The Glorious Flame Vine 
B. venusta. "Flame Vine". For brilliancy 
of color and abundance of bloom, this mag¬ 
nificent vine is difficult to excel. Its handsome 
foliage is smothered with a brilliant mass 
of vivid flaming orange-scarlet flowers all 
through the winter. The top of the vine must 
be in full sun. Easily grown in the warmer 
sections of California. There is no more richly 
colored flowering vine anywhere in the world 
than this. 24°. See illustration below. 5-gal. 
containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 60c. 
See also the Chinese Trumpet Vine illus¬ 
trated on next page and described on page 52. 
Boston Ivy 
Ampelopsis veitchi. "Bos¬ 
ton Ivy." A clinging vine 
which closely covers walls, 
chimneys, and stonework 
with a soft mantle of green 
in summer, turning to gor¬ 
geous reds and yellows in 
autumn, dropping the leaves 
in winter. Sun or shade. 
Zero. Gal. containers, 60c. 
Ampelopsis lowii. Similar 
to Boston Ivy but with smal¬ 
ler leaves, dainty in effect. 
Sun or shade. Zero. 5-gal. 
containers, $1.75; gal. con¬ 
tainers, 60c. 
Beaumontia 
Beaumontia grandiilora. 
"Herald's Trumpet, Easter 
Lily Vine". One of the most 
famous and most beautiful 
of tropical vines, with large, 
handsome, evergreen foliage 
and big clusters of pure 
white, trumpet-shaped flow¬ 
ers, 6-inches long and al¬ 
most as wide. Extremely 
fragrant. Blooms almost the 
year around. Fairly tender. 
24°. Gal. containers, $1.00. 
Coral Vine 
Antigonon Ieptopus. "Rosa de 
Montana" or "Queen's Wreath". 
This magnificent flowering vine 
from Mexico thrives almost any¬ 
where in Southern California, 
including the milder desert sec¬ 
tions, grows very rapidly to 20 
or 30 feet, and from early spring 
to late autumn is a mass of 
bright rose-pink heart-shaped 
flowers. 10°. 5-gal. containers, 
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
The Flaming Orange Colored Flower Clusters 
of the Flame Vine are Shown Below. 
The Fragrant Flowers of 
Jasminum gracillimum. 
DISTICTIS CINEREA 
Delightfully Fragrant, Purple and 
Lavender Blooms. 
The Trumpet Vines 
Bignonia cherere. "Red Trumpet Vine. A 
splendid evergreen climbing shrub which 
sends its heavy, dark green foliage every¬ 
where, and all through the spring, summer 
and fall is covered with clusters of great 
blood-red, tubular flowers. It will climb over 
anything and will cover stone walls, fences, 
or outbuildings with a dense mantle of green 
in a short time. Almost ever-blooming. Full 
sun. 20°. See illustration opposite page. 5-gal. 
containers, $1.75; gal containers, 60c. _ 
B. tweediana. "Yellow Trumpet Vine". A 
brilliant yellow trumpet vine with many long 
slender shoots, clinging to any surface and 
making a dense mat of foliage. Excellent for 
the desert. Needs sun. 10°. 5-gal. containers, 
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
B. violacea. “Violet Trumpet Vine". Lovely 
large glossy foliage, covered with lovely big 
flowers of delicate violet in late winter and 
early spring. The delicate beauty of its flow¬ 
ers and the luxuriant, dark green foliage 
makes it one of California's most beautiful 
vines. Sun or shade. 18°. 5-gal. containers, 
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
Podranea Brycei. (Tecoma "Queen of 
Sheba"). A most unusual trumpet vine for it 
produces its large clusters of big trumpet¬ 
shaped blooms in the middle of winter—in 
January and February. The flowers are red¬ 
dish-pink, deeper in the throat, and have a 
most delightful and unique fragrance like that 
of pineapples, bananas and apples. Fairly 
tender. Full sun. 22°. Gal. containers, 75c. 
A Lavender Beauty 
Distictis cinerea. This is one of the finest of 
all vines for the milder regions of California, 
making a dense mass of deep green foliage, 
covered almost all spring, summer and fall 
with the most magnificent show of big trum¬ 
pet-shaped flowers, purple when they open, 
lightening to various lovely shades of laven¬ 
der as they age. A mature plant blooms al¬ 
most eight months in the year, and the flow¬ 
ers are delightfully vanilla-scented. If we had 
to choose one vine for the coastal region, this 
is the one we would pick. 20°. 5-gal. con¬ 
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 75c. 
Evergreen Grape 
Cissus capensis. "Evergreen Grape". A 
luxuriant, heavily foliaged, wild grape vine, 
evergreen, with reddish-black edible fruit. 
Splendid for rambling over a large space. 24°. 
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
Clematis 
Clematis hybrids. These are the large flow¬ 
ered varieties so highly prized in the East 
and Middle West. They do not thrive quite so 
well in California but can be grown if de¬ 
sired. The top should be cut off at the ground 
during winter and allowed to start over in the 
spring. Zero. We have Jackmani (purple), 
Baron Veillard (pink), Ramona (blue), Mme. 
Andre (red), and Henryi (white). 85c. 
Clematis paniculata. "Sweet Autumn Cle¬ 
matis". A popular, hardy, deciduous vine, re¬ 
markably vigorous, often growing 25 feet in a 
season. Densely covered with delightfully 
fragrant white flowers in late summer. Zero. 
Gal. containers, 60c. 
Colorful Bougainvilleas 
Bougainvillea Braziliensis. The hardiest of 
the Bougainvilleas, bearing a mass of bril¬ 
liant reddish-purple flowers against a back¬ 
ground of bright green leaves. Easily grown, 
but needs sun. 18°. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; 
gal. containers, 60c. 
B. Crimson Lake. Just as vigorous in growth 
as the above, but immensely different in the 
color of the flowers which are brilliant crim¬ 
son. Fairly tender, full sun. Particularly fine 
on the seacoast in Southern California but 
splendid in milder interior sections as well. 
22°. 5-gal. containers, trellised, $3.50; smaller 
staked, $2.00; 6-inch pots, 75c. 
B. lateritia. A variety that is always scarce. 
Brilliant brick-red flowers, even brighter than 
Crimson Lake. For mild sections only. 25°. 
6 -inch pots, $1.25. 
B. magnifica. A rare new variety, with great 
lustrous dark royal purple flowers. 22°. 6-inch 
pots, $1.25. 
B. Praetorius (Tangerine). At present this is 
possibly the most sought-after Bougainvillea 
in Southern California because of the beauti¬ 
ful color of its bronzy-gold flowers, the color¬ 
ing varying occasionally to apricot or orange- 
yellow. 25°. 6-inch pots, $1.50. 
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ORNAMENTAL VINES 
Nothing provides a home-like and restful appearance more quickly than a 
covering of green vines for blank walls, bare fences and arbors. We are par¬ 
ticularly fortunate in California in being able to grow not only the hardy vines 
of the colder climates but many of the brilliant flowering vines of the Tropics, 
and you will find both kinds in this list. The minimum temperatures given for 
each variety are only approximate to give some idea of their hardiness. All vines 
listed are evergreen unless otherwise stated. 
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