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Clematis: Large-Flowering Type 
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Jackmanni. Single, medium-sized: intense vio¬ 
let purple. A very free bloomer and the most 
popular variety grown. 
Jackmanni Rubra. Differs from type in having 
light wine-colored flowers. 
Ramona. Very large, A beautiful shade of 
clear, light blue. 
CLIANTHUS 
C. puniceus. PARROT’S BIRD. New Zealand. 
Evergreen half-climber. Leaves pinnate with about 
twenty small leaflets. Flowers brilliant red, long 
and curved to a point, accounting for the common 
name. 
C. puniceus albus. A varietv of preceding with 
white flowers. Otherwise identical with type. 
DECUMARIA 
D. barbara. CLIMBING SNOWBALL. S. E. 
United States. Deciduous vine, climbing by root¬ 
lets like Ivy. Foliage handsome and glossy. Bears 
fragrant, small, white flowers in feathery clusters 
during early summer. 
DOLICHOS 
D. lignosus. AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE. I land- 
some and popular climber. Leaves of three broad 
and pointed leaflets. Bears a profusion of fragrant, 
purplish rose flowers in upright racemes, greatly 
resembling miniature Sweet Peas. Blooms from 
late winter to midsummer. 
D. lignosus a'bis. Identical with type except that 
flowers are white. 
EPHEDRA 
E. altissima. N. Africa. Curious plant; practic¬ 
ally leafless, with very numerous, long, slender, 
green, jointed branches like those of Equisetum or 
Casuarina. Flowers inconspicuous, berries scarlet. 
Quite unlike any other climber. 
FICUS: Fig 
F. pumila (F. repens). CLIMBING FIG. Ex¬ 
tremely handsome evergreen climber with about 
same habit as the well-known Boston or Japan Ivy. 
It adheres closely to walls by its clinging tendrils. 
Leaves are small, dark green and heart-shaped. 
Has been proved perfectly hardy here by several 
years’ test on our office building, where it has 
thrived admirably. 
F. pumila minima. A variety of short, compact 
growth with tiny leaves. Useful to climb to a very 
low height and excellent for hanging baskets, win¬ 
dow' boxes, etc. 
HARDENBERGIA 
Very handsome Australian, evergreen, twining 
vines. The flowers are pea-shaped, small and 
dainty, borne in very numerous elongated, com¬ 
pact clusters during late winter and early spring. 
Rank very high among the best winter-blooming 
climbers. Often wrongly called Kennedya, which 
is quite distinct. 
H. comptoniana. Leaves of three or five leaflets. 
Flowers deep, intense violet. We know of no other 
climber that can approach it in color. Remarkably 
handsome. 
H. monophylla. Leaves undivided. Flowers pink, 
in utmost profusion. 
HEDERA: Ivy 
While many plants are called “Ivy,” the name 
really belongs to this genus. Evergreen climbers 
doing well in shaded locations. They cling by 
aerial rootlets. 
H. helix. ENGLISH IVY. Europe; Africa; Asia.. 
The well-known species with very dark green, 
leathery leaves, usually about five-lobed. Old 
vines have greenish flowers and black berries in 
clusters on lower part of plant. 
H. helix variegata. VARIEGATED ENGLISH 
IVY. Center of leaves light and dark green, margin 
creamy yellow. 
Jasminum grandiftorum 
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