. Vick's floral guide. The Calycanthus, or Alspice Bush, as it is often called,is a most desirable hardy shrub. The leaves are slightlyfragrant, the bark and flowers exceedingly spicy. Theplant makes a bush several feet in height, is hard-wooded, the leaves large, and the flowers abundant, andof a brownish or cinnamon color. Calycanthus floridus, (Sweet-scented Shrub), . 25 CELASTRUS. A very beautiful native plant, well worthy of small, ultiva-followed by clus- tion ; leaves pea-green ; fliters of orange capsuled scandens, or Climbing Bitter-Sweet. CLEMATIS JACKMANI. No flowe
. Vick's floral guide. The Calycanthus, or Alspice Bush, as it is often called,is a most desirable hardy shrub. The leaves are slightlyfragrant, the bark and flowers exceedingly spicy. Theplant makes a bush several feet in height, is hard-wooded, the leaves large, and the flowers abundant, andof a brownish or cinnamon color. Calycanthus floridus, (Sweet-scented Shrub), . 25 CELASTRUS. A very beautiful native plant, well worthy of small, ultiva-followed by clus- tion ; leaves pea-green ; fliters of orange capsuled scandens, or Climbing Bitter-Sweet. CLEMATIS JACKMANI. No flower has more rapidly advanced in popular favorthan the Clematis. Within a few years it has becomethe favorite climber of the world. It makes a quick,rapid growth, and produces its beautiful showy flowersin the greatest profusion. For pillars, trellises, beddingin masses, or planting about rock-work, the Clematiscannot be excelled. The large-flowering varieties areparticularly desirable for these purposes. In the fallgive the plants a good top dressing of well-rottedmanure. The following spring spade it in carefully,mixing it well with the soil, and it will prove very bene-ficial to the plants. LARGE-FLOWERING VARIETIES. Clematis Jackmani, an English hybrid ; large, in-tense violet-purple flowers, from 4 to 6 in. in di-ameter. The most showy of the hardy climbers,old plants being literally covered with flowers, 1 00Lanuginosa Candida, flowers large, almost pure white, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, .... 1 00Henryi, flowers large and finely formed; colorbeautiful cr
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