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



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MILK AND WINE LILY. See description, page iS. 



OLEANDERS. 



These old-fashioned shrubs are becoming immensely popular 

 again. I am growing and selling them by the thousands. No 

 plant makes more handsome specimens in tubs for the veranda 

 or yard. Can be wintered in the cellar. I have three colors to 

 offer. Price, 10 cents eacli. 



Oleander, Rosea.— lias double pink flowers. The old favor- 

 ite. Very sweet. 



Lilian Henderson.— Has double white flowers of the largest 

 size. Fragrant like the old double pink. Scarce. 



Lutea —Has double primrose yellow flowers of a lovely shade; 

 also fragrant. Scarce. 



OTAHEITE ORANGE. 



This valuable and 

 distinct variety of the 

 Orange family is a 

 dwarf, compact grow- 

 er, with glossy, deep 

 green foliage, which 

 has! a decided odor of 

 the Orange trees of 

 Florida, and is exceed- 

 ingly floriferous, pro- 

 ducing a wonderful 

 profusion of pure white 

 flowers of the most de- 

 licious fragrance. 

 Identical with the 

 much sought - for 

 "blooms of Southern 

 Orange groves. Ota- 

 heite fruits immediate- 

 ly afterflowering, bear- 

 ing fruitaboutone-half 

 thesize of the ordinary 

 Orange, retaining in a 

 marked degree its 

 sweetness. This 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. As a pot plant 

 this lovely Dwarf Orange is one of the most novel and beautiiul 

 that can be grown. With a couple of plants of it you can have 

 an abundance of the far-famed delicate and fragrant Orange 

 blossoms. I have grown a large stock of clean, vigorous plants 

 that will bloom and fruit at once, of this beautiful orange, and 

 commend it to mv friends as a novelty of sterling worth and 

 merit. Good plants. 10 cents each; large, strong plants, to 

 bloom and bear profusely at once > a5 to *° cents each, ac- 

 cording to size. 





OXALIS, ORTGIESI. 



Upright Oxalis, or Star of Bethlehem.— Few new plants 

 will give better satisfaction than this, as it is a perpetual bloomer 

 in every sense of the word. It is full of bloom every day in the 

 year, when grown in a pot of good soil and with ordinary care. 

 It grows as freely as a Geranium in any situation. Itisa shrubby 

 plant, like a Geranium or Fuchsia without buds, in which re- 

 spect it differs from .other Oxalis. It grows twelve to eighteen 

 inches in height, branching freely, and loaded at all times with 

 clusters of bright golden, star-shaped flowers, which do not close 

 at night like other Oxalis. Beautiful as the flowers are, it is still 

 a splendid plant without them, on account of its highly orna- 

 mental foliage. The leaves are three lobed, dark, olive green 

 above, and a beautiful, shining metallic crimson purpleunder- 

 neath, and wine-colored stems This makes a truly novel plant, 

 as well as a very beautiul one, and is surprising to see what at- 

 tention it will attract. 8 cents each. 



NEW OXALIS, PRINCESS. 



This new Oxalis comes from San Diego, California, where it 

 has been introduced from the islands of the Pacific. It goes un- 

 der the name of Duchess, Pink Beauty, etc., in various cata- 

 logues. It is a bright pink, the flowers the size of a quarter 

 of a dollar, and makes a perfect carpet of its brightpink flowers. 

 The best Oxalis extant. 6 cents each. 



DOUBLE FRINGED PETUNIAS. 



The double Petunia is one of the finest bedding plants for 

 massing, mixed borders, or for vases. The brilliancy and va- 

 riety of its colors, combined with the duration of its blooming 

 period, renders it invaluable for garden decoration. My col- 

 lection is unsurpassed for brilliancy ot color and size of bloom. 

 It includes all the brightest shades of pink, purple, rose, 

 white, etc. Name the color you want. 15 cents each; two 

 for £5 cents. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA. 

 Always in Bloom. 



This is a charming plantfor 

 Winter. In fact, 1 know of 

 none that is better adapted 

 to home culture than this 

 one. It is not susceptible to 

 changes of temperature that 

 most plants are subject to. 

 It bears its elegant panicles 

 and sprays of bloom of adel- 

 icate pink and white in the 

 greatest profusion. It is 

 certainly elegant. 8 cents 

 each. 



New Everblooming 



BABY PRIMROSE. 



This is the freest blooming 

 plant I know of, blooming 

 continuously throughout the 

 entire season. Plants in 

 very small pots have from 

 fifteen to twenty sprays of 

 lovely light pink flowers, on 

 stems ten to twelve inches 

 high, at one time, and plants in four-inch pots often have from 

 twenty-five to fifty at one time, lasting in bloom fully four weeks 

 without fading, and continually sending new sprays all over the 

 plant, making it one of the most desirable plants for the house 

 ever introduced. It 'is a very rapid grower and the easiest 

 grown of all the Primrose family. Very desirable. 8 cents 

 each. 



CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



In White, Pink 



and Crimson 



Few house plants afford better 

 satisfaction than this. It re- 

 quires to be kept cool, a north 

 window suiting it best. Care 

 should be taken in watering it 

 that no water gets on the buds, 

 as it causes them to decay. In 

 the Summer it can be turned 

 out into a shady border. The 

 plants I offer are fine, and the 

 colors are sure to please. I have 

 them in white, pink and crim- 

 son. iO cents each. 



MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 



This plant is strictly a perpet- 

 ual bloomer. In flower at all 

 seasons of the year, agood speci- 

 men showing always from ten 



to thirty large saucer-shaped blossoms, about three inches 

 across. 



Apple Blossom.— A splendid variety, with handsome flowers 

 shade of apple blossoms. Entirely hardy. 8 cents each. 



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PRIMULA OBCONICA. 



NEW BABY PRIMROSE. 



