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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
HARDY FLOWERING VINES. 
O N this page and the next we have tried to show the great beauty and desirability of 
Hardy Flowering Vines—such as may be planted in the ground for screening 
porches, windows, summer houses, etc., and which are perfectly hardy in any State, 
and sure to flourish and increase in size and beauty each year. 
Large -FloWeripg Clematis. 
The finest vine in existence for small 'trellises or piazza 
pillars. Used also to cover rock work, mound, stumps, etc., 
or can be used as a low trailer, pegging its shoets down to 
the ground. Foliage neat, habit graceful, and for a month'a 
solid sheet of bloom, the large, starry flowers actually hid¬ 
ing the foliage. The flowers are from 4 to 9 inches across, 
extremely showy. All of these are perfectly hardy, and are 
the finest varieties. 
Ramona— A strong, rampant grower, fully three times as 
strong as Jaekmanni, often growing ten feet the first 
season. It is. a perpetual bloomer, flowers appearing both 
in the old and the new wood, giving an abundance of 
blossoms all through the season. In color a fine deep 
sky-blue, lovely, and distinct from any other. In size the 
flowers surpass anything we have ever seen. Perfectly: 
hardy and very vigorous; new and grand. 
Henryi— This is the finest of all white Clematis, and should 
find a place in every collection. It is not only a vigorous 
grower, but is a remarkably free and continuous bloomer, 
beginning with the earliest and holding on with the 
latest. Flowers large, of a beautiful creamy white. 
Jackmanni--This is perhaps the best known of the fine 
perpetual Clematis, and should have credit for the great 
popularity now attending this family of beautiful climb- 
ers. The plant is free in its form of growth, and an 
ab ™ < | aQ i ; an( i successful bloomer, producing flowers 
until frozen up. The flowers are large and of an intense 
violet-purple, remarkable for its velvety richness. 
Md. Edward Andre— This was introduced only a few years' 
ago, and created a real sensation. It is as large and free 
as Jaekmanni, but its color is novel and distinct, being 
a fine dull crimson or red. The only variety of the red 
shades among large-flowered Clematis. 
Lar\guinosa Candida —A well-known pure white variety 
which is everywhere esteemed. Flowers very large, and 
pure in color. 
Price , 50c. each; the five for $2.00. 
Glenjatis, PaijicUlata. 
We cannot well say too much in praise of this vine. A 
clean, thrifty, robust growing vine, of graceful habit, with 
attractive glossy foliage, and covered in August and Sep¬ 
tember with a sheet of clustered snow-white bloom of the 
most delicious fragrance. No other vine so completely 
covers itself with flowers. An arbor or portico over which 
this Clematis is trained is a wall of white for the time being, 
and what makes it the more striking is that nearly all other 
vines have ceased blooming at that time. The panicles of 
bloom are very pretty for cutting, the pretty star-like florets, 
with their feathery stamens, appearing to fine advantage 
contrasted with the large and more vivid flowers of the early 
autumn garden. Perfectly hardy; grows rapidly. Fine 
vines; 25c. each; 3 for 60c.; 6 for $1.00. 
Bell-FloWered (Ylerpatis. 
The most beautiful, hardy and rapid growing varieties 
of recent introduction. They are really gems in every re¬ 
spect, and will give great satisfaction. 
Cocci nea— A lovely sort, producing an abundance of hand¬ 
some vine and a great profusion of large rosy-scarlet 
flowers, which are exceedingly handsome and useful for 
all sorts of decoration. It blooms all summer long. line 
plants for blooming at once. f 
Crispa— Much like Coceinea, except its color is a fine blue, 
tipped with white. 
Price. 20c."each: the two for SOc. 
Rose, Grinpsop Rambler. 
This new Rose is the sensation of the hour, and well it 
may be, for it is indeed a marvel. It originated in beotJanu, 
and is a hardy everblooming, climbing Polyanthus. It is 
perfectly hardy in the open ground, will grow 8 to 10 feet in a 
season., is in bloom all the time from early spring to late ran, 
the flowers appearing in great panicles as large as a man s 
hat and of a deep, rich crimson color, like blood -coJoreu 
velvet. The flowers, when cut, last two weeks m water, anu 
fully a month on the bush, which is a perfect mass ot ricr. 
crimson at all times. It can be grown in various ways; as# 
pillar rose, as a trellis rose, and for covering a wall 
equal, and when pegged down it will form a bed ot itscy- 
Cut back, it is a magnificent pot rose for the window., ft w 
always in bloom, even when very small, and is easily trimmeu- 
to a bushy grower. Being the introducer in this country, 
we have the largest and finest stock of this superb Rose. 
Strong field-grown plants, hoc. each; % for $ 1 . 00 . 
