Miss El!a V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 



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BEAUTIFUL 



MAS. 



The Jxias produce their 

 beautiful flowers in spikes, 

 and are of the most daz- 

 zling and brilliant colors, 

 and sure to attract great at- 

 tention. It is only a few 

 years that they have been 

 grown in this country to 

 any great extent, but in 

 that time, like the Freesia, 

 they have become very 

 popular. For pot culture 

 in the house they give 

 great satisfaction, being of 

 easy culture and free 

 bloomers. Half a dozen 

 bulbs can be planted in a 

 five-inch pot, and the dis- 

 play will be magnificent. 

 For open ground culture 

 give them Winter protec- 

 tion with leaves or straw. 

 They are very cheap, and 

 allloversof odd and beau- 

 tiful flowers should cer- 

 tainly add them to their 

 collection. The sorts I 

 offer are new and very 

 fine. Good plants, 2 cts. 

 each; six for 15 cents; 

 25 cents per dozen. 



Freesia Rel 



No description can do adequate justice to this 

 beautiful plant. The flowers are two inches long 

 and about the same in width, shaped like miniature 

 Gladioli and borne in clusters of six to ten on de- 

 pressed horizontal scapes. The body of the flower 

 is pure white, with lower segments spotted lemon 

 yellow. The perfume is most delicious, being a mix- 

 ture of Mignonette, Violet and Jasmine, and one 

 plant is sufficient to perfume a large room, without 



the overbearing perfume of Hyacinths or Tuberoses. 

 The planthas tooth-shaped bulbs andflat, spreading 

 leaves. Its cultivation is the simplest, requiring only 

 to be potted in October, to be watered sparingly at 

 first, placed in a sunny window and watered more 

 as growth progresses. When out of flower store 

 in some place and repot at proper season in fresh 

 soil for another year's growth. 3 cents each; 

 six fine bulbs for 15 cents; twelve for 25 cts. 



OXALIS. 



Ixias, 



THE BERMUDA 

 BUTTERCUP.... 



An Unrivaled Winter Flowering 

 Pot Plant. 



This is one of the finest Winter flower- 

 ing plants for pot culture that I have 

 ever seen. It is such a strong, luxuriant 

 grower that one bulb will be sufficient for 

 a six or eight-inch pot. Place in a dark, 

 cool position for a few weeks to root 

 thoroughly, and remove to a sunny situa- 

 tion in the window or conservatory, in a 

 temperature of about 60 deg. Fahrenheit, 

 and the great profusion of bloom pro- 

 duced in uninterrupted abundance for 

 weeks will astonish and delight you. 

 Flowers of the purest bright buttercup 

 yellow. Well grown plants have pro- 

 duced as high as seventy flower stems at 

 one time, and over one thousand flowers 

 in one season. The flowers, and frequent- 

 ly the leaves, fold up at night and open 

 again the next morning, but when grown 

 in a partially shaded situation the flowers 

 remain open all the time. Properly 

 treated, the plants will flower in six 

 weeks from the time the bulbsare planted. 

 I do not claim the Bermuda Buttercup 

 Oxalis to be strictly a new plant, but 

 a greatly improved selection from Oxalis 

 Cernua, grown in the congenial soil and 

 • climate of Bermuda until the bulbs have 

 attained great strength, producing bulbs, 

 plants and flowers larger and more lux- 

 uriantin all partsthan the type. Excels 

 all bulbous plantsin profusion of bloom. 

 It is graceful, and delights all who see it. 

 4 cents each; 40 cents per dozen. 



OXALIS. 



These varieties of Oxalis are all for Winter blooming, 



Oxalis, Bermuda 

 Buttercup. 



They make the most beautiful hanging 



mass of flowers all Winter, which m brilliant and beautiful color7a7et^ 



please. Plant five or six bulbsin a six-inch pot. They commence growth immediately after planZg^ My 



pink, white, yellow, red, etc. Price for mixture of all colors, 3 cents each; 30 cents per dozen. 



Oxalis, Cernua Flore-Pleno.-The double-flowered yellow Oxalis. Very desirable. 3 cents each; six for 15 cents. 



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