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Clematis Paniculata. 
This valuable new Clematis, a native of Japan, has proved to be entirely hardy, and we take pleasure in 
offering to customers a choice stock of very thrifty plants. 
The foliage of this Clematis is unusually broad and healthy, and remarkably free from all insect enemies, 
the flowers are pure white, often slightly tinged with cream, from three-quarters to an inch in diameter, star 
shaped, and with a most pleasing and penetrating fragrance. 
Its flowers are borne in heads arising from the axils of the leaves, and are produced in the greatest profusion, 
even on young plants. 
The late season of blooming is a point of great consequence, as most other climbers have passed their flower¬ 
ing stage by the middle of August, when this is. just coming to perfection. 
For any situation where a rapid-growing climber is needed this will be found a very valuable plant. For 
making arbors, covering trellises, training to posts or trees, or as an ornament to porches, it is especially com¬ 
mendable. 
We know of no climbing plant which possesses hardihood and vigor, with flowering qualities combined, to 
compare with this. 
Strong plants, 50 cts. each. Extra strong plants, $1.00 each. 
Anthemis Tinctoria (Chamomile). 
This plant is one of the best yellow-flowered perennials we have. It is a continuous bloomer the entire 
summer, unequaled for cutting, and it is a magnificent grower, withstanding both wet and dry weather. The 
flowers are of the exact form of a daisy, but clear yellow. It has been advertised under the name of “Hardy 
Golden Marguerite”; but it should not be confounded with the Double Golden Marguerite, which is a poor 
grower, and smaller flowered. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Ipomea Pandurata (Hardy Moon Flower). 
This is one of the most rapid-growing vines in cultivation, having a large! tuberous root that is perfectly hardy 
in Minnesota and Canada. A root three or four years planted will send up quite a number of strong shoots, that 
climb rapidly to a height of thirty to forty feet. These shoots branch freely from the ground up, forming a per¬ 
fect network of strong branches, densely covered from early summer to late autumn with its large, pretty, deep 
green, heart-shaped leaves, which overlap each other, forming a perfect, dense screen. The laterals continue to 
grow from the base to the end of the season, so that the surface, from the ground upward, continues green and 
complete to the last. 
The flowers, which are very large, are a pure, satiny white, with a pinkish-purple throat, shading off deeper 
in the tube. The flowers are usually four inches in diameter — sometimes attain a diameter of five or even six 
inches. They are produced in large clusters, and in Ike greatest profusion from June to October. A strong plant 
will give more than one thousand beautiful flowers daily for months at a time, being well distributed 
over the plant from near the base to the top, forming usually one of the grandest floral displays ever seen in 
any country. The roots penetrate the earth so deep that it is not seriously affected by drouth or other unfavor¬ 
able weather conditions. It does not sprout and spread to become troublesome, like some other plants, but 
increases in vigor and beauty from year to year. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
The New Hardy Hibiscus, “Crimson Eye.” 
The “Crimson Eye” is a robust grower; stems deep red; foilage veined and tinged red; flowers of the very 
largest size, with petals broad and flat, making each flower as full and round as a dinner plate. The color is a 
clear, dazzling white, with an intensely brilliant crimson spot at the base of each petal, making a crimson eye 
two inches across in the center of an immense white flower. In texture the flowers are strong, and yet of such 
a waxy appearance that there is nothing suggesting coarseness in them. A splendid plant for the back of 
borders, planting among shrubs, or for single specimens on the lawn. 25 cents each; $2.50 per doz. 
