Miss Ella V, Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio, 
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GERANIUN 
That have been Prepared Especially 
for Winter Blooming, ot 
THESE TEN BEST SINGLE GERANIUMS FOR 75 CENTS. 
Souvenir de Mirande.—The greatest novelty in new Geraniums 
that has appeared for a number of years is undoubtedly 
Souvenir de Mirande, Itis entirely distinct from any other 
variety known, and is quite different from the usual marked 
varieties that have from time to time made their appearance, 
It has round florets, upper petals creamy-white, with a dis- 
tinct rosy-pink border, lower petals salmon-rose, streaked 
pure lilac. It is extremely free-flowering, and produces fine 
trusses of its magnificent blooms. 
Blanche Moulas.—A grand bedding variety of much merit. The 
flowers are large, salmon, beautifully bordered with white, 
A Geranium of rare beauty. 
Lansdowne.—A soft, deep scarlet, florets large and round, and 
formed into large trusses, borne with the greatest freedom. 
An ideal bedder, producing a mass of soft, briiliant color, 
well above the foliage, which is a light, bright green. 
Marguerite de Layres.—A grard single white, Plants a mass of 
white bloom, trusses of the grandest size, florets extra.large 
and of the purest white. The plant is robust. Grand for 
pots or bedding. Itis by far the best single white. 
Protee,—Flowers very large and freely produced in immense 
trusses, Color silvery-lilac, white eeadies changing to sil- 
very-pink, A splendid sort. 
Madame Alfred Mame.—A magnificent bedding variety. The 
trusses are of extraordinary size, the florets by actual meas- 
urement being two and one-half inches long by two inches 
wide, of almost Pansy form. The color is a soft sub-scarlet, 
lower petals shading to salmon in the center, which is deeply 
veined crimson, This variety has been universally admired 
by all who have seen itin flower. A variety that will prob- 
ably never be equaled. 
Mrs. E. G. Hill.—A most distinct and pleasing shade of salmon, 
with light shading at the center. The shading at the center 
is variable, however. Trusses are very large and composed 
of animmense number of florets. 
M. Noury.—A mosbpleasing lavender-rose color, very chaste and 
beautiful, with distinct marking of white at center of flower. 
Dwarf, and so free in bloom as to literally cover the plant. 
Monsieur Poinsignon.—The color is bright aurora-rose, shaded 
salmon, with a white eye. Large trusses of splendid-shaped 
flowers. 
Beauty of Richmond.—Intense orange-scarlet, very dazzling, 
with large white eye, flower perfectly circular and of im- 
mense size, foliage lightly zoned. A seedling from Beauty 
of Kent, Extremely fine, 
THESE TEN BEST DOUBLE 
GERANIUMS FOR 75 CENTS. 
New Geranium, Bruant.—Semi-double. The leafage is round 
and nicely zoned, having a greater texture and substance 
than even the most vigorous of the old type. Color of the 
flower a light vermilion-red of a most pleasing shade, The 
flowers are absolutely perfect in shape, contour and make-up, 
trusses exceptionally large, and borne in immense spherical 
balls, often measuring eight inches in diameter. It does 
finely in the open ground, and is perfectly reliable as a bed- 
ding Geranium of the highest merit. It makes a compact, 
dense growth, and has all the qualities that go to make the 
perfect bedder that itis. Fine also in pots. 
Fire Brand.—Color a dazzling flame scarlet, fine, prominent truss, 
flowers large and of great substance. An excellent bedder 
and pot plant. 
Gloire de France.—Large, round florets, of waxy appearance, 
colors carmine and white, with carmine center, each petal 
delicately tinged with carmine. An excellent pot variety, to 
which its habit is finely suited. Itis one of the prettiest Ge- 
raniumsI have. Thisisthe most beautiful of all parti-col- 
ored Geraniums that appear so béwitching to the eye. The 
very brightest color imaginable. 
Centaur.—The new mammoth Centaur Double Geranium is the 
best large-flowering double pink Geranium in cultivation. 
