CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO.,mc. NILES, CALIFORNIA 
LONICERA: Honeysuckle 
Popular free-blooming, twining vines. The fol¬ 
lowing sorts are all evergreen in this climate. 
L. japonica chinensis. CHINESE HONEY¬ 
SUCKLE. Growth extremely strong. Old leaves 
dull green. New growth is reddish purple on 
branches and backs of leaves. Flowers white in¬ 
side, purplish outside. One of the very best vines 
where very rapid growth and a dense mass of foli¬ 
age are desired. 
L. japonica halliana. JAPANESE HONEY- 
SUCKLE. Habit exactly like Chinese; growth 
equally strong and dense. Leaves are bright green 
above, grayish green below, not at all purplish. 
Flowers white, changing to yellow. Very fragrant. 
L. sempervirens fuchsioides. FUCHSIA-FLOW¬ 
ERING HONEYSUCKLE. Very handsome vine of 
moderate growth. Leaves large, silvery beneath. 
Flowers are extremely showy, large and borne in 
good-sized clusters, red outside, orange within. 
MANDEVILLA 
M. suaveolens. CHILE JASMINE. Deciduous 
vine, bearing white flowers shaped like Jasmine, but 
far larger and even more fragrant. Remarkable for 
the long seed pods in pairs, joined at the tips. 
Summer bloomer. 
MILLETTIA 
M. megasperma (Wistaria megasperma). EVER¬ 
GREEN WISTARIA. Australia. The most valu¬ 
able novelty in Climbing Plants for many years. A 
genuine Wistaria in every respect save for slight 
botanical characteristics of the pod. Entirely ever¬ 
green and a vigorous grower. Leaves have from 
7 to 13 dark green, glossy and somewhat leathery 
leaflets, about two inches long. Flowers are borne 
in terminal panicles nearly two feet long, composed 
of numerous racemes from 4 to 6 inches in length. 
The color is a rosy purple, becoming nearly white. 
The “standard” of the flower is marked with a 
green, vertical band. Comes into bloom about the 
end of February and is in flower over a longer 
period than the deciduous Wistarias. The flowers 
are followed by pods whose appearance is almost 
equally striking. They are six or seven inches 
long and very thick, light green, covered with a 
dense coat of silvery down. We believe this is the 
first description published in this country and have 
made it from our blooming specimen plant. 
Passiflora. Passion Vine 
Plumbago capcnsis See page 66 
In Urn: Phoenix huniilis loureiri 
See page 72 
MUEHLENBECKIA 
M. complexa. WIRE VINE; TASMANIAN IVY; 
MAIDEN HAIR VINE; MATTRESS VINE; MONEY 
VINE, etc. New Zealand. Remarkably strong¬ 
growing, evergreen, twining vine. The innumer¬ 
able branches are very slender and black, resem¬ 
bling wire. Leaves about the size of Maiden Hair 
Fern. Flowers white, but entirely inconspicuous. 
Splendid for training up trunks of trees. If grown 
on “chicken wire” will make a very beautiful 
hedge, as the branches intertwine until a dense 
mass is formed. 
PASSIFLORA: Passion Vine 
A genus of rapid-growing, twining vines valued 
for their very curiously formed flowers and par¬ 
ticularly useful for quick effect. The “corona” 
mentioned in descriptions is the circle of fringe¬ 
like filaments above the petals. All listed here 
are evergreen. For other Passion Vines see Tac- 
sonia. 
P. alato-caerulea (P. pfordti). Leaves very large, 
three-lobed, purple-veined below. Flowers white, 
tinted rose inside. Corona dark purple at base, 
bluish purple in middle, white at tip. 
P. caerulea. Brazil. Growth very strong. Leaves 
deeply five to seven lobed. Flowers greenish white. 
Corona purple at base, white in middle, blue at 
ends. Produces orange yellow, egg-shaped fruit in 
great abundance. 
P. colvillei. Growth similar to preceding. Leaves 
three to five lobed. Flowers large, light purple, 
very profuse. Corona purple at base, variegated 
white and blue at ends. Bears no fruit. 
P. edulis. Brazil. Leaves medium-sized, glossy, 
more or less three-lobed. Flowers white with light 
purple corona banded at the center. Fruit about two 
inches long and nearly as thick, with a hard, pur¬ 
ple rind. Pulp yellow, edible, with a very agree¬ 
able, sprightly flavor. 
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