Miss Ella V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 29 



POLYANTHA, OR FAIRY ROSES! 



NOTICE: I cordially recommend these exquisite Ever-blooming Fairy Roses. They are 

 of a shrubby, compact growth, bloom profusely all through the season, and are very 

 desirable for bedding, as well as for edging, borders, etc They are moderately hardy, 

 but should have a covering of leaves or litter, just before Winter begins. : : : : : 



PRICE, 8 CENTS EACH; LARGE TWO-YEAR-OLD PLANTS, 25 CENTS EACH. 



Eliza Chatrand.— One of the most lovely of all Roses, having 

 lovely rose colored flowers, elegantly penciled and touched 

 With ruddy saffron. Very free bloomer. 



Etoile d'Or. — A new Polyantha resembling Perle d'Or, ex- 

 cepting in color, which is a deep chrome yeliow. A dainty 

 beauty that will win its way wherever plauted. 



George Pernet. — It is continually in bloom, the flowers be- 

 ing quite large for this class, of a beautiful, flat form. The color 

 is a verv bright rose, with touches of yellow, and passes to 

 peach Dlbw, wUh silvery white shadings, The prettiest of all 

 Polvanthas. 



Golden Fairy.— This is a lovely Rose. Very free flowering, 

 color rich golden yellow. Entirely distinct. 



Miniature. — This is the smallest of all Roses but perfect in 

 form, regular, compact, fairy like flowers fully double and very 

 fragrant. Flowers in wreaths and clusters almost covering the 

 ■whole plant. The color is a cream rose, flushed with a peachy 

 led. 



Mignonette, — A lovely Fairy Rose. Full, regular flowers 

 perfectly double, and dehciously perfumed. Color a clear pink, 

 passing to white, tinged with pale rose. 



Mademoiselle Cecile Bruner. — Larger flowers than any of 

 the others, perfectly double, and delightfully fragrant. Color 

 a rosy pink, on a rich, creamy white ground. 



Paquerette. — I consider this the best of all the Polyantha 

 Roses. The flowers are pure white, about an inch in diameter, 

 flowering in clusters of from five to six blooms. Very full, 

 prettily formed recalling the blossoms of the double flowering 

 Cherry, and fully equals the double while Primrose in profuse 

 blooming during the Winter. This is a variety that everyone is 

 pleased with. 



Princess Marie Adelaide.— Large, double, deep pink flow- 

 ers, better than Pink Soupert. A gem in every way. 



Perle d'Or. — Charming and very distinct. Color a coppery 

 gold, changing to fawn and salmon, flat rayed form, very dou- 

 ble and elegantly perfumed. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— The Set of Ten Fairy Hoses, Named, for 75 Cents. 



SANSEVEBI A ZEYLANICA. 



A New Decorative Plant of Great Beauty and 



Value. 



A beautiful plant, splendidly 

 adapted for the decoration of 

 drawing-rooms or halls, as it 

 stands droiuh and dust with im- 

 punity, and requires scarcely any 

 water. The leaves grow to a 

 length of three or four feet and 

 are beautifully striped cross-wise, 

 with broad white variegations on 

 a dark green ground. A rare and 

 beautiful plant which should be 

 abundantly grown for positions 

 out of thereach ofsunlight, where 

 other plants will not thrive. When 

 you consider that it can be placed 

 in any position in any room and 

 do well, its great usefulness is at 

 once apparent. It has a singular 

 beauty for decorative purposes 

 which other plants do not possess, 

 and is useful both Winter and 

 Summer. Though grown mainly 

 for the beauty of its foliage, it is 

 by no means an insignificant flow- 

 ering plant. It blooms usually 

 during May and June, sending up 

 great plume-like spikes a foot or 

 more in length. The flowers are 

 numerous and composed of long, 

 narrow petals, which recurve 

 gracefully, and are of a creamy- 

 white color. It is difficult to find 

 a more unique or ornamental plant 

 than this, especially when It is in bloom. Fine plants, 8 

 cents each; large', strong plants, 15 cents each. 



STROBILANTHES 

 DYERIANUS. 



Royal Purple. 



A new and very beautiful 

 foliage plant from Singapore, 

 which will become universal- 

 ly popular on account of the 

 brilliant and exquisite color- 

 ing of the leaves, the beauty of 

 its flowers and its extraordi- 

 narily easy growth and use- 

 fulness as a decorative plant. 

 It surpasses the finest Coleus 

 in exquisite coloring of the 

 leaves, besides which the long 

 racemes of lovely violet blos- 

 soms with which the plant is 

 covered m mid- Winter greatly 

 enhance its value and beauty. 

 8 cents each. royal purple. 



SANSEVERIA ZEYLANICA. 



SWAINSONIA ALBA. 



Something New and Valuable. It "Will Bloom 

 Both Summer and Winter. 



A beautiful continuous flowering new plant, with pure white 

 sweet pea - like flowers, 

 produced in sprays of 

 from twelve to twenty 

 blossoms each. Nothing 

 surpasses it as a decora- 

 tive plant for the win- 

 d o w or conservatory. 

 The pinnated, feathery, 

 fern like foliage is a 

 cheerful light green, and 

 has always a neat and 

 clear appearance. It is 

 of easy culture, growing 

 in almost any light po- 

 sition. Its great freedom 

 of bloom, being seldom 

 without flowers, the 

 grace purity and beauty 

 of its flowers, and the 

 neat habit and fine ap- 

 pearance of the whole 

 plant will undoubtedly 

 make it one of the most 

 popular plants in cul- 

 tivation. Especially 

 valuable for cutting. 

 Owing to its ease of cul- 

 ture and beauty of both 

 plant and flower, it is 



one of the most valuable and desirable home plants that has yet 

 appeared. 8 cents each. 



New Swainsonia, Splendens — Same as the above, with 

 bright scarlet flowers. This is the only true scarlet variety. 8 

 cents each. 



SALVIAS. 



New Dwarf Scarlet Salvia, Le President.— The grandest 

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

 completely covered with rich, scarlet flowers. We have had 

 plants that by actual measurement were only fifteen Inches 

 high and two feet across. As a border or vase plant it will 

 be indispensable and as it will bloom abundantly in pots, it will 

 be of the greatest value as a market plant for florists. 10 cents 

 each. 



Splendens.— The standard sort for bedding. Flower spikes 

 of the most brilliant scarlet. 5 cents each. 



Alba. — A white variety of Splendens Identical in every re- 

 spect except in color, which is pure white. 5 cents each. 



Splendens, Variegata. — White and red flowers. Very 

 evenly striped. 5 cents each. 



New Salvia, Yellow Bird.— Has beautiful yellow foliage, 

 scarlet flowers. This will become a general favorite for bedding 

 effects. 10 cents each. 



STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. 



This is the well-known vine for house culture that is always 

 scarce, being difficult of propagation. We have been fortunate 

 to grow a slock of several thousand fine plants. It is a hard- 

 wooded vine, with thick, leathery leaves, bearing bunches of 

 pure white flowers that are deliciously fragrant. Indeed, itis 

 the most charming of all fragrant flowers. 15 cents each. 



SWAINSONIA ALBA. 



