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ILLUSTRA TED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Samuel Moulson—Mauve, with a reddish tint on the bars. 
Star of India— A very showy, very iree flowering' sort with large flowers, first of a reddish plum color, 
changing to a violet purcle, with turkey-red bar in the center of each flower leaf. A distinct vari¬ 
ety of great merit. July to October. 
Tunbridgensis-A very fine variety, having flowers of a remarkably good form and reddish lilac color, 
with a central band of bluish mauve. This variety can be used to advantage with the Jackmanni 
and other dark colored sorts. July to October. 
Velutina Purpurea—This variety has great merit in being the darkest colored Clematis of the class. It 
has the vigorous, free-blooming character of the Jackmanni. The flowers are large and of a very 
rich blackish mulberry-purple color. New and choice. July to October. 
Viticella Major—This is an improved form of the Viticella ; is a free grower, with flowers of reddish 
plum color. 
Viticella Rubra Grandiflora—This is the nearest approach to a crimson Clematis yet obtained. The 
flowers, which are very abundant, are of a dull crimson color, and have green stamens. July to 
October. 
Viticella Venosa—A beautiful Clematis, of free growth. The flowers are above medium size ; the color 
is a pleasing tint of reddish-purple, elegantly veined with crimson. July to October. 
William Kennett—A choice new variety, having large flowers of a deep lavender. July to October. 
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The following varieties flower in Spring and early Summer,,front the old or r ipened ith/od of the 
previous year's growth: 
Albert Victor—This is one of the early flowering hybrids, having large flowers of a deep lavender, with 
a paler bar in the center of each sepal. The flowers are produced freely from*^e last ov May to me 
first of July. 
Aureliana — A valuable hybrid variety ; flowers large and of a lively porcelain blue color, wLich are prc. 
duced in great profusion. June to October. 
Apiifolia—Japan. Vigorous, abundant; light yellow flowers in August ; excellent to cover rock work, &c. 
Coccinea (Scarlet Clematis)—Flowers most brilliant scarlet, quite unlike that of any ether Clematis. 
Blooms in July. Very choice and rare. 
Duke of Norfolk—A very deep mauve color, with a broadish pale bar. The anthers are d ^rk colored. 
Duchess of Teck—A pure white, with a faint, delicate mauve bar. Awarded first-class ,>urtificate by the 
Royal Botanic Society. 
Edith Jackman — White, delicate flush of mauve. 
Fair Rosamond — Free-growing and handsome. The flower is fully six inches acren-a, and consists of 
eight sepals. The color is White with a bluish cast, having a light wine red ba. up the center of 
each sepal. Flowers very fragrant, and are abundant through June and first of July. 
Lady Londesborough—One of the best of the early flowering Japanese Hybrids. Ti„*> flowers ar-j large, 
of a silvery gray, with a paler bar in the center of each sepal. June to July. 
Lord Mayo—Deep rosy lilac color, darker towards the base. 
Lord Derby — Anthers reddish purple, with white filaments. 
Lady Alice Neville—Color rosy-lilac, with pale mauve bars. Certificate Royal Hoi .cultural Society—. 
Mrs. Geo. Jackman—Satiny white, with a creamy bar. This variety often flower-., in the young tWro, 
giving it more the character of a perpetual bloomer. This is one of the best i . the early flowering 
whites. 
Maiden’s Blush—Delicate bluish white tint, of bright rosy lilac at the base of bar, 
Mrs. S. C. Baker — French white, claret bar. 
Miss Bateman—One of the most charming of the Spring flowering hybrids, having large white flowers, 
with chocolate red anthers, and somewhat fragrant. May and June. 
Montana—A remarkably free-growing, exceedingly ornamental, hardy Indian Clim.ber, well adapted for 
trailing over walls or trellises. The flowers are white, with a dash of pink and tuft of straw-colored 
stamens. Sweet-scented and very copious—the branches literally becoming converted into floral 
garlands. 
Standishii—Introduced from Japan. A remarkably free-growing variety, with beautiful, richly-colored, 
very finely formed flowers, of a light mauve purple color. One of the best. June. 
Sir Garnet Wolseley—Bluish ground; effective dash of bronze, with a distinct bar of plum red. 
Stella—New. Very showy, one of the choicest. The flowers are of a light violet or deep mauve, with a 
distinct bar in the center of each sepal of a reddish plum color. 
The Queen—A new variety, having a free habit and remarkably handsome foliage and flowers of a deli¬ 
cate lavender color. 
Vesta—Large, of fine form ; dead white, with a creamy tinge over the center bar ; delicate primrose fra¬ 
grance. A valuable early bloomer. 
Virginiana — A very- strong grower, having fragrant white flowers. Valuable for covering screens. 
