MISS ELLA V. BAINES, The Woman Florist, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 



57 



General Collection of Tender Plants— Continued 



Gynura. 



Gynura Aurantiaca 



Velvet Plant. 



Velvet Plant seems an appropriate name, the leaves being al- 

 ways taken as artificial. They and the stems are entirely covered 

 with purple hairs; shining, glistening, reflecting many new colors' 

 Any change in position appears to alter the color of the foliage. 

 Price, 25 cents each. 



Heliotrope 



FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE— A splendid lavender shade. 

 "The variety grown in our grandmothers' garden." 15 cents 

 each. 



Nierembergia Azurea 



(Blue Flax) 



The slender graceful plant is covered with its pale lavender 

 flowers throughout the summer. 15 cents each. 



Ponderosa. 



Wonderful New Lemon, Ponderosa 



It is a true everbearing variety. Fruit has been taken from 

 this tree weighing over four pounds. The Lemons have very thin 

 rind for such large fruit. It is the juciest of all Lemons, makes 

 delicious lemonade, and for culinary purposes cannot be excelled. 

 No budding or grafting necessary. Is sure to become popular 

 when it is known. It fruits when quite small, and makes a lovely 

 house plant. Everybody can grow his own lemons; it will fruit 

 freely each year. Thrifty young plants, 20 cents each. Large 

 plants, 50 cents. 



Otaheite Orange 



A dwarf, compact grower, and is exceedingly floriferous, pro- 

 ducing a wonderful profusion of pure white flowers of the most 

 delicate fragrance. Bearing fruit about one-half the size of the 

 ordinary Orange. The unique Orange cannot be equaled as a 

 winter-blooming pot plant for house culture. Good plants, 20 

 cents each; large plants, 50 cents each. 



Petunias 



Single Petunia — Rosy Morn. 10 cents each ; 3^for 25 cents. 

 Single Petunia — Ruffled Giants. 15 cents each ; 3 for 40 cts. 



Pilea 



(Artillery Plant.) Desirable for filling in hanging baskets' 

 window boxes, vases, etc. It has gaceful frond-like leaves; flow- 

 ers small. Price, 15 cents each. 



'When Better Roses and Plants 

 are Produced We will be 

 Producing Them" 



Peperomia 

 Watermelon Begonia. 



Peperomia Muscosa 



(Or Watermelon Begonia) 



This is also known as the Silver-leaved Begonia. Here is a 

 most beautiful plant for pot culture; easy to grow and thrives 

 anywhere; leaves deep olive-green, distinctly marked with silvery- 

 white." Thick and waxy-like leaves distinctly variegated white 

 and green, and have the appearance of being powdered with 

 frosted silver. 30 cents each. 



