MichelPs Climbing Plants 
Clematis Henryi 
AKEBIA quinata. A quick-growing vine with 
small, fine-lobed, half-evergreen leaves and 
purplish brown or chocolate-colored flowers, 
which have a delicious odor. Extra-strong 
plants, 35c. each; doz., $3.50. 
AMPELOPSIS quinquefolia. VirginiaCreeper. 
The large, handsome, dark green leaves are 
deeply cut into five lobes, and in autumn turn 
a beautiful rich crimson. Especially adapted 
to covering tree-stumps and trunks. Extra¬ 
strong plants, 35c. each; doz., $3.50. 
A. Veitchi. Boston Ivy. The popular climber 
for brick and stone buildings and walls. 
Leaves beautiful deep green which in the 
autumn turns to a coppery red. Strong plants, 
40c. each; doz., $4.00. 
BIGNONIA grandiflora. Trumpet Vine. A 
strong-growing, free-flowering vine with rich 
green foliage and trumpet-shaped, orange-red 
flowers. Strong plants, 75c. each. 
CELASTRUS scandens. Bittersweet; Wax- 
wort. Rapid-growing vine that in early 
summer produces yellow flowers, which by 
autumn have turned to bright orange-colored 
fruits with red markings. Extra-strong plants, 
35c. each; doz., $3.50. 
CLEMATIS coccinea. Pretty, bell-shaped, 
coral-red flowers from early June until late 
fall. 75c. each. 
C. crispa. Sweet-scented, lavender flowers. 
75c. each. 
C., Duchess of Edinburgh. Large, double, 
white flowers in profusion. 75c. each. 
C. Henryi. Large, single, creamy white flowers, 
borne in great profusion. Extra-strong pot- 
grown plants, 75c. each. 
C. Jackmani. Intense violet-purple flower of 
enormous size. 75c. each. 
C., M me. Edouard Andre. Gigantic, velvety 
red, well-formed flowers of great substance. 
Extra-strong, pot-grown plants, 75c. each. 
C. montana rubens. Identical in every way 
with the variety Undulata except that flowers 
are of a pleasing shade of soft rosy red—a 
most desirable color. Strong plants, 75c. each. 
C. montana undulata. Anemone Clematis. 
A strong, vigorous, perfectly hardy type that 
succeeds under the most adverse conditions. 
The anemone or windflower-like white flowers 
flushed mauve, are from 1J^ to 2 inches in 
diameter and frequently begin to open the 
last week in April, just when wisterias have 
finished flowering, continuing well throughout 
May. Strong pot-plants, 75c. each. 
Clematis paniculata. Japanese Virgin’s 
Bower. A strong, luxuriant grower, with light 
green foliage. Innumerable, star-like flowers 
cover the vine in a sheet of fragrant white in 
late August. Each Doz 100 
Strong plants.$0 30 $3 00 $20 00 
Extra-strong plants... 50 5 00 
C., Ramona. A beautiful shade of lavender- 
blue. 75c. each. 
EUONYMUS radicans. Self-clinging vine, 
suitable for covering walls, stumps, or rock¬ 
eries, or wherever a vine of slow-growing 
habit is desired. Green foliage. 
E. radicans variegata. Like the above but 
leaves are variegated. 
E. radicans vegetus. Foliage is larger than 
that of Radicans and the plant produces an 
orange-colored berry which is retained the 
greater part of the winter. 
Price, 35c. each; doz., $3.50 
Polygonum Auberti 
HONEYSUCKLE. This favorite requires very 
little comment or description, always yielding 
a wealth of fragrant bloom. 
H. ? Chinese Evergreen. Very fragrant, yellow 
and white variegated flowers the entire season. 
H., Golden Giant ( Lonicera Tellmanniana). A 
vigorous, hardy climber with extra-large, 
intense golden yellow flowers having the tube 
lightly shaded bronzy scarlet on the outside. 
Blooms profusely during the month of June and 
is perfectly hardy. A really fine new climber. 
Strong plants, 50c. each. 
H., Hall’s (L. japonica Halliana). Flowers pure 
white, turning to yellow, from June until frost. 
Hardy evergreen. 
H., Red Coral (Scarlet Trumpet). Bright 
red, trumpet-shaped flowers all summer 
H., Variegated (L. japonica aureo-reticulata). 
Foliage beautifully mottled yellow and green; 
flowers white and yellow. 
Price, except where noted, strong plants, 35c. each; 
doz., $3.50; $25.00 per 100 
HOP VINE ( Humulus japonicus). A rapid 
grower with dark green foliage and bearing a 
profusion of seed-pods, suitable for many 
domestic purposes. Strong pot-plants, 25c. 
each; doz., $2.50. 
IVY, English. An invaluable plant for covering 
brick and stone walls and buildings. It rarely 
dies out and needs no attention. 
Each Doz. 100 
2^-in. pots.$0 15 $1 50 $10 00 
4-in. pots. 50 5 00 40 DO 
and Vines 
LATHYRUS. Hardy Pea. A fine plant for 
training on pillars, columns, and similar places. 
It flowers during the greater part of the 
summer and is really an excellent cut-flower, 
lasting well and very effective. 
L. latifolius. Rich red. 
L., Pink Beauty. Beautiful rose-pink. 
L., White Pearl. Pure white flowers in giant 
trusses. 
Price, strong plants, 25c. each; doz., $2.50 
LYCIUM barbarum. Matrimony Vine. A 
dense-growing climber of somewhat shrubby 
nature. In late summer the small purple 
flowers are followed by a crop of red berries, 
which remain until late winter. 50c. each; 
doz., $5.00. 
POLYGONUM Auberti. For porches, lattice¬ 
work, fences, pergolas, and buildings. A 
useful vine which is perfectly hardy. It is 
quick-growing—a small plant will make a 
growth of 25 to 30 feet the first summer. The 
snowy white flowers, borne in long clusters, 
turn rose-color with age. It will not cling to 
the wall, but will ramble over anything that 
will support it. Extra-strong, pot-grown 
plants, 50c. each; doz., $5.00. 
WISTERIA. This flowers in the latitude of 
Philadelphia during May. A strong, developed 
vine produces hundreds of flower panicles, 
while no foliage is visible until after the flower 
is faded. 
W. chinensis. Chinese Wisteria. Pale blue; 
somewhat fragrant. 
W. chinensis alba. A beautiful white-flowering 
form of the above. 
Price, extra-strong plants, $1.00 each 
See Page 29 for Special Notice on Guarantee 
See page 39 for Hardy Climbing Roses 
Wisteria chinensis 
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