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Title: Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, evergreens, hardy plants and fruits
Identifier: CAT31285273 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas Meehan and Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs
Publisher: Germantown, Pa. : Thomas Meehan & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Ampelopsis Yirginica. Virginian Creeper Covering an BUONYMUS. EuonymuS radicanS. This is a self-clinging vine, slow growing until it gets well started. It clings to walls as ivy does. 12 to 18 in. Trans $ 25 each $1 50 per 10 $10 00 per 100 " var. StrictUS. An upright, bush growing, green leaved sort, having larger leaves than the others. 6 to 10 in. Seed $ 25 each $1 50 per 10 $10 00 per 100 " var. variegatUS. A variety of the above with variegated leaves. lft. Trans $ 25 each $2 00 per 10 2 ft. " 35 " GBLSEMIUM. Carolina Jasmine. Celsemium sempervirens. a well-known vine to those who visit the South, where it is found wild, clambering over bushes and up small trees. Its golden yellow blossoms appear early in spring. It is not perfectly hardy in Philadelphia, but flowers well when grown as a pot plant. 12 to 18 in. Trans $ 35 each From 6 in. pots 50 " HEDERA. Ivy. Hedera Helix. English Ivy. The old, common ivy. This is hardy here, and does especially well when planted on the eastern or northern side of buildings, where it is free from the sun in winter. Strong from 4 in. pots $ 35 each $2 50 per 10 $15 00 per 100 Heavy " 5 in. " ... 75 " 5 00 " 10 35 00 " 100 HUMULUS. Hop Vine. HuiYluluS LtlpuluS. Hop Vine. Besides its commercial value, this vine rapidly covers space and makes shade. Strong roots $ 35 each $2 50 per 10 HYDRANGEA. Hydrangea SCandenS. Climbing Hydrangea. This has large leaves and bears large heads of white flowers in early June. It makes a heavy growth, advancing slowly till well established. 2 to 3 in. From pots $ 50 each Arbor Lo AMPELOPSIS VIRGINICA. The arbor or summer-house illus- trated shows what beautiful results can be had by the use of vines in general and the old fashioned Vir- ginian Creeper in particular. The habit of the latter is less formal than the Japanese Ivy, and is a feature which many persons admire. (For prices, see page 6S.) JASMIN UM. Jasminum nudiflorum. Yellow Jasmine. This is half vine and half shrub. It can be used either way. Its beautiful yellow flowers expand just as soon as winter disappears. 12 to 18 in. Trans $ 35 each " Officinale. This is the hardy white Jasmine, bearing its sweet-scented, white flowers in June. 12 to 18 in. Trans $ 35 each LONICERA. Honeysuckle. Lonicera Belgica. Monthly Honey- suckle. The flowers are pink in the bud and cream colored when expanded. 12 to 18 in. Trans., $ 25 each $1 50 per 10 $10 00 per 100 nicera brachypoda. Japanese Evergreen. A dense-grow- ing sort, with shining, evergreen leaves, and blooming freely about the middle of June. 2 to 3 ft. Trans $ 25 each $1 50 per 10 $10 00 per 100 " var. aurea reticulata. A golden-leaved, beautiful variety. Not as strong a grower as the preceding one. lft. Trans $ 25 each $1 50 per 10 $10 00 per 100 2 to 2Vz ft. " strong.. 35 " 2 00 " 10 15 00 " 100 " Hal lean a. One of the fastest growers of all. Excellent where a rapid grower is wanted. The yellow flowers come late in June, and it blooms a little through the summer and freely in the fall. (See illustration, page 72.) 12 to 18 in. Trans $ 25 each $1 25 per 10 $ 9 00 per 100 18 to 24 in. " 35 " 2 00 " 10 15 00 *' 10O From 5 in. pots 50 " 3 50 " 10 25 00 " 100 " Peridymenum. English Woodbine Honeysuckle. Not a rampant grower, but famed for its sweet, whitish flowers. 1 to 2 ft. Cuttings $ 35 each " semperflorenS. This is a variety of the sweet scented Honeysuckle found growing in the English hedge rows. It is a profuse bloomer,—flowers, yellow, tinged with white, but it lacks the fragrance of the other. 2 to 3 ft. Trans $ 25 each $1 50 per 10 " Sinensis. Chinese Honeysuckle. This has reddish.foliage and reddish flower buds. When expanded, creamy white petals are displayed. 2 to 3 ft. Trans, heavy. .$ 35 each $2 00 per 10 $12 00 per 100 " sempervirens. Yellow (Coral. A native Ispecies, bearing heads of yellow flowers in the last days of June. 1 to 2 ft. Cuttings $ 35 each LYCIUM. Matrimony Vine. Lycium Chinense. A neat, half climbing plant, ibearing small, light pink flowers in summer, followed by berries which turn to a beautiful scarletjin the fall, when it is very ornamental. 2 to 3 ft. Cuttings $ 25 each 2 to 3 ft. Trans, strong.. 35 " 5 75 per 10 $ 5;00 per 100 1 50 - 10 10 00 " 100 The Golden Honeysuckle combines beautifully with other green-foliaged vines.

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