Any one seeing a specimen truss cannot fail to become en- 
thusiastic over it, pronouncing it the largest and finest Gera- 
nium in cultivation. The new Centaur is remarkable for its 
stout, robust growth, and for its immense trusses of bloom, 
Sir Walter Scott.—Color a beautiful vinous-rose, with distinct 
white center. This variety produces fine individual florets, 
and combined with its other good qualities makes it a valua- 
ble Geranium. This variety supersedes Sergeant Bobillett, 
being a much finer Geranium. 
Leviathan.—Enormous-sized flowers, round, in the shape of ro- 
settes. Color a bright orange-red, reverse of petals silvery. 
Very fine. Semi-double flowers, 
Gertrude.—Color of the flower a clear, bright salmon, with cen- 
ter and outer edges touched with white, and with soft shad- 
ings of carmine, velvety in texture. 
Alpine Beauty.—In this I have the finest double white Geranium 
ever introduced, and unlike other double white Geraniums, 
it is suitable for pot culture, and flowers as profusely as the 
best single varieties, It is a dwarf, compact-growing varie 
ty, with handsome foliage of a light and healthy green. 
The perfect double flowers are unsurpassed for cut-flowers. 
They are borne in large trusses, and are spotless, snowy- 
white, retaining their pure whiteness even in the heat of 
Summer. 
Crimson Velvet.—This is the darkest and richest Geranium 
grown. It is very bright, dark, deep, rich velvety-maroon, 
very dark and rich, and at the same time very bright. Sim- 
ply superb. 
Beauty Poitevine.—Very large, double flowers, in immense 
trusses. Color brilliant salmon, 
A GREAT BARGAIN—THE TWO FINE SETS OF GERANIUMS FOR $125. 
CHINESE HIBISCUS. Price, 10 Cents Each. 
Auriantica.—Large, double, with orange-colored flowers, 
Carminiatus Perfectus —Full, round flowers of perfect shape, 
and of a rich, soft carmine-rose, with a deen crimson eye, 
Collerii.—Flowers buff-yellow, with a crimson-scarlet base, 
Peculiarly handsome, 
Decorus.—New. A very large and brilliant flower of the clear- 
est scarlet. 
Double Crimson.—Immense flowers of the richest crimson. Com- 
bined with glossy foliage renders it best of all. 
Miniatus Semi-Plenus.—Semi-double flowers of a brilliant ver- 
milion-scarlet, petals waved, recurved, and very handsome. 
General Courtigis——A very grand, large-sized flower, single, 
light scarlet, very showy. This is the brightest of all. 
Grandiflorus.—Rich, glossy foliage, literally covering the plant 
with scarlet-crimson flowers. 
Magnificus.—A very large flower and of 
deep magenta, end of petals touche 
finely toothed. 
erfect form. Color a 
with brown, foliage 
Rosa Siensis.—Flowers red and very large, averaging nearly 
five inches in diameter. 
Schizopetalus.—A curiously-formed flower pendant, the petalsim 
a whorl, orange-red, totally unlike any other Hibiscus, or in~ 
deed any other flower. The petals are open like Jace work. 
Not only a great curiosity, but highly ornamental. 
Senator Evans.—A beautiful Hibiscus. The shape of its flower 
is identical with the Auriantica, and has the same purple 
markings at base of petals. The color of this variety, in- 
stead of being orange, is a bright lemon color, 
Sub-Violaceous.—Flowers of enormous size, of a beautiful car- 
mine, tinted with violet, probably the largest flower of the 
Hibiscus family, and an unusually free bloomer. 
Versicolor.—Combining in its flowers all colors of the whole 
family. Handsomely striped crimson, buff, rose and white. 
Zebrinus.—Double, the outer petals scarlet,edged with yellov 
inner petals are very irregular, curiously variegated wi is 
creamy-yellow white. 
SPECIAL OFFER.—THE SET OF HIBISCUS, FIFTEEN VARIETIES, SPLENDID PLANTS, FOR $1.25. 
