P. J.Berckmans Co. Avgusta, Georgia 
ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT 
Gelsemium. Yellow Jasmine 
Gelsemium sempervirens (Carolina Yellow Jasmine). Our 
native variety, with bright yellow, fragrant flowers, which 
are so profusely produced in early spring. Strong clumps, 
nursery-grown, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
G. sempervirens flore pleno (Double Yellow Jasmine). A 
very rare sub-variety of our native Yellow Jasmine, with 
double flowers, which are produced in great profusion in 
early spring, and more sparingly in the fall. If grown in 
conservatory, flowers are produced nearly all winter. Very 
scarce. Plants from 3-in. pots 50 cts. each. 
Hedera. Ivy 
Hedera Algeriensis (Algerian Ivy). A very fine variety, with 
pretty green leaves of immense size. A rapid grower. A 
most conspicuous plant: not quite so hardy as the English 
Ivy. each 10 100 
3 to 4 ft., strong plants, from 4-in. pots .SO 50 $3 50 
Strong plants from 3-in. pots. 25 2 00 $15 00 
H. Helix (English Ivy). Too well known to need description. 
EACH 10 100 
3 to 4 ft., very heavy, from 3-in. pots. .$() 25 $2 00 $15 00 
Strong plants, from 2J- and 3-in. pots.. 15 1 50 10 00 
Kadsura Japonica 
A very desirable evergreen Japanese climber. Leaves large, 
dark green; flowers inconspicuous. In autumn the fruit assumes 
a scarlet tinge. Strong plants, from pots, 50 cts. each. 
Lonicera. Honeysuckle 
Rhynchospermum 
Rhynchospermum. Malayan Jasmine 
EACH 10 100 
Strong plants, from 4-in. pots.$0 35 $3 00 $25 00 
Strong plants, from 3-in. pots. 25 2 00 15 00 
Rhynchospermum Jasminoides (Malayan Jasmine). A 
very beautiful, hardy, and rapid-growing evergreen climber, 
producing from April until July fragrant white flow’ers. 
When in full bloom this plant is most conspicuous. 
R. variegatum. A beautiful variegated creeping form of 
the above. Very effective for covering low walls or rockwork. 
each 10 100 
Very heavy, 3 yrs., bushy . $0 35 $3 00 $20 00 
Strong 2-yr. plants. 25 2 00 15 00 
Lonicera aurea reticulata (Golden-netted Honeysuckle). 
A remarkable variety; leaves bright green, beautifully 
netted all over with golden veins; leaves and stems changing 
to bright crimson in the autumn. A beautiful plant. 
L. Belgica (Belgian, or Monthly Fragrant Honeysuckle). Pink 
flowers, very sweet, profuse; an almost perpetual bloomer. 
Can also be trained as a bush. 
L. Brownii (Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle). A strong, rapid 
grow’er, with orange-scarlet flowers. An improvement upon 
our native Coral Honeysuckle (L. sempervirens). 
L. Chinensis (Chinese Honeysuckle). A showy variety, 
with purplish evergreen foliage, changing to greener shade 
at maturity. Flowers white, tinged with purple on outside. 
L. Heckrotti. (Heckrott’s Honeysuckle). Flowers rose- 
colored on the outside, yellow in the center. A most excellent 
variety. Blooms continually from early spring until winter. 
L. Japonica (L. Ilalleana ; Japanese Honeysuckle). A very 
vigorous evergreen climber; flowers white, changing to yel¬ 
low, are borne in great profusion in summer, and sparingly 
in the autumn. Naturalized in many sections of the country. 
Good for trellises and ground covers. 
Periploca. Grecian Silk Vine 
A rapid-growing deciduous climber, with glossy green, 
lanceolate leaves; flow'ers brownish purple inside and green at 
the margin; blooms in August. Strong, 4-yr. plants, field- 
grown, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10. 
Wistaria 
Roses, Climbing 
Prices, our own selection of varieties; each 10 100 
1-yr. plants on own roots, strong, field- 
grown.$0 25 $2 00 $15 00 
1- yr. plants, budded on Manetti, strong, 
field-grown. 35 3 00 25 00 
2- yr. plants, budded on Manetti, extra¬ 
strong, field-grown. 50 4 00 35 00 
Solanum Jasminoides grandiflora 
Potato Vine 
Free-blooming and rapid-growing; flowers white; evergreen. 
Not hardy north of Augusta. An improvement upon the old 
variety. 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Vinca. Periwinkle 
Vinca major (Larger Periwinkle). An old and favorite plant, 
with large blue flowers, produced in early spring; leaves 
larger and a more vigorous grower than V. Minor ; excellent 
for vases, rockwork and bordering slopes. Strong clumps, 
from open ground, 25 cts. each, $1.50 for 10, $10 per 100. 
V. Major variegata (Variegated Periwinkle, or Trailing 
Myrtle). Same as the above, except that the leaves are 
beautifully variegated with silveiy white; excellent for 
vases, and window-boxes. From 3-in. pots, 25 cts. each, $2 
for 10, $17.50 per 100. 
V. Minor (Common Periwinkle; Running, or Trailing Myrtle). 
A well-known old-time evergreen trailing plant. Flowers 
blue; leaves dark green, but smaller than V. Major. Strong 
clumps from open ground, 25c. ea., $1.50 for 10, $10 per 100. 
Wistaria EACH 10 i 00 
4 yrs., extra heavy, grafted.$1 00 $8 00 
3 yrs., heavy, grafted. 50 4 00 $35 00 
2 yrs., grafted.*. 25 2 50 20 00 
Wistaria Chinensis (Chinese Purple Wistaria). The well- 
known purple-flowering variety. 
W. Chinensis alba 'Chinese White Wistaria). A white¬ 
flowering variety; a beautiful, graceful climber. 
W. Chinensis flore pleno (Double Purple Wistaria). A va¬ 
riety with very double purple flowers. Until the vine is 
three years old it is a shy bloomer, but afterward it becomes 
floriferous. 
W. fruteseens magnifica. Own roots. Flowers in large 
tassels, pale blue, with a yellow center; blooms about a 
month later than the Chinese varieties; also produces flow¬ 
ers during the summer. Extremely vigorous. 
W. multijuga (Japanese Wistaria). A remarkably distinct 
and showy variety. Flowers light purple, in loose, drooping 
racemes, 1 to 3 feet long. Widely cultivated in Japan. 
Wistaria, Standard or Tree Form. These are specimens 
which have been trained to standard or tree shape. They 
have stems from 3J to 5 feet, and well-formed heads. These 
are usually imported from Europe and Japan, but we offer 
a beautiful lot of our own propagation of white, purple, 
double purple and Multijuga, at from $1.50 to $3 each. 
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