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



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"EXCELLENT" COLLECTION 



OF 



Ten Prize-Winning 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



FOR ONLY 50 CENTS. . 



This flower is well termed the Queen of 

 Autumn, and is too well known to need a 

 lengthy introduction. 

 Mutual Friend. — Pure white, with touches of 



pink. 

 Golden Wedding. — The best large exhibition 



yellow variety. 

 Maude Dean. — Grand rosy-pink. One of the 



best. 

 Merry Monarch. — Lemon-white. The size is 



startling. 

 Gettysburg. — A rich, deep crimson. Very 



bright and beautiful. 

 Lady Playfair. — This is the grandest of all 



the lighter shades of pink. 

 Mrs. Hicks Arnold. — Old gold or bronze color. Magnificent large flower. 

 Mrs. Henry Robinson. — The grandest of all white varieties. 

 Mrs. Anthony Watterer.— Resembles a bunch of pink ribbon. 

 Solar Queen. — Color golden-yellow, shading to lighter. Takes front rank 



in all exhibitions. 



BOSTON FERN. nephro e*"-™ 



WW IWI1 • mill BOSTONIENSIS. 



This grand new Fern has become the most popular decorative plant of 

 the year. In and around Boston no other plant is so extensively used for 

 table or window decoration as this graceful Fern. It 

 is one of the very few plants that will thrive under 

 ordinary house care. Itgrows and improves in size 

 where most all other Ferns go back. The fronds 

 droop and arch gracefully over the edge of a pot or 

 basket, and as it is a very rapid grower it is not long 

 before they reach the floor from an ordinary table. 

 The color is a rich green, which contrasts beautifully 

 with all other window or pots. It thrives well in a 

 shady position, but must never be allowed to get too 

 dry, and frequent showenngs of the foliage by means 

 of a plant syringe or a watering can are essential. 

 To give an idea of the magnificent proportions of this 

 Fern it may be stated that a single specimen plant, 

 exhibited at the recent American Institute Fair in 

 Madison Square Garden, New York, measured ten 

 feet in diameter, some of the fronds being over four feet in 

 length. Price, large plants with fronds one and a half feet long, 

 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. 



BOSTON FERN. 



New Sword Fern, NEPHROLEPIS COMPACTA. 



In my estimation this variety is the finest of all Sword Ferns- 

 It is of a free, strong-growing, compact habit, attaining, when 

 fully grown, a 

 height of about two 

 feet. The fronds 

 are of a dark green 

 color, very rich, of 

 upright growth, 

 with just sufficient 

 arch in them to 

 make them grace- 

 ful. For house 

 culture or for win- 

 dow gardening I 

 don't know of any 

 other variety that 

 would give the 

 same satisfaction 

 and which I could 

 recommend so 

 highly. Price, 15 

 cents. 



SMILAX. 



For using as a 



fr e e n with cut 

 owers it has n o 

 equal, its hard tex- 

 ture enabling it to 

 keep for several 

 days without wilt- 

 ing after being cut. 

 Price, 5 cents each. 



Fuchsias. Standard Varieties. 



ALL COLORS. Price, 10 cents each ; eight sorts, 

 my selection, 50 cents. 



NEPHROLEPSIS COMPACTA 

 It is also fine as a p?rlor or window plant. 



