MichelPs Climbing Plants and Vines 
Polygonum Auberti 
AKEBIA quinata. Quick -growing vine with 
small, fine-Iobed, half-evergreen leaves and 
purplish brown or chocolate-colored flowers 
which have a delicious odor. A highly desir¬ 
able plant where dense shade is not desired. 
Extra-strong plants, 50c. each. 
AMPELOPSISquinquefolia. Virginia Creeper. 
The large, handsome, dark green leaves are 
deeply cut into five lobes and in the autumn 
turn a beautiful rich crimson. Especially 
adapted to covering stumps and trunks of 
trees. Extra-strong plants, 50c. each; 3 for 
SI.35; $5.00 per doz. 
A. Veitchi. Boston Ivy. The popular climber 
for brick and stone buildings and walls. 
Leaves are a beautiful deep green which turns 
to a coppery red in autumn. Strong plants, 
50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz. 
BIGNONIA grandiflora. Trumpet Vine. A 
strong-growing vine with rich green foliage 
and trumpet-shaped, dark red flowers with 
throats shaded orange. Free flowering. Strong 
plants, $1.00 each. 
CELASTRUS scandens. Bittersweet; Wax- 
wort. Rapid-growing vine that in early 
summer produces yellow flowers, which by 
autumn have turned to bright orange-colored 
fruits, with red markings. Extra-strong 
plants, 50c. each; doz., $5.00. 
Clematis 
Outstanding Varieties 
Montana rubra. Identical in every way with 
C. montana undulata, except that it is a pleas¬ 
ing shade of soft rosy red, a most desirable 
color. Strong plants, 75c. each. 
Montana undulata. Anemone Clematis. A 
strong, vigorous, perfectly hardy type that 
succeeds under the most adverse conditions. 
The anemone or windflower-like white flowers, 
flushed mauve, are from 1to 2 inches in 
diameter and frequently begin to open the last 
week in April, just when wisterias have 
finished flowering, continuing well throughout 
May. The best of the early spring-flowering 
climbers. Strong pot-plants, 75c. each. 
Standard Varieties 
Coccinea. Pretty, bell-shaped, coral-red flowers 
from early in June until late in fall. 75c. each. 
Crispa. Sweet-scented, lavender flowers. 75c. 
each. 
Henryi. Large, single, creamy white flowers, 
borne in great profusion. Extra-strong, pot- 
grown plants, 75c. each. 
CLEMATIS, continued 
iackmani. Intensely colored, gigantic, violet- 
purple flowers. Extra-strong, pot-grown plants, 
75c. each. 
Mme. Edouard Andre. Well-formed, gigantic 
velvety red flowers of great substance. Extra¬ 
strong, pot-grown plants, 75c. each. 
Paniculata. Japanese Virgin’s Bower. A 
strong, luxuriant grower with light green 
foliage. At the end of August innumerable 
star-like flowers cover the vine in a sheet of 
fragrant white. Extra-strong plants, 50c. each; 
doz., $5.00. 
Ramona. A beautiful shade of lavender-blue. 
75c. each. 
HONEYSUCKLE. See Lonicera. 
HOP-VINE (Humulus japonicus). A rapid 
grower, with dark green foliage. Bears a pro¬ 
fusion of seed-pods suitable for many domestic 
purposes. Strong pot-plants, 35c. each; 3 for 
$1.00; $3.50 per doz. 
IVY, ENGLISH (Hedera Helix). An invaluable 
plant for covering brick and stone walls and 
buildings. It rarely ever dies out and needs 
no attention. 2Lt-i n - pots, 15c. each; doz., 
$1.50; $10.00 per 100. Tin. plants from pots, 
50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; per 100, 
$40.00. 
See color plate of Perennials opposite 
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Flowers of Bignonia grandiflora 
Lonicera . Honeysuckle 
This favorite requires very little comment or 
description, always yielding a wealth of fragrant 
bloom. 
Japonica aureo-reticuiata. Variegated Chin¬ 
ese Evergreen Honeysuckle. Foliage beauti¬ 
fully mottled yellow and green. Flowers white 
and yellow. 
Japonica chinensis. Chinese Evergreen. Very 
fragrant, yellow and white variegated flowers 
the entire season. 
Japonica Halliana. Hall’s Honeysuckle. Flow¬ 
ers pure white, turning to yellow; hardy ever¬ 
green; flowers from June until frost. 
Sempervirens magnifica. Blooms continu¬ 
ously from early June until late October, 
every branch bearing a terminal truss of from 
15 to 20 long, tubular, orange-scarlet flowers. 
Strong plants, 75c. each; 3 for $2.00; $7.50 
per doz. 
Tellmanniana. Golden Giant Honeysuckle. 
A vigorous, hardy climber with extra-large, 
intense golden yellow flowers, having the tube 
lightly shaded bronzy scarlet on the outside. 
Blooms profusely during the month of June 
and is perfectly hardy. A really fine new 
climber. Strong plants, 75c. each; 3 for $2.00; 
$7.50 per doz. 
All Honeysuckles, except where noted, strong 
plants, 50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz. 
Berries of Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) 
LYCIUM barbatum. Matrimony Vine. Dense- 
growing climber, somewhat shrubby in nature. 
The small purple flowers are followed in late 
summer by a crop of red berries, which remain 
until late winter. 50c. each; 3 for $1.35; 
$5.00 per doz. 
POLYGONUM Auberti. Chinese Fleece-vine. 
A useful vine for porches, latticework, fences, 
pergolas, and buildings. Perfectly hardy and 
a quick grower, a small plant making 25 to 
30 feet of growth the first summer. Long 
clusters of snowy white flowers which turn 
rose-color with age. It will not cling to the 
wall, but will ramble over anything that will 
support it. Extra-strong, pot-grown plants, 
60c. each; 3 for $1.65; $6.00 per doz. 
WISTERIA. This blooms in the latitude of 
Philadelphia during May. A strong, well- 
developed vine produces hundreds of flower 
panicles, while no foliage is visible until after 
the flower is faded. 
W. sinensis. Chinese Wisteria. Pale blue, 
somewhat fragrant blooms. Extra-strong 
plants, $1.00 each. 
W. sinensis alba. Beautiful white-flowering 
form of the above. Extra-strong plants, $1.00 
each. 
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