EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHW ICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY VINES AND CREEPERS 
BIGNONIA radicans ( 1 rumpet Creeper). Climbs high trees by rootlets. A beautiful 
vine with showy tubular orange and scarlet flowers 2 inches long. 25 cts. 
CELASTRUS scandens (Staff Tree, Bittersweet). A twining shrub, its principal attrac¬ 
tion being in its twining habit and orange-colored fruit, which is very ornamental 
in autumn. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
CLEMATIS coccinea (Scarlet Clematis). A pretty southern species with large scarlet 
flowers. Hardy. 25 cts. each, #1.50 per doz. 
C. crispa. A beautiful bluish purple-flowered species from North Carolina. 25 cts. 
each. $1.50 per doz. 
C. Jackmani. Flowers very large, 4 to 6 inches in diameter, violet-purple and dis¬ 
tinctly veined. A continual bloomer through the season. The standard sort. 50c'. 
C. paniculata. July to September. “ One of the finest of hardy climbers, with hand¬ 
some foliage. Of very vigorous and rapid growth, producing in late summer 
dense sheets of medium-sized, pure white flowers of the most pleasing fragrance. 
This is a new Japanese plant, perfectly hardy, and finely adapted to use for am 
covering purpose.”—/. IV. Manning. 35 cts. 
C. Virginiana (Virgin’s Bower). 
Although quite common in 
many localities, it is one of 
the prettiest, both on ac¬ 
count of its clusters of 
numerous white flowers 
and its feathery - tailed 
fruit in autumn. Banks of 
brooks and streams, climb¬ 
ing over shrubs. Lovely in 
its native habitat, and also 
when grown in our gar¬ 
dens. 20 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz. 
LONICERA brachypoda. A verv 
hardy, thrifty vine, with 
large green leaves that stay 
on through the winter. 
Especially desirable for 
planting near the sea. 
I'lowers white and yellow. 
One of the very best 
climbers. 25 cts. each, 
11.50 per doz. 
L. brachypoda aurea. A variety 
of the above, with leaves 
beautifully striped with 
yellow. 25 cts. each, $ 1 50 
per doz. 
MENISPERMUM Canadense 
(Canadian Moonseed). A 
pretty vine, with peltate 
leaves and small white 
(lowers. Fruit black, look¬ 
ing like frost grapes. 25c. 
each, #1.25 per doz. 
RUBUS hispidus (Running 
Swamp Blackberry). 15c. 
each, $1 per doz. 
VACCINIUM Oxycoccus (Small 
Cranberry). Fine for the 
bog. 15c. each, $1 per doz. 
V. macrocarpon (Large, or 
American Cranberry). Try 
it in the bog. S cts. each, 
50 cts. per doz. clematis paniculata. 
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