ELLA V. BA1NES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



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DOUBLE GERANIUMS 



The Best There Are 



Price, 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 



ALPHONSE RICARD— A most beautiful shade of bright ver- 

 milion; large flowers and enormous trusses; a grand variety. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY— (New.) Same color as the famous 

 American Beauty Rose. A very free bloomer. 



AURORA — A beautiful shade of salmon-pink. 



BEAUTE POITEVINE — Beautiful shade of shrimp-pink, grad- 

 ually shading to white; a universal favorite. 



COMTESSE DE HARCOURT— Beautiful florets and enormous 

 trusses of pure white. Stands the sun well. 



HELEN MICHELL — (New.) The clearest possiole shade of 

 scarlet borne on gigantic trusses. 



JEAN VIAUD — This is the best large-fiowering double pink 

 : Geranium in cultivation. Tne color is the richest deep pink, 

 shading near tne base of the petals to light pink, the base of the 

 upper petals creamy-white. 



LA FAVORITE — In this Geranium we be^eve we have the fin- 

 est double white Geranium in cultivation. _ The flowers are 

 borne in large trusses of the purest snow-white, retaining this 

 pure whiteness even in the height of _ summer, and for winter 

 blooming they are all that can be desired. Do not fail to add 

 this charming variety to your collection. 



MADAME BARNEY — A profuse bloomer; florets enormous; 

 color a deep pure pink. A perfect bedder. 



MADAME LANDRY — A distinct salmon-pink with a slight 

 scarlet shading. Enormous trusses, florets borne on long stems. 



MARQUIS DE CASTELLANE— This is a deep solferino in color; 

 has a splendid habit, and the color is decidedly unique and bright 

 for a Geranium. An exceptionally striking variety. 



MARQUIS DE MONTMART— This is known as the Blue 

 Geranium; it is more strictly speaking a rich purple; a striking 

 color. 



MISS FRANCES PERKINS — A constant bloomer of a charm- 

 ing deep rose-pink color, with a distinct white throat; stands 

 the climate well. 



S. A. NU I I —Tnis is the darkest and richest Geranium known. 

 It is very bright, dark, deep, rich, velvety maroon; an excellent 

 bedder and a perfect pot plant. One that must find its way 

 into every collection. 



SINGLE GERANIUMS 



None Better Than These Varieties 



20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 



ALICE LEMON — Very light salmon with a dark salmon eye. 



ALBION— One of the finest wm'tes. Pure white in color; im- 

 mense in size; circular form. 



MRS. E. G. HILL — Prof use _ Dloomer, soft light salmon. Each 

 petal bordered with rose-salmon. Exquisite. 



QUEEN OF THE WEST— Very fine bright red, 



TRI-COLOR GERANIUM 

 MRS. POLLOCK — The most beautiful of all tri-colored Geran- 

 iums. Bronze, belted with crimson and edged golden yellow. 

 25 cents each; three for 65 cents; 12 for $3.50. 



SWEET-SCENTED GERANIUMS 

 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 12 for $1.80. 



LEMON — The foliage is pronouncedly lemon-scented. 

 NUTMEG — Foliage has the true nutmeg fragrance. 

 ROSE — The famous sweet rose-scented Geranium; very fragrant. 



PANSY GERANIUM, MRS. LAYAL 

 A Wonderful Plant 



This new and wonderful Pansy Geranium is of the easiest 

 growth, dwarf in haoit, and literally covered with flowers all the 

 time and as it requires little or no attention, it is invaluable as a 

 window plant. The coloring and markings of the flowers are 

 most extraordinary — light Dink, white, dark purple, black, etc., 

 almost rivaling the Pansy in uniqueness of flower. It is this 

 combination of coloring which obtained for it the popular name of 

 Pansy Geranium. Strong plants, ready to bloom, 30 cents 

 each; three for 80 cents, 12 for $2.80. 



CULTURAL DIRECTIONS FOR PELARGONIUMS 



No class of plants are more showy during their dooming season than the pelargoniums, and the gorgeous beauty of the clusters 

 of their vari-colored bloom will well repay extra care expended in their culture. 



The greatest success will be attained by securing and starting your plants in the fall and winter, potting in soil well enriched with 

 well-rotted manure, repotting in larger pots as often as the growth of the plant demands it. This will give you a fine large plant cov- 

 ered with bloom by the Easter period* 



During the hot summer months, 'plunge the pot level with the earth in a partially shaded place and water rather sparingly as tnis 

 is their season of rest. 



About September first carefully remove most of the old soil from arourjd the plant, repotting in fresh soil, and start into active growth. 

 Plants thus cared for will often carry as many as 50 to 100 clusters of bloom at the beginning of their second blooming season. 



Dipping or spraying with a strong tobacco tea will rid them of any insect pests that may trouble them. 



PELARGONIUMS, or LADY WASHINGTON GERANIUMS 



The grandest of all flowering plants; do not resemble the common Geraniums in any particular, neither in foliage nor flower; more 

 beautiful in every way. We here offer six distinct sorts, every one entirely different in color and every one a beauty. The Lady Wash- 

 ington Geraniums are the handsomest of all flowers — -once seen, never forgotten. 



THE EASTER GREETING, or EVER -BLOOMING SET 



EASTER GREETING— Planted out as a bedding plant it will 

 bloom continually until late in the fall. It will prove the fore- 

 runner of a new race of ever-blooming kinds, as it rivals the 

 Orchids in beauty. This new species is the earliest of all Pelar- 

 goniums, with enormous florets and clusters, having light green 

 foliage and of dwarf, robust growth. It blooms from March 

 until Fall. Florets fiery amaranth-red, with five large regular 

 shaped spots. The first and only kind to bloom as well bedded 

 out as in pots, and to do so all summer. 



GARDENER'S JOY — -The ground color is apple-blossom pink, 

 the two upper petals have blotches of carbon-brown, the florets 

 are three and one-half inches in diameter and are joined to 

 enormous clusters which rise above the beautiful foliage and 

 remind one of a Rhododendron cluster. It is of a half dwarf 

 nature and very sturdy. On account of its rapid, luxuriant 



-Price 30c each, 3 for 80 cents, 12 for $2.80. 



growth it is a very profitable market variety. 



GLORY — This splendid novelty is quite remontant, florets and 

 cluster very large; ground color, Cattleya-blue, very much like 

 the Cattleya Orchid. _ The upper petals contain two large purple 

 magenta-red spots, distinctly veined. An exceedingly beautiful 

 and entirely new color in Pelargoniums. This kind has a very 

 robust growth. 



LUCY BECKER— This grand novelty is a sport of Easter Greet- 

 ing, and is like it in everything but color which is a rosy-pink. 

 It is if anything £ven more free in bloom. 



PRINCE — Immensely large flowers, strongly crimped of fine 

 shade, with from six to ten petals; color rich purple with velvety 

 black blotches. Remarkably robust habit. The large clusters 

 rise gracefully above the beautiful foliage. Tne blooming plant 

 witn its enormous flowers makes a striking impression. 











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