. Platycodon Japonicus Fl. Pl. Pueraria Thunbergiana. (Japanese Kudzu Vine.) PER PKT. 3835 To this must be awarded first place as the fastest- growing hardy climbing plant. It will grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after it be- comes established there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 feet in a single season being not unusual. Its foliage is large and covers well; it bears small racemes of rosy-purple, pea-shaped blossoms towards the close of August. A splendid subject for cov- ering permanently ver- andas, dead trees, etc. 3 pkts., 25 cts 10 PLATYCODON, OR WAHLENBERGIA. (Ch
. Platycodon Japonicus Fl. Pl. Pueraria Thunbergiana. (Japanese Kudzu Vine.) PER PKT. 3835 To this must be awarded first place as the fastest- growing hardy climbing plant. It will grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after it be- comes established there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 feet in a single season being not unusual. Its foliage is large and covers well; it bears small racemes of rosy-purple, pea-shaped blossoms towards the close of August. A splendid subject for cov- ering permanently ver- andas, dead trees, etc. 3 pkts., 25 cts 10 PLATYCODON, OR WAHLENBERGIA. (Chinese Bell Flower.) Hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the whole season. They form large clumps, and are excellent for planting in permanent borders or among shrubbery. PER PKT. 3663 Grandiflorum. Mixed blue and white 5 3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers of a rich violet blue, plant dwarf and compact 5 3661 Japonicus Fl. PI. {Double Japanese Bell Flower). This new variety is wonderfully free-flowering, every branch bearing large glossy deep-blue flowers. The inner petals alternate with the outer ones, giving the flower the appear- ance of a ten-pointed blue star. (See cut.) 10 POLYANTHUS (Primula Elation. Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pot or outdoor culture; hard}? perennials; 9 inches. 3680 English. The best single, all colors mixed 5 3676 Gold Laced. Very showy and attractive 15 PORTULACA (Sun Plant). One of our finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture, thriving best in a rather rich, light loam or sandy soil, and luxuriating in an exposed sunny situation ; the flowers are of the richest colors, and produced throughout the summer in great profusion ; fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock-work; 6 inches. 3770 Single nixed Colors. Fer oz., 30 cts 5 3768 Grandiflora Com- pacta. A new single variety which, on ac- count of its compact habit, should prove a valuable plant for edg- ing, etc. Mixed colors. 10 3760 Do
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