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



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PALMS. 



The following is a select list of rare and handsome 

 varieties that can be recommended for apartments, 

 conservatories, decorations or vase plants during 



Summer. They are all grand plants, and of the easiest culture. 



NOTICE. — It may be well to state here that young Palms do not resemble the illustrations given, as they 

 do not show their character leaves until the second year, so that when you get your small Palm plants and see 

 long, narrow leaves instead of the character leaves as shown in the illustration, do not think the wrong kind has 

 been sent you. 



WASHINGTONIA FILIFEBA. 



A beautiful Palm is one of the finest additions that can be made 

 to any collection of plants, but the high prices of the best varie- 

 ties have prevented most people from possessing one. Then 

 again, there are but few of the best sorts which succeed well 

 with ordinary window culture. It is, therefore, with pleasure 

 that I am now able to offer one of the most beautiful sorts in ex- 

 istence, and one that is hardy and robust enough to succeed any- 

 where, at a price which brings it within the reach of all. It has 

 elegant dark-green, fan-shaped leaves, from which hang thread- 

 like filaments. The plant is a compact grower, well adapted to 

 pot culture, succeeding in any situation, and with any treatment 

 that will keep a Geranium alive. It will flourish in any window 

 for anybody, making a grand ornament during Winter, and in 

 Summer it can adorn a veranda, or be placed about the graden 

 or yard, or used for a center in a vase, basket or flowerbed — 

 always ornamental anywhere. All Palms of the fan-leaved sorts 

 have, when young, leaves of a long, narrow shape, developing 

 the round, fan-shaped ones as they grow older. Therefore, when 

 you get your plant and see long leaves instead of round ones, do 

 not think that a wrong sort has been sent you. Price, 10 cents 

 each; three for 25 cents. 



LATANIA BOBBONICA. 



The well-known Fan Palm. This is one of the most exquisitely 

 graceful among Palms Its wide-spreading, gracefully arching 

 leaves are elegant and effective for apartment decoration. It is 

 considered the handsomest and most valuable of all the Palms. 

 Price, 25 cents each; fine plants, $1.00 to $2.00 each. 



KENTIA FOSTEBIANA. 



This is one of the finest pot plants imaginable, and the easiest 

 to grow of any of the Palm family. Being almost hardy, it is 

 not injured by slight changes in temperature, and its stiff, glossy 

 leaves enable it to stand the dry, hot air of the living room with- 

 out injury. The leaves are a deep, glossy-green, fan-shaped, 

 split deeply into segments. This is, without exception, the most 

 hardy of its class. Very graceful for table decoration. Scarcely 

 equaled. Price, 50 cents each; strong plants, $1 00 to $2 00 each. 



COCOS WEDDELIANA. 



Undoubtedly the most graceful Palm yet introduced to my col- 

 lection. The stem is slender, leaves long and very gracefully 

 arched, leaflets or pinnae very fine, deep green above, white be- 

 low. Price, 60 cents each. 



PHOENIX BECLINATA. 



This favorite Palm is beautiful in all stages of growth. No 

 plant is more easily grown, and none more tenacious of life, en- 

 during the dust, the cold and heat trom open windows and gas- 

 heated air of our dwellings. The demand for this particular 

 kind is perhaps five times that of any other. Leaves large, 

 pinnated, of a cheerful green color, plant of hardy constitution, 

 adapted to all decorative purposes, within or without doors. 

 Price, 25 cents each; fine plants, $1.00 to $2.00 each. 



SEAFOBTHIA ELEGANS. 



A most graceful Palm, eminently adapted for decorating 

 greenhouse and garden. Makes a fine window plant. Leaves 

 long, gracefully arched, dark-green, and the whole plant is per- 

 fectly smooth. Price, 25 cents each; fine plants, $1.00 to $2.00 

 each. 



ATJBECA LUTESCENS. 



A most elegant Palm. One of the best for general decorative 

 purposes, easily grown, useful in every stage of growth, fine 

 color, graceful habit, and pleases all. Price, 25 cents each; 

 fine plants, $1.00 to $2.00 each. 



CYCAS BEVOLUTA. Sago Palm. 



The Cycas makes a magnificent specimen plant, and is one of 

 the most valuable plants grown for the decoration of the lawn or 

 house. Their heavy, glossy, deep-green fronds resist alike the 

 gas, dust and cold to which decorative plants are frequently ex- 

 posed. Fine, shapely plants. Price, by express, first size, with 

 twelve to fifteen leaves, $4.00; second size, with ten to twelve 

 leaves, $3.00; third size, with seven to ten leaves, $2 00 each. 



A GBEAT BABGAIN.— FOUB CHOICE PALMS, OUB SELECTION, FOB 40 CENTS. 



