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JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
The Tropfeolum majus, or Nasturtiums, are among our very cleanest, showiest, and prettiest and best Climbers. They require but little care, 
for seed sown in the spring of the year in any fair garden soil, will produce plants ten or twelve feet in height before autumn. They do not do as 
well in a rich soil, for it 19 apt to be productive of leaves rather than flowers. 
They bear hot and dry weather very well, and wo believe are not troubled by any insect, for the stems and leaves contain a pungent juice they 
do not like. The young shoots and blossoms are sometimes used as a salad, and the seed pods are considered a very good substitute for Cress. 
There are several varieties, differing as well in the color of the foliage as in the flowers. The leaves of some are very light transparent green, 
while in others they are very dark, almost purplish. The flowers are of almost all shades of yellow, scarlet, striped and spotted. The climbing 
Tropmolum is an excellent plant for baskets, vases, etc., and can even be used for bedding by pegging down the branches occasionally. Grown two 
or three in a large pot, with bush or lattice work support, they make a very showy ornament which can be moved at pleasure. 
Tropaeolum, crimson. 
Sea rlet ... 
Dark orange. . 
Edward Otto, bronze, silky and glittering. . 
Orange, very handsome . 
Schulzii, brilliant scarlet. 
Scheuerianum, straw color, striped with brown . 
Scheuerianum, scarlet striped. 
yellow . 
One package of each of above nine . 
Mixed Varieties, the green seed-pods used for pickles; per 
oz., 15 cents. . 
Canary Flower. .. 
5 Tropaeolum Lobbianum is a pretty, but somewhat delicate class, free 
» bloomers. Desirable for house culture in pots or baskets. 
5 
5 Lobbia n u m, mixed varieties*. 10 
'l Ca roline Smith, scarlet. 15 
5 Giant of Battles, sulphur, spotted with red ... 15 
5 King of the Blacks, dark brown .. 15 
Jr * Lilli Smith, orange scarlet . . 15 
/Napoleon III., golden yellow, spotted with brown. 15 
5 Queen Victoria, scarlet . jg 
lf> One package of each of the above seven . . 80 
THUNBERGIA. 
Thunbergia starts rath¬ 
er slowly at first. Seed 
requires hot-bed treat¬ 
ment, but plants are 
grown easily from cut¬ 
tings. Flowers white or 
orange; line for baskets. 
All the varieties, except 
unicolor, have a dark, 
purplish eye, almost 
black. For house culture, 
baskets and vases, there 
are few plants superior 
to the Thunbergia. They 
may be used very effec¬ 
tively in beds, pegged 
down. 
Thunbergia,Ba- 
keri, pure white; 
very fine . 10 
a lata, yellow or 
buff, with dark 
eye . 10 
. 10 
aurantiaca, bright orange, with dark eye . 10 
aurantiaca unicolor, bright orange . 10 
One package of each of the above five . 40 
Above mixed. 10 
SEEDS OF HARDY CLIMBERS. 
These plants are mostly obtained by purchasing roots, and this is the 
better way when they can be procured. Some, however, cannot get 
plants and must be content with seeds. Sow very early in spring or au¬ 
tumn, in drills, in well prepared beds. Keep the soil mellow. 
Ampelopsis quinquefoIia, Virginia Creeper. 10 
Ampelopsis Veitchii, good wall plant, clinging to the smooth¬ 
est surfaces; absolutely the finest of the clinging climbers. 10 
Bigonia ra d ica ns, Trumpet-Vine ... 10 
Celastrus scandens, Climbing Bitter-Sweet . . . 10 
Clematis, flammula, European Sweet, white . 15 
Clematis Vita 1 ba, Virgin’s Bower, white. 10 
“ Her modest looks the cottage might adorn , 
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn:' 
PLANTS OF HARDY CLIMBERS. 
For Plants of Ampelopsis,— Aristolochia (Dutchman’s 
Pipe), Bignonia, Clematis, Honeysuckle, Climbing Roses, 
English Ivy and Wistaria,— see Department of Hardy 
Plants and Bulbs, beginning with page 58. 
