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



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HARDY BORDER PLANTS AND BULBS— Concluded. 



PLUMBAGO LABPENTAE, or Lady Larpent — Deep 



royal blue flowers. This is an elegant plant. 10 cts. 

 HARDY SCOTCH, or SWEET MAY PINKS — These 



are the pinks of our mothers' gardens; all colors. 



10 cents; three distinct colors for 25 cents. 

 NEW HARDY SCOTCH PINK, "HER MAJESTY" — 



Pure white flowers; fine for cemetery. 10 cents; 



three for 25 cents. 

 PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM (Bush Clematis) 



— A free-flowering plant covered with flowers 



that resemble somewhat the Clematis; two colors, 



deep blue and pure white. 10 cents each; the 



two for 15 cents. 

 PYRETHRUM — Handsome garden flowers, like huge 



daisies. 15 cents. 

 RUDBECKIA LACINIATA (Golden Glow) — Grows 



six to eight feet high, bearing hundreds of double 



yellow blossoms; it is very desirable. 10 cents; 



three for 25 cents. 

 RUDBECKIA PURPUREA — The great purple cone 



flower. 25 cents. 

 SAGE, HOLT'S MAMMOTH — A variety of unusual 



substance, strong flavor and superior quality. 10 



cents; three for 25 cents. 



STOKESIA CYANEA, or CORNFLOWER ASTER — 



Grows eighteen to twenty-four inches high. Two 

 kinds of flowers, of lavender-blue and pure white, 

 four to five inches in diameter, borne from June 

 to October. 15 cents; two for 25 cents. 



HARDY BLUE SALVIA (Caryopteris Mastacanthus) 

 — A grand plant bearing rich lavender-blue flow- 

 ers. Be sure and try this plant. It will please 

 you. 10 cents. 



SWEET WILLIAM — A Pine Collection of all Colors 

 - — White, scarlet, maroon, pink, red on white 

 ground, violet on white ground, Holborn Glory or 

 Auricula-flowered. 10 cents; three for 25 cents; 

 seven for 50 cents. 



VALERIANA- — Garden Heliotrope. Entirely hardy, 

 very showy plant; lavender flowers; very fra- 

 grant. 15 cents. 



VIOLET, HARDY DOUBLE ENGLISH — A perfectly 

 hardy double Violet; a beautiful blue color. 20 

 cents; three for 50 cents. 



YUCCA FILA3IENTOSA (Spanish Dagger) — Blooms 

 every year, bearing long stalks surmounted with 

 large umbels or heads of white flowers. 10 cents. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



The Ever=Blooming Butterfly Bush 



(Buddleya Variabilis Magnifica) 



It was a matter of some thought before this highly 

 desirable plant was finally christened with the common 

 English name by which it goes. Several 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 

 applied to it because it seems to attract butterfles in 

 large numbers. Particularly we notice that it is not alone 

 the common little yellow species of butterfly, but also the 

 large and gorgeously colored butterflies 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 maintains a 

 height of four feet. It produces long, graceful stems, 

 which terminate in tapering panicles 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 plant- 

 ing, it generally commences to flower in June and con- 

 tinuing each season until severe frosts nip it. The foliage 

 and blooms are exceedingly fine. The shrub is rather 

 semi-herbaceous, by which we mean in some latitudes it 

 will die down to the ground and while perfectly hardy, 

 we recommend covering the roots with manure, leaves or 

 other suitable materials 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. Pine plants, 20 cents; three for 50 cents. 



AZALEA MOLLIS — The most brilliant and showy of all 

 hardy shrubs, exceeding even the Rhododendron, and 

 entirely hardy without protection in all situations. The 

 bloom, which varies in color from the intense rosy- 

 crimson to lemon-yellow, literally covers the compact, 

 spreading plant, forming a huge bouquet, and which 

 remains in perfection for a long time in Mav and June. 

 Massed they produce an effect that is actually brilliant 

 and dazzling. These plants ready to bloom. 50 cents. 



BUXUS (Ornamental Box) — Sempervirens — Useful for 

 edging and bordering walks, etc. A handsome shrub 

 with deep green foliage. This is not as dwarf as the 

 Sempervirens Nana, but we find it so much more vigor- 

 ous and hardy that we advise planting this and trim- 

 ming to height required. 5 cents each; 50 cents per 

 dozen, postpaid. By express, purchaser to pay ex- 

 pressage, $3.00 per hundred. 



CALYCANTHUS PLORIDUS (Carolina Allspice or Sweet 

 Scented Shrub) — A most desirable shrub. The wood is 

 fragrant; flowers of a rare chocolate color, having a 

 peculiar agreeable odor that is very penetrating Thev 

 blossom in June and at intervals afterwards.' Pine 

 plants, 15 cents; strong two-year-old plants, 35 cents. 



CYDONIA JAPONICA (Japan Quince) — Has bright scarlet 

 flowers in great profusion in early spring; one of the 

 best shrubs. Pine plants, 25 cents. 



FORSYTHIA VIRroiSSIMA— A fine hardv shrub, leaves 

 and bark deep green; flowers golden-vellow. Blooms 

 earliest of all shrubs before the foliage comes 20 

 cents; two-year size. 40 cents. 



Buddleya Variabilis Magnifica (Butterfly Bush) 



Deutzias 



Their fine habit, luxuriant foliage and pro- 

 fusion of bloom render them among- the most 

 beautiful of shrubs. They flower the latter 

 part of June. 



DEUTZIA CRENATA (F1.P1.) — Flowers double 

 white, tinged with rose. 15 cents; two- 

 year plants, 40 cents. 

 DEUTZIA GRACILIS — Dwarf habit. Covers 

 itself with pure white bell-shaped flowers. 

 15 cents each; strong plants, 40 cents. 

 DEUTZIA GRACILIS ROSEA — Same as above, 

 but pink flowers. 15 cents each; strong- 

 plants, 40 cents. 

 DEUTZIA LEMOINEII — Habit dwarf and free 

 flowering; double -white flowers. 15 cents 

 each; two-year plants, 40 cents each. 

 DEUTZIA PRIDE OF ROCHESTER — Large 

 double white flowers. 15 cents; two-year 

 plants. 40 cents. 



SPECIAL OFFER No. 51 — Five Deutzias for 

 65 cents. 



