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



CHINESE HIBISCUS, 



ELEVEN FINE 



VARIETIES. 



Price, 10 c«nts each; any three for 25 cents; or seven sorts, my 

 selection, 50 cents. I hare large plants of Hibiscus nearly 

 ready to bloom, for 26 cents each. These are handsome plants. 



Hibiscns Auriantica. — Large and double, with orange-colored 

 flowers. 



Chinese Giganteus — This is a plant for house culture during 

 Winter or Summer, or for planting outside during Summer. 

 It blooms at all times of the year. The plants branch freely 

 and flower profusely, commencing to bloom when not more 

 than a foot high. Asa specimen plant for large pots it has 

 an equal only in the Brugmansia. Its flowers are of enormous 

 size, often eight to ten inches across, opening flat, and of such 

 a vivid crimson scarlet color that they can be seen for a long 

 distance, like a flaming torch. It is hard to find anything 

 among flowers more strikingly showy. They can be wintered 

 ■in the cellar or pit with periect safety, and if one does not 

 ■care to grow them all Winter, one should have one or two 

 for Summer display. No plant is surer to grow and thrive 

 under any treatment than this, and few can ever be so satis- 

 factory. 



Double Crimson. — This grand variety has immense flowers of the 

 richest crimson. Combined with glossv foliage renders it the 

 best of all. 



Carminlatus Perfectus. — Full round flowers of perfect shape, and 

 of a rich, soft carmine rose, with a deep crimson eye. Fully 

 six inches in diameter. 



Senator Evans. — A beautiful double flowered Hibiscus. The 

 shape of ; ts flower is identical with the Auriantica, and has 

 the same purple markings at the base of the petals. The 

 color of this variety, instead of being orange, is a bright 

 lemon 



Magniflcns. — A very large flower, and of perfect form. Color a 

 deep magenta, ends of petals touched with brown, foliage 

 finely tooLhed. 



"Sub- Violaceous. — Flowers of enormous size, a beautiful carmine, 

 tinted with violet, probably the largest flower of the Hibiscus 

 family, and an unusually free bloomer. I take great pleasure 

 in recommending this fine plant. 



Tersicolor, — A variety combining in its flowers all colors of the 

 whole family, being handsomely striped crimson, buff, rose 

 and white. Flowers eight inches in diameter. 



.Zebrinus. — Double, the outer petals scarlet, edged with yellow, 

 inner petals are very irregular, curiously variegated with 

 creamy-yellow and white. 



•Collerii. — Flowers buff-yellow, with a crimson-scarlet base. 

 Peculiarly handsome and double. 



tirandiflorns. — Rich, glossy cut-leaved foliage, literally covering 

 the plant with scarlet-crimson flowers. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— I will send the entire set of eleven distinct 

 kinds of Hibiscus for 75 cents. 



JUSTICIAi 'BRAZILIAN PLUME-PLANT .) 



Ju>ticia Carnea. — Perhaps no plants have attracted so much at- 

 tention in the last two years as the Justicia, or Brazilian Plume 

 Plant. The plant is a strong, rapid grower, and throws up 



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 covered with their beautiful blossoms. It does equally well 

 either for house or out-door culture. Price, 20 cents each. 

 Jnstiria, Sanguines. — Same as the above, except that it has red 

 stems and flaming rose-colored blooms. Price. 15 cts. each. 



MOOM FLOWERS. 



The True Ever-Blooming Moon Flower, Ipomoea Grandiflora — 



We have the true variety, that blooms constantly. If planted 

 out in rich ground, in a situation where it has full exposure 

 to the sun, it will attain a height (if given a wire or string 

 to twine on) of forty feet by October 15th, blooming abund- 

 antly the entire season. It is called "Moon Flower" from its 

 rare peculiarity of blooming best at night, although it also 

 expands its flowers in dull days. The flowers are pure white, 

 from five to six inches in diameter, emitting a rich. Jasmine- 

 like odor at night. The "Moon Flower" is a tender plant, 

 but it can easily be kept in the house over Winter. It roots 

 easily from slips, so that no attempt should be made to lift 

 large plants. Price of the true "Moon Flower," 10 cents 

 each: three for 25 cents. 



Ipomoea Palmata (Mexican Moon Flower.)— This is a tuberous- 

 rooted vine, with large palmate foliage and perennial root, 

 that increases in size from year to year. The vine climbs to 

 a height of fifteen to twenty feet, and produces freely large 

 clusters of rosy-pink flowers three and a half inches in di- 

 ameter. Plants bloom from June until frost. The roots re- 

 quire protection in Winter like Dahlias. We usually keep 

 them under the benches in the greenhouse. Price, 20 cents 

 each. 



Blue Soon Flower, Ipomoea Learii. — This makes a splendid com- 

 panion plant to the white "Moon Flower." Itis equally rapid 

 in growth and as free blooming as the white variety, although 

 blooming in the morning and dull days. The flowers are the 

 most intense bine, with reddish-purple rays, and are six 

 inches across. There is nothing of its color that exceeds in 

 richness the flowers of Ipomoea Learii. Culture is the same 

 as for the "Moon Flower." Price, 10 cents each. 



The Hardy Day-Blooming Moon Flower. Ipomoea Pandurata. — 

 This is one of the most rampant-growing vines in cultivation, 

 having a large tuberous root that is perfectly hardy in Min- 

 nesota and Canada. The flowers, which are very large, are 

 a pure, satiny-white, with a pinkish-purple throat, shading 

 oft deeper in the tube. The flowers are usually four inches 

 in diameter — sometimes attain a diameter of five or even six 

 inches. They are produced in large clusters, and in the 

 greatest profusion from June to October. A strong plam 

 will give more than one thousand beautiful flowers daily, for 

 months at a time, being well distributed over the plant from 

 rear the base to the top, forming usually one of the grandest 

 floral displays ever seen in any country. The root penetrates 

 the earth so deep that it is not seriously affected by drouth or 

 unfavorable weather conditions. Price, 20 cents each; three 

 for 50 cents. 



SPECIAL OFFER —The four Moon Flowers for 50 cents. 



SAXAFRAGA SARMENTOSA. 



A handsome plant of low habit, leaves nearly round ana striped 

 freely with silver bands, blooms white, of great beauty, and 

 borne in spikes nearlv twelve inches high. Fine for hanging 

 baskets, vases, etc. Price, 10 cents each; three for 25 cents. 



