Dreer's garden calendar : 1903 . dreersgardencale1903henr Year: 1903 CLEMATIS PANICULATA. (Japanese Virgin's Bower.) This handsome hardy climber is one of the choicest and most satisfactory climbing flowering plants we know. The plant is of strong rapid growth, with small, dense, cheerful green foliage, giving it a grace and elegance possessed by no other hardy climber, and, even did it not flower at all, it would be one of our most desirable vines. The pure white, deliriously fragrant flowers appear in the greatest profusion during August, and continue until late in the fall. The plant succe
Dreer's garden calendar : 1903 . dreersgardencale1903henr Year: 1903 CLEMATIS PANICULATA. (Japanese Virgin's Bower.) This handsome hardy climber is one of the choicest and most satisfactory climbing flowering plants we know. The plant is of strong rapid growth, with small, dense, cheerful green foliage, giving it a grace and elegance possessed by no other hardy climber, and, even did it not flower at all, it would be one of our most desirable vines. The pure white, deliriously fragrant flowers appear in the greatest profusion during August, and continue until late in the fall. The plant succeeds in almost any position ; not only is it well adapted to run up all kinds of supports, but is just as useful for planting among rockwork, sloping banks, covering graves, or, in fact, any position where a graceful vine is desired. Strong i=year=old plants (these will Each. Per Doz. flower freely this season) 15c. $1 50 Strong 2=year=old plants 25c. Extra Strong 3=year=old 50c. Coccinea. A very handsome, hardy climber, bearing thick, bell- shaped flowers of a bright coral-red color; blooms with wonder- ful profusion from June until frost. 15 cts. each ; $ per doz. Crispa. A very beautiful species, bearing an abundance of pretty bell-shaped, fragrant, lavender flowers with white centre. Blooms from June until frost. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Viticella. A free-growing climber, producing its-purple, open flowers—which are from 1J to 2 inches across—very freely dur- ing July and August. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Virginiana {American White Clematis). A remarkably strong- growing variety, attaining a height of 20 feet, and producing a profusion of white flowers in August. 25 cts. each ; $ per doz. Set of 5 Clematis above for 75 cts. Per 100. $ Clematis Paniculata and Akebia on a Porch. NEW HYBRID CLEMATIS COCCINEA. An entirely new and distinct type of Clematis, the result of crosses between C. coccinea and Star of India, comb
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