Title: Retail catalogue of American plants, shrubs and trees
Identifier: CAT31291702 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Wm. F. Bassett & Son; Bellevue Nursery; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock, New Jersey, Hammonton, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs
Publisher: Hammonton, N. J. : Wm. F. Bassett & Son
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Wm. F. Bassett & Son, Hammonton, New Jersey. 19 Vines and Woody Climbers. Ampelopsis quinquefolia (Woodbine). A fine climber, with five-parted foliage, clinging to wood or stone, and covering very quickly. 12 cts. each, 90 cts. per doz. Akebia quinata. A Japanese vine; very desirable. Has elegant purple flow- ers in spring. 15 cts. each, $ 1 per doz. Euonymus radicans. Small vine with green stems and foliage, clinging to wood or stone, and growing a few feet high. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. variegata. Similar to the last, but has foliage mottled yellow and green. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. A very attrac- tive creeper, with evergreen foliage cov- ering the ground. Will grow under shade of trees and shrubs. Collected plants only. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Clematis Virginiana (Vir- gin' s Bower). A free-grow- ing climber, with showy white flowers, followed by lovely feathery white seeds. 12 cts. each, 90 cts. per doz. Celastrus scandens (Bit- ter Sweet). Will climb 20 to 30 feet over trees, etc., and is covered in autumn with scarlet berries. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Jjycium vulgare (Matri- mony Vine). An old-fash- ioned vine of great beauty. Flowers purple, followed by red berries. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Lonicera Halleana. The finest of the Honeysuckles. Strong, 2-year vines, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. — brachypoda. Common Honeysuckle. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. aurea reticulata. A variegated form, with foli- age veined white, green and yellow. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Menispermum Cana- dense. A free-growing vine,with large, ivy-shaped leaves and clusters of black berries. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Rubus hispidus. A little evergreen Dewberry, fine for covering the ground under trees and shrubbery. Foliage deep bronze in winter. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz. Rubus Canadensis (Common Dewberry). 10 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz. Smilax rotundifolia (Greenbrier). Use- ful in forming thickets, especially near water. 12 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz. — Walterii. A very showy vine, with brilliant scarlet berries. Should be better known. Rare. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. Collected plants. Tecoma radicans (Trumpet Vine). A vigorous grower, with large, deep red trumpet-shaped flowers. 12 cts. each, 90 cts. per doz. Vitis coignetisea. New Japanese Grape. A magnificent vine, with veiy large foli- age, bright red in autumn. 25 cts. each. — cordifolia (Frost Grape). A good vine for covering old trees, forming a dense cover of green. 15c. each, $1.10 per doz.
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