E. VS. REID’S UlURSERIES. BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
SOME CHARMING HARDY VINES 
HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS. 
NOTE. — The prices quoted are for vines by mail, postpaid. 
AMPELOPSIS. 
Veltchii (Boston Ivy). A beautiful hardy-climbing 
plant- of Japanese origin. This is one of the finest 
climbers we know of for covering walls, as it clings 
firmly to the smoothest surface, covering it with over- 
lapping leaves, which form a mass of foliage; fresh 
deep green in summer, changing to bright shades of 
crimson and yellow in autumn; hardy. Strong plants, 
20 cts. 
Quinquefolla (Virginia Creeper). Hardy; of rapid 
growth; fine for covering walls or unsightly objects. 
15 cts. ; large, 20 cts. 
CLEMATIS. 
Duchess of Edinburgh. This is without doubt the 
best of the double whites ; very free-flowering. 50 cts. ; 
large, 60 cts. 
Coccinea. A very handsome hardy climber, bearing 
thick, bell-shaped flowers of a bright coral red color; 
blooms with wonderful profusion from June until frost. 
Strong plants, 25 cts. 
Henryi. Creamy white, large and fine; very hardy 
and strong-growing. 60 cts. ; large, 75 cts. 
Jackmanni. The flowers when fully expanded are 
from 4 to 6 inches in diameter; intense violet-purple, 
with a rich velvety appearance; distinctly veined. It 
flowers continually from July until frost. The strong- 
est grower and best bloomer in the collection. 50 cts. ; 
extra fine 3-year plants, 60 cts. 
Lady Caroline - Neville. Fine flowers from 6 to 7 
inches in diameter; color delicate blush-white, with a 
broad purplish lilac band in the center of each sepal. 
50 cts. ; large, 60 cts. 
Paniculata. An excellent vine of rapid growth, 
quickly covering arbors or trellises with handsome, 
glossy green foliage. The small white flowers, borne 
in long clusters, cover the plant in a sheet of bloom 
and are delightfully fragrant. Strong plants, 25 cts. 
CINNAMON VINE. 
A fine hardy climber, and well known in some parts 
of the country as Chinese Yam. The tubers grow very 
large, and are edible, like a sweet potato. The vine is 
a beautiful, rapid grower, producing sweet-scented 
flowers. 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO. 
Dutchman’s Pipe. A vigorous and rapid-growing 
climber, bearing singular brownish colored flowers, re- 
sembling in shape a Dutchman’s pipe. The leaves are 
large, and as the plant grows quickly, it soon makes a 
dense shade. Is per- 
fectly hardy. 30 cts. ; 
extra size (by ex- 
press only), 75 cts. 
BIGNONIA 
RADICANS. 
(Trumpet Flower.) 
A rapid - growing 
climber, with large 
scarlet, trumpet- 
shaped flowers. 20c. ; 
large, 25 cts. 
HONEY- 
SUCKLE. 
Hall’s Japanese. 
An almost evergreen 
Honeysuckle of great 
value, being entirely 
hardy, and of strong 
and vigorous growth. 
Flowers fragrant, 
pure white, changing 
to yellow; produced 
in profusion from 
May till December. 
25 cts. ; large, 35 <;ts. 
Aurea reticulata. 
A variety with beau- 
tifully variegated fo- 
liage; leaves netted 
and veined with clear 
yellow; flowers yel- 
iow and fragrant. 
15 cts. ; large, 20 cts. 
Chinese Twining. 
Blooms at intervals 
through the summer, and retains its foliage late in 
winter; flowers nearly white. 15 cts.; large, 20 cts. 
Monthly Fragrant. A fine, rapid-growing variety; 
flowers large and very fragrant; color red and yellow; 
a constant bloomer. 15 cts.; large, 20 cts. 
Scarlet Trumpet. A strong, rapid grower, with an 
abundance of bright scarlet flowers, which, though 
strikingly handsome, are not fragrant. Strong plants, 
25 cts. ; large, 30 cts. 
IRISH IVY. 
This is a well-known, glossy-leaved evergreen climber 
of luxuriant growth. Needs a protected situation at 
the far north. 20 cts. ; large, 35 cts. 
WISTARIA. 
Chinese (Sinensis). A most beautiful climber of 
rapid growth, producing long, pendulous clusters of 
pale blue flowers. It is very hardy, and a superb vine. 
25 cts. and 35 cts. 
Double Purple (Flore Pleno). A rare and charming 
variety, with perfectly double flowers. Perfectly hardy. 
50 cts. and 60 cts. 
Chinese White. Introduced by Mr. Fortune, from 
China, and regarded as one of his greatest acquisi- 
tions. 50 cts. and 60 cts. 
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