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



Four Beautiful Violets, 



®F ALL delightful perfumes that of Violets is the 

 most delicate and pleasant, and placesthe modest 

 little blue flowers among our greatest favorites. 



Violets grow and bloom during the dead of Winter 



with no trouble whatever, if given a cool situation, but 



will not succeed in a warm place. The following four 



sorts are the best of all the Violets, and are all distinct 



in color. 



Lady Hume Campbell. — This is the finest of all double 

 blue Violets. It is simply wonderful the number of 

 beautiful flowers it produces. In color a lovely shade 

 of the richest intense blue. A charming contrast 

 with the white variety. Price, 8 cents each. 



New Violet, California. — This beautiful single-flowered 

 Violet has created a decided sensation. It was 

 raised in California, where it is cultivated by the 

 hundreds of acres for cut flowers. Buyers prefer it 

 to all others. It is entirely hardy and 

 of the richest dark blue and very 

 fragrant. Price, 8 cents each. 



New Double White, Perpetual Fowering 

 Violet, Swanley White, or Queen of 

 Fragrance— Of all the white Violets 

 this is the best, 

 either for pot 

 culture in the 

 house or bed- 

 ded out. In pots 

 it grows lux- 

 uriantly, and is 

 loaded with 

 flowers. It is 

 not an uncom- 

 mon sight to 

 see as many as 

 fifty large flow- 

 ers open at 

 once, present- 

 ing a beautiful 



sight, their delicious perfume filling a whole room. Price, 

 8 cents each. 



Hardy Double English Violet.— This Violet is entirely hardy, 

 perfectly double, a deep violet-purple color and most deli- 

 ciously fragrant. It surpasses the well-known **Marie 

 Louise" Violet in richness of col or, being many shades darker, 

 and far excels it in its delightful odor; this is one of its 

 greatest merits. It is entirely free from disease of any kind, 

 will grow and bloom in any garden and in any situation. 

 Nothing is more appropriate for cemetery plots than the 

 Hardy