. Dreer's garden book 1923. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. (flEHRyA-DREERi HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS I 205 Evonymus The trailing Evonymus are particularly desirable for their dense evergreen foliage and extreme hardiness, some varieties on account of this taking the place of the English Ivy for wall covering, others that of the boxwood as an edging plant. Radicans. Deep green foliage, useful for covering low foundation walls, or may be clipped the same as box-wood for an edg
. Dreer's garden book 1923. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. (flEHRyA-DREERi HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS I 205 Evonymus The trailing Evonymus are particularly desirable for their dense evergreen foliage and extreme hardiness, some varieties on account of this taking the place of the English Ivy for wall covering, others that of the boxwood as an edging plant. Radicans. Deep green foliage, useful for covering low foundation walls, or may be clipped the same as box-wood for an edging plant. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Radicans Variegata. A beautiful small-leaved green and white varie- gated form of the same habit as the type. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Radicans Vegeta (Evergreen Bittersweet). A strong growing variety, with larger leaves than the type, and producing bright orange-red berries, which remain on the plant the greater part of the winter. As an evergreen absolutely hardy wall cover this plant is unequalled. An enthusiastic horticultural writer predicts that it will become as popular for this purpose here as the Ivy is in England. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Kewensis. A variety with very small dark green foliage. Everyone who has seen this appreciates its value as a rock plant or ground cover, to the ground, and is one of the most valuable plants for under trees where grass will not grow. 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100 Hop Vines (Humuius A useful climber. It is a rapid grower and bears many domestic purposes. 25 cts. each' '""' '^" '- Lupulus) ars a profusion of seed-pods suitable for $ per doz.; $ per 100. New Chinese Honeysuckle Henryi Introduced from China, where it has been found at an altitude of 6000 feet. It is hardy, and its foliage is almost evergreen. The flowers, which are produced in graceful panicles in early summer, are entirely distinct;
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