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ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



GENERAL COLLECTION of TENDER PLANTS— Concluded 



Weeping Lantana 



A Weeping Plant of Great Beauty. One of the grandest 

 basket plants grown. The plant has a most graceful, drooping 

 habit, grows very rapidly and blooms continually summer and 

 winter, producing large clusters of the most delicate lilac or rosy- 

 pink. Price, 20 cents each; three for 50 cents. 



Moss Fern 



(Selagineila Emiliana.) An upright growing moss with deli- 

 cate lace-like foliage. Suitable for fe,rn dishes or for table and 

 house decoration. Price, 15 cents each. 



Otaheite Orange 



This valuable and distinct variety of the Orange family is a 

 dwarf, compact grower, with glossy, deep green foliage, which 

 has a decided odor of the Orange trees of Florida, and is exceed- 

 ingly floriferous, producing a wonderful profusion of pure white 

 flowers of the most delicate fragrance. Otaheite fruit immedi- 

 ately after flowering, bearing fruit about one-half the size of the 

 ordinary Orange, retaining in a marked degree its sweetness. The 

 unique Orange cannot be equaled as a winter-blooming pot plant 

 for house culture. Requires but little sunlight, and flowers and 

 fruits when but twelve to fifteen inches high. With a couple of 

 plants of it you can have an abundance of the far-famed and 

 delicate Orange blossoms. We have grown a large stock of clean, 

 vigorous plants that will bloom and fruit at once. Good plants, 

 25 cents each; large, strong plants, 50 cents and 75 cents, 

 according to size. 



Pansies 



Ifn the South fall is the time to plant Pansies for best results 

 Our Pansies are the best the world produces. They combine the 

 choicest large-flowered sorts, both of European and American 

 growers. It has been our aim to make this the finest strain of this 

 favorite flower in existence. Six for 25 cents; 40 cents per 

 dozen; $3.00 per hundred. Seeds, 15 cents per packet. 



Pi lea 



(Artillery Plant.) It is very desirable for filling in hanging 

 baskets, window boxes, vases, etc. It also makes a graceful plant 

 as a single specimen. It has graceful frond-like leaves; flowers 

 small and produce a snapping sound when water is thrown on 

 the foliage. Price, 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. 



Plumbago Capensis 



A well known favorite; valuable because it produces large 

 trusses of beautiful light blue flowers. 15 cents each; $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



Chinese Primrose 



These are grand winter-blooming plants. We have three colors, 

 White, Pink and Red. 25 cents each. 



Baby Primrose "Malacoides" 



(New Everblooming.) This is the freest-blooming plant we 

 know of, blooming continuously during the entire season. Plants 

 in very small pots have from fifteen to twenty sprays of beautiful 

 light pink flowers on stems ten to twelve inches high at one time. 

 20 cents each. 



Primula Obconica 



Free-blooming plant. Fine for pot culture. We have white, 

 pink and red. 20 cents each; three for 50 cents. 



Ruellia Mokoyana 



This is a charming indoor plant for culture in pbts or may be 

 used in vases and baskets; of bushy spreading habit and finely 

 marked leaves, which are beautiful olive-green, delicately veined 

 with silver and rich purple underneath. A neat and handsome 

 plant, always bright and pretty. The flowers are exceedingly 

 beautiful, trumpet shaped, and of a rosy-lavender color, almost 

 covering the plant in their great profusion. 20 cents each; three 

 for 50 cents. 



Brilliant Salvias 



The Most Attractive of All Bedding Plants. 



These are unsurpassed for brilliancy of color. A bed or border 

 of Salvia Splendens will attract more attention than any other 

 bedding plant. 



MRS. PAGE (A Splendid New Dwarf Salvia)— The grandest 

 addition to our list of bedding plants. It forms a compact bush, 

 completely covered with rich scarlet flowers. 10 cents each; 

 $1.00 per dozen. 



SALVIA LE PRESIDENT— Rich scarlet. Fine bedder. 10 cents 

 each; $1.00 per dozen. 



SALVIA SCARLET SPLENDENS— Another grand addition to 

 our list of bedding plants. It forms a compact bush, completely 

 covered with rich scarlet flowers. 10 cents each; $1.00 per 

 dozen. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS ALBA— Identical with Splendens, only 

 white flower. 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. 



Sanseviera Zeylonica, Zebra Plant 



A beautiful plant, specially 

 adapted for the decoration of 

 drawing rooms and halls, as it 

 stands dust and drought with im- 

 punity and requires scarcely any 

 water. The leaves are beautifully 

 striped crosswise, with broad white 

 variegations on a green ground. 

 It is a rare and beautiful plant, 

 which should be abundantly grown 

 for positions out of the reach of 

 sunshine, where other plants will 

 not thrive. It can be placed in 

 any position in any room and do 

 well. It has singular beauty for 

 decorative purposes which other 

 plants do not possess, and it is 

 useful both in winter and summer- 

 For vases and baskets it is a fine 

 center piece, and grows splendidly 

 out of doors during summer. Fine 

 plants, 25 cents. 



Zebra Plant 



Saxif raga Sarmentosa 



(Also known as Beefsteak Plant and Strawberry Geranium) 



Of low habit. Leaves nearly round, and striped freely with silvery 

 bands. Blooms white, and borne in spikes. Adapted for hanging 

 baskets and vases. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 



Tritoma Pfitzeri 



(Red Hot Poker) An improved upstanding type of perfect 

 form; brilliant scarlet, the opened lower petals merely being rimmed 

 with orange. Rush-like foliage supports smooth, thick flower 

 stalks a yard long, with a single fiery cone at the top. July-Sep- 

 tember. Must be carefully protected or else carried dormant m 

 dry sand in the cool cellar during winter. 40 cents each; three 

 for $1.00. 



Violets 



PRINCESS OF WALES— This is the best of the Single Violets. 

 True violet-blue; fine for cutting. 15 cents each. 



LADY HUME CAMPBELL— One of the best of the double 

 purple violets; better than Marie Louise. 15 cents each; 

 $10.00 per hundred by express at your expense. 



SWAN LEY WHITE — Double white flowers in great profusion. 

 15 cents each; $10.00 per hundred at your expense. 



TENDER VINES AND CLIMBERS 



These make a rapid growth and bloom throughout the summer; are very showy. 



ANTIGNON LEPTOPUS, or the "Queen's Wreath"— Pro- 

 duces rose-colored flowers in racemes two feet long; beautiful. 

 20 cents. 



BOUGAINVILLEA SAN DERI AN A— The Chinese Paper Plant. 



Lovely clear lavender flowers. 35 cents. 

 PARLOR IVY — A rapid-growing plant, well adapted for training 

 in the parlor. Leaves glossy green and flowers yellow, in clus- 

 ters. 12 cents each. 



