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Miss Ella V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 



Araucaria Excelsa. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



Norfolk Isl- 

 and Piiie. Va- 

 rious names have 

 been suggested for 

 this grand plant to 

 properly convey to 

 the mind the ap- 

 pearance of it. 

 Some have called 



it the "Christmas 

 Tree Palm.'' 1 from 

 its resemblance to 

 a Christmas tree; 

 others have called 

 it the "Star Palm" 

 because the leaves 

 r are arranged to 

 form a perfect star, 

 but no descriptive 

 name can give an 

 adequate idea of 

 ^its beauty. It has 

 •deep green, feath- 

 lery foliage, ar- 

 ranged in whorls, 

 rising one above 

 the other at regu- 

 lar distances; its 

 symmetry of form, 

 grace and beauty 

 of foliage are un- 

 equaled in the 

 vegetable king- 

 dom. It is easily grown in the house, and is highly ornamen- 

 tal. It requires the same culture as the Palm. Indeed, as a 

 decorative plant for the house this is one of the handsomest 

 and most serviceable plants in our collection. Extra fine 

 plants, fifteen to eighteen Inches high, $2.00 each; 

 twelve to fifteen Inches high, SI. 50. A smaller size, 

 bat fine plants, $1.00 each. 



ABUTILON. 



CHINESE BELL. FLOWER. 



Price, 10 cents each. The set of eight varieties for 

 60 cents. 



Sonvenlr de Bonne. — New. One of the most valuable 

 novelties of recent years. Totally distinct. Strong grower. The 

 leaves are a beautiful green, regularly banded with gold, flow- 

 er stem eight to nine inches long, bloom very large and bright 

 orange red in color. A beautiful decorative plant, being of 

 fiDe tree shape. 



Shower of Gold. — A beautiful dwarf-growing variety, the 

 whole plant being covered with a profusion of beautiful golden 

 yellow blossoms. 



Robert George. — A free and continuous bloomer. Flowers 

 are broad, their large overlapping petals incurved, color or- 

 anee, veined with crimson. 



Eclipse. — This is an elegant foliage plant, and one of the 

 prettiest we know. It is new, and the flowers, which are pro- 

 duced in profusion, set the plant off to good advantage. 



Thomson! Plena. — New. Perfectly double flowers that 

 resemble m form the double Hollyhock. Color a rich, deep or- 

 ange, shaded and streaked with "crimson. Foliage variegated. 



Enfanta Enlalla. — Flowers large and cup shaped. Color 

 a delicate satiny pink. 



Scarlet Gem. — A rich, bright scarlet. 



Golden Bells. — Large, well shaped flowers of deep yellow. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERL 



The Emerald Feather. A most desirable new species, es- 

 pecially useful to grow as a pot plant for decorative purposes, or 

 for planting in suspended baskets. The fronds are frequently 

 four feet long, of a rich shade of green, and most useful for cut- 

 ting, retaining their freshness for weeks after being cut. It will 

 make an excellent house plant, as it withstandsdry atmosphere, 

 and will succeed in almost any situation. 10 cents each. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



The Climbing Lace Fern. This graceful climber has, to 

 a great extent, taken the place of the once popular Smilax in 

 all line decorations. It possesses the advantage of being much 

 more graceful, its foliage being finer than that of the most deli- 

 cate Fern, and will last for weeks after being cut, the whole 

 plant being of a bright, cheerful green. Excellent house plant, 

 succeeding under almost any condition. 15 cents each for 

 fine plants. 



ALOYSIA CITRIODORA. 



Lemon Verbena. This plant has the most fragrant foliage 

 »f any plant grown. The fragrance is that of the Lemon. One 

 plant will scent up a whole yard. Grows rapidly. Exquisite. 

 5 cents each. 



ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS. 



Rosa de Montana. The loveliest of climbing vines. 10 

 cents each. 



ACALYPHA SANDERII. 



This plant goes under 

 various names, such as 

 "Chenille Plant," "Phil- 

 ippine Medusa," "Comet 

 Plant," "Dewey's Favor- 

 ite Flower," "Bloody Cat 

 Tail," etc. Without doubt 

 the most sensational new 

 plant introduced for many 

 years, and one of the most 

 striking flowering orna- 

 mental plants I have ever 

 seen. It is of strong, free 

 growth, with large, dark 

 green leaves, from each 

 axil of which rope-like 

 spikes, from one to two 

 feet long and nearly one 

 inch thick, of velvety 

 crimson flowers. aTe grace- 

 fully suspended, as shown 

 in my illustration. This 

 conveys but a faint idea of 

 the beauty and distinct 

 warm coloring of this 

 splendid acquisition, but 

 the remarkable florifer- 

 ousnessand the great size 

 of the spikes of flowers 



(compared to the plant) are fairly well shown. The plant is in 

 flower the year round, and is as easily grown as a Coleus, simply 

 requiring a warm temperature to develop its full beauty. Fine 

 plants, 10 cents each. 



BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA. 



Chinese Paper Flower. This beautiful free-flowering 

 plant was introduced recently, and on account ot its free- 

 blooming qualities has become very popular, especially as a 

 plant for Easter decorations. It is of a strong, rapid growth, 

 and the brilliant rosy crimson blossoms in large racemes, two 

 feet in length, are produced from early March until mid-Sum- 

 mer. In fact, a well-grown specimen will frequentlv flower 

 the greater part of the year. Altogether a most desirable sub. 

 ject for the conservatory or window garden. 15 cents each. 



Acalypha Sanderi*. 



Price, 10 Cents Eacn. 



Alba Picta.— Long, pointed, slender leaves, thickly spotted 

 with silvery white, foliage small and elegant, lovely pink 

 flowers. 



Argentea Gnttata. — Lovely green foliage with spots of 

 silvery white. 



Bertha de Chateaurocher. — This is the freest flowering 

 Begonia we have. It blooms the year round, makes a hand- 

 some window plant, with its beautiful foliage and bright currant 

 red flowers. 



Decorus. — This is the white flowering Rubra. Very similar 

 to it, but with white flowers. 



The Ever-Blooming Begonia, Dewdrop. — A grand 

 variety with white flowers. 



Foliosa. — Thisisoneof the most graceful of all the Begonias. 

 The foliage is small and fleshy. Has the smallest leaves of all 

 the Begonias. Bright pink flowers. 



Ftvchsioides Coccinea. — Elegant free blooming variety. It 

 resembles Hybrida Mullinorain growth. Flowers bright scarlet. 



Hybrida Multlflora. — This beautiful plant makes hand- 

 some specimens with its graceful branches and pendulous flow- 

 ers of bright rosy pink. Very flonferous. 



Margaritse.— Leaves bronze green with purplish cast. It 

 grows in round, bushy form. Very free flowering; large trusses 

 of delicate cream and rose-colored flowers. 



McBethli.— Shrubby in growth with very deeply indented 

 leaves which are fine and small. Very free flowering, being 

 constant the year round. A fine Summer bedding plant if 

 given light soil and perfect shade. Put it among your Ferns. 

 White flowers waxy in texture. Carried in panicles. 



President Carnot.— The leaves are smooth, long pointed 

 and prettily blotched. The body of the leaf is a dark green. 

 studded with bright, silvery spots. Covered with handsome 

 rosy white flowers. A splendid house Begonia, being of quick 

 growth, and having both handsome flowers and foliage makes 

 it very desirable. 



Rubra. — If you can have only one Begonia, let it be a Rubra. 

 It is so fast growing that it will in a year or two reach the top 

 of your window, sending up heavy, stiff canes an inch in diam- 

 eter and rising beside them will grow strong, slender branches, 

 gracefully drooping under heavy waxen leaves and pendent 

 panicles of coral-colored flowers as large as a hand. Medium 

 sized plants are frequently seen with more than twenty such 

 panicles at a time. Among the individual flowers you will find 

 three distinct forms growing side by side. 



Robnsta.— Bright rose and pure white. Coral red buds. 

 This is a very desirable variety. 



Sandersoni. — ( The Coral Begonia.") One of the best flower- 

 ing Begonias. The flowers are of a scarlet shade of crimson, 

 borne in prolusion for months at a time. Resembles coral. 



Washlngtonil. — This is a vigorous growing variety with 

 tropical foliage. Elegant panicles of pure white flowers thrown 

 well above the foliage. 



