Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 ENRTADRBR-PHIIADELPHIAM'WHARDYCLIMBIMG PLANTS TU 229 CLEMATIS PANICULATA. (Japanese Virgin's Bower.) This handsome hardy climber is one of the choicest and most satis- factory climbing flowering plants. Of strong, rapid growth, with small, dense, cheerful green foliage, and pure white, deliriously fra- grant flowers which appear in the greatest profusion in August, fol- lowed by silvery, feathery seed-pods, which makes an attractive appearance until mid-winter. The plant succeeds in almost any posi-
Dreer's 1909 garden book (1909) Dreer's 1909 garden book dreers1909garden1909henr Year: 1909 ENRTADRBR-PHIIADELPHIAM'WHARDYCLIMBIMG PLANTS TU 229 CLEMATIS PANICULATA. (Japanese Virgin's Bower.) This handsome hardy climber is one of the choicest and most satis- factory climbing flowering plants. Of strong, rapid growth, with small, dense, cheerful green foliage, and pure white, deliriously fra- grant flowers which appear in the greatest profusion in August, fol- lowed by silvery, feathery seed-pods, which makes an attractive appearance until mid-winter. The plant succeeds in almost any posi- tion; not only is it well adapted to run up all kinds of supports, but is just as useful for planting among rock-work, sloping banks, cover- ing graves, or, in fact, any position where a graceful vine or trailer is desired. (See cut.) Each. Per doz. Per ioo. Strong plants 15c. § $ Extra strong plants 25c. Coccinea. Handsome bell-shaped flowers of a bright coral-red color, from June until frost. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Crispa. Bears an abundance of pretty, bell-shaped, fragrant, laven- der flowers with white centre, from June until frost. 25 cts. each; $ per doz. Flammula {Fragrant Virgin's Boivei). An old favorite, with clusters of fragrant white flowers in June and July. 15 cts. each; $ per doz. Virginiana (American White Clematis). A remarkable 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 one each of the above 5 Clematis for $1 00. HYBRID COCCINEA CLEMATIS. An entirely distinct type of Clematis, the result of crosses betwen C coccinea and Star of India, combining all the good points of their parents in hardiness, vigorous, robust growth and freedom of bloom, which, together with their novel coloring and shape, make them valuable additions to the list of hardy climbers. Countess of Onslow. Bright, violet-purple, with a broad band of scarlet thro
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