ricliness; free in its 
growl h and an abundant and suc- 
cessive bloomer. 
C. Jackmani alba. This ditlers 
from ('. .Inckmiuii only in coloi' 
of flower, which is a clear white, 
and in the vine being rather 
more of a slender grower. 
