30 MISS ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMA 
N FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 
CARNATION PINKS The Divine Flower 
OR beauty of flower and color, ease of culture, certainty and freedom of bloom, together with exquisite fragrance, this is 
well called the “‘Divine Flower.” 
Plants in the open ground or in pots quickly make large specimens, and when brought 
indoors in the fall produce an abundance of flowers throughqut the entire winter. 
buy them—grow them yourself. Pinch the plant back frequently during the summer season. 
Carnation blooms are expensive; don’t 
In the fall bring indoors, place in 
a four or five-inch pot, keep in a temperature or forty to fifty degrees at night, and they will yield an immense number of 
flowers with splendid stems, ag fine as those sold by florists. 
We offer the finest varieties in existence. Your order is incomple 
If not pinched in they will bloom profusely during the summer. 
te without some Carnations. 
Excelsior Collection of Choice Carnations 
10 cents each; three for 25 cents; seven for 50 cents; set of nine Excelsior Carnations, postpaid, for 65 cents. 
AFTERGLOW—Very dwarf, and of a nice, bushy growth, fore- 
ing very long flower stems, each individual flower possessing 
a stem varying from three to eight inches in length. It has 
perfectly formed flowers; color a rich, bright rosy-red. We 
unhesitatingly recommend this sort. 
ABUNDANCE—Flowers very large and perfest in form; color 
a bright rosy-pink, with salmon shading when the flowers 
are fully expanded. A very healthy grower and remarkably 
free bloomer. Plant dwarf, growing about fourteen inches 
high. This we consider one of the best pink varieties ever 
offered, and an excellent variety for pot culture, 
BONFIRE—This is by far the darkest Carnation ever seen, and 
at the same time the most abundant bloomer. Brilliant dark 
red, shaded with richest maroon, fringed petals, nearly every 
flower being on a long stem. This variety surpasses in rich- 
ness of color the most perfect Jacqueminot Roses. 
DELLA FOX —Its color is almost indescribable. Of a _rosy- 
orange shade, striped and flaked with carmine, never bursts 
its calyx, is very free and early flowering, and can always 
be cut with a long stem, a most desirable feature in the col- 
ored Carnation nowadays. | 
ESTELLE—One of the most fragrant Carnations we have seen. 
Color a clear, bright, glowing scarlet; a most continuous 
bloomer and distinct in color from any other sort offered. 
Greatly admired by all who have seen it growing here. 
MORNING GLORY—This variety has been greatly admired 
wherever it has been seen for its desirable color, being a 
beautiful light pink satin color; flowers large size and very 
freely produced. Plant of grand habit and vigorous growth. 
It is a superb variety. 
ROSE PINK ENCHANTRESS—As large as the largest light 
pink ever offered. A few blooms last season measured nearly 
four inches. It has taken first prizes wherever offered. 
WHITCOMB RILEY—The ground color is the faintest blush, 
lightly penciled in soft pink. The bloom is fluffy in appear- 
ance, exquisitely beautiful in form. One of the grandest of 
all Carnations. 
WHITE CLOUD—This is the largest white Carnation in culti- 
vation—often measures four inches in diameter. The flowers 
are of the purest white, with petals of great substance, mak- 
ing it one of the very best. 
“Novelty” Collection of Choice New 
MONTHLY CARNATIONS 
“The Divine Flower’’ 
Price, {0 cents each; any three of your selection for 25 cents. 
This Novelty Collection of seven Monthly Ever-Bloom- 
ing Carnation Pinks, 50 cents. 
VICTORY—Another grand new variety so distinct that it stands 
alone. Awarded the Lawson Gold Medal, also the S. F. 
Medal at the Carnation Society’s convention. The flowers 
measure three and one-half inches when well grown. Long, 
strong stems, two to three: feet. A healthy, vigorous grower. 
But its color—a glowing scarlet-crimson, intense and fiery with 
its rich ox-blood shadings, far and away beyond all other Car- 
nations. 
ENCHANTRESS — The Great $10,000 Beauty. The great for- 
ward stride in Carnations is made more manifest in this than 
in any other since the advent of the Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson. 
It was raised by the same grower, and he pronounces Enchantress 
superior to it. The flowers are three and one-half to four inches 
across-when well grown. The color is a superb shade of rosy 
blush-pink. 
GAIETY—Color pure white, with a few narrow pink pencilings 
about the edge and through the flower. Size large and full, 
form very round and symmetrical. One of the best producers 
beginning to bloom early and continuing throughout the sea- 
son without intermission. 
HER MAJESTY—Purity of color fairly glistens all over this flower. 
Form is simply perfect, size larger than any other white, stem 
the strongest and about thirty inches long. It is bound to 
become the standard white for both winter and summer bloom- 
ing, as it will start blooming July 1st and continue until the 
same time a year later. 
LADY BOUNTIFUL—Largest flowers of the purest immaculate 
white: large sized blooms. Valuable for garden planting and 
for pot culture. Very sweetly scented with that delightful old- 
fashioned clove fragrance. 
MAY DAY—This is the largest Carnation ever offered. It is a 
wonderfully free bloomer, considering the monster sizes the flow- 
ers attain. White, overlaid with pink, reminding one of the 
beautiful tints seen in Azaleas. 
MRS. THOS. W. LAWSON, The Sensational Carnation—The grand- 
est pink Carnation, a true exhibition variety. Bloom large and 
spreading, stem stiff; a good grower. All newcomers will have 
to meet comparison with the Lawson. Very free for so large a 
flower. The Lawson is the queen of a class all her own, just 
as American Beauty is among Roses. No grower can afford to 
be without it. Thirty thousand dollars was paid for this vari- 
ety; highest price ever paid for any flower. 
SPECIAL OFFER No. 99—The 16 Carnations in both Nov 
elty and Excelsior Collection caine $1.60 for $1.00 net, 
