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



HARDY PERENNIALS FOR THE BORDER 



AQ.UILEGIA COLUMBISE — Assorted colors. Height 

 two feet. 15 cents each; $1.50 dozen. 



ACHILLEA, THE PEARL— Pure white flowers in 

 immense clusters; fine for cemetery planting. 

 Height two feet. 15 cents; $1.50 dozen. 



CAMPANULA, CANTERBURY BELL — These im- 

 posing hardy plants are profusely covered with 

 large bell shaped flowers. Extremely showy in 

 shrubberies and mixed borders. Height three 

 feet. 20 cents. 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLOTA GRANDIFLORA — Gold- 

 en-yellow, invaluable for cutting. Height three 

 feet. 15 cents. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) — Gloxinia-like flowers; fine 

 assorted colors. 15 cents; $1.50 dozen. 



DAISIES, BURBAXK'S SHASTA — The Shasta Daisy 

 is one of the most marvelous productions in the 

 flower line that has ever been brought to the 

 notice of floriculturists. It is the first of a new 

 type which has been obtained by hybridization 

 and rigid selection through a series of years. Its 

 first qualification is extreme hardiness. Second, 

 it is perennial, blooming better and more abun- 

 dantly each season. Third, it is not particular as 

 to soil. Fourth, it blooms for several months. 

 Fifth, the flowers are extremely large and grace- 

 ful, averaging about four inches in diameter, with 

 petals of the purest glistening 'whiteness, ■which 

 are borne on single, long, stiff, "wiry stems. Sixth, 

 the blooms when cut remain perfectly fresh and 

 in good condition for two weeks or more. No 

 other flower can compare with it in usefulness. 

 We have two kinds of Shasta Daisies, KING 

 EDWARD and ALASKA. Height two and one- 

 half feet. 20 cents; $2.00 dozen. 



EULALIA JAPOMCA ZEBRIXA (Hardy Grass) — 

 Striped across the leaves. Fine plume. 20 cents; 

 $2.00 dozen. 



EULALIA JAPONICA VARIEGATA (Hardy Grass) 

 — Striped white and green; bears elegant plumes. 

 20 cents; $2 00 dzoen. 



EULALIA GRACILIS UNIVITTATA (Hardy Grass) 

 — Makes immense clumps. Very graceful. 20 

 cents: $2.00 dozen. 



DELPHINIUM OR LARKSPUR — Indispensable to 

 the herbaceous garden, their long, showy spikes 

 of flowers persist from June till frost and furnish 

 the most satisfactory blues to any color scheme. 

 Height two to three feet. 



DELPHINIUM, BELLA DONNA — Pure sky-blue ; 

 white bee; fine for cutting. 30 cents each; $25.00 

 per hnndred. 



DELPHINIUM, FORMOSUM — A lovely celestial blue. 

 30 cents each; $25.00 per hundred. 



Funkias "Day Lilies'' 



FUNKIA 3IEDIO VARIEGATA — Green and white 



foliage with lavender flowers. 25 cents. 

 FUNKIA "SUB-CORDATA" (Grandiflora Olla — A 



handsome, showy plant with beautiful large 

 broad leaves. Flowers large, pure waxy-white, 

 borne in large trusses. Very fragrant. 35 cents; 

 each. 



GYPSOPHILA (Paniculata) — Delicate free-flower- 

 ing little plants, covered with a profusion of star- 

 shaped blossoms. It is perfectly hardy. Price, 

 35 cents each. 



GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA (Blanket Flower) — 

 The center is dark red-brown, petals marked with 

 rings of brilliant crimson-orange and vermilion. 

 20 cents. 



HEMEROCALLIS FLAVA (The Lemon Lily) — This 

 is entirely hardy and bears flowers of a lemon- 

 yellow color. Very desirable. 20 cents. 



HIBISCUS CRIMSON EYE — Belongs to the family 

 of Mallows. Flowers six inches across. Color 

 pure white with pronounced eye of deep crimson. 

 25 cents. 



VALERIANA (Garden Heliotrope) — The Valerianas 

 are hardy perennials of easiest culture. This is 

 one of the characteristic plants of old gardens,, 

 being prized for the spicy fragrance of its nu- 

 merous flowers in the spring. Have both tjae- 

 white and the red. 20 cents each. 



NEW GIANT MALLOW MARVELS (Red Marvels) — . 

 An improved perennial. A hardy plant, suitable^ 

 for damp locations. Price, 25 cents each. 



Platycodon 



The upright Clematis. Both blue and white- 

 flowering. Height two and one-half feet. 20 cents. 



Plumbago Larpentae 



(Or Lady Larpent.) Deep royal-blue flowers. 

 This is an elegant plant. 15 cents. 



Hardy Scotch or Sweet May Pinks 



These are the Pinks of our mothers' gardens; all 

 colors. 15 cents each. 



New Hardy Scotch Pink "Her Majesty" 



Pure white flowers; fine for cemetery planting. 

 15 cents each; three for 35 cents. 



Sage 



(Holt's Mammoth.) A variety of unusual sub- 

 stance, strong flavor and superior quality. 20 cents. 



Pyrethrum Hybridum 



(Persian Daisy.) These are very handsome showy- 

 flowers. Is known as the Daisy-flowering Fever- 

 few or Persian Daisy. Height two feet. 2©c. 



Rudbeckia Laciniata 



(Golden Glow.) Grows six to eight feet high. 

 bearing hundreds of double yellow blossoms. Very 

 desirable. 20 cents. 



Stokesia Cyanea 



(Or Cornflower Aster.) Grows 18 to 24 inches 

 high, flowers lavender-blue; four to five inches in 

 diameter, borne from June to October. 20 cents. 



Yucca Filamentosa 



(Spanish Dagger.) Blooms every year, bearing 

 long stalks surmounted with large umbels or heads 

 of white flowers. 25 cents. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



Whether planted individually or collectively Shr 

 any yard. The rich green of the summer foliage pi 

 realized. "Would advise planting liberally of Shrubs 



The Ever-Blooming Butterfly Bush 



Bnddleya Variabilis Magnifica (Butterfly Bush). 



It was a matter of some thought before this 

 highly desirable plant was Anally christened with 

 the common English name by which it goes. Sev- 

 eral years ago there were imported from Europe 

 some plant novelties and this one was among them. 

 "We observed it carefully for a season and were 

 charmed with its beauty, ease of culture and free 

 flowering habit. The name Butterfly Bush was ap- 

 plied to it because it seems to attract butterflies in 

 large numbers. Particularly we notice that it is 

 not alone the common little yellow species of but- 

 terfly, but also the large and gorgeously colored 

 hutterflies that swarm about it as though vieing 

 with it in brilliancy of color. This shrub from a 

 young plant set out either in the spring or fall, will 

 mature to full size the first summer, producing a 

 handsome bush, which the first year often main- 

 tains a height of four feet It produces long, grace- 



ubs are an important feature in the adornmenS of 

 ays a greater part in landscape effect than is ofiten 



ful stems, which terminate in tapering panieles of 

 beautiful lilac-colored flowers that are of miniature 

 size and borne by the hundreds on a flower head 

 which is frequently ten inches long. A single plant 

 the first season will throw out as many as fifty 

 flower spikes, which increase greatly in number 

 during succeeding years. The year after planting,, 

 it generally commences to flower in June and con- 

 tinues each season until severe frosts nip it. The 

 foliage and blooms are exceedingly fine. The shrub' 

 is rather semi-her.baceous, by which we mean in 

 some latitudes it will lie down to the ground and 

 while perfectly hardy, we recommend covering the 

 roots with manure, leaves or other suitable ma- 

 terials as winter approaches, as this will produce a 

 heavy growth the following season. This shrub is 

 very desirable as an individual specimen in the 

 lawn and garden, or placed promiscuously in the 

 shrubbery border. Fine plants, 25 cents. Strong, 

 plants, 50 cents each. 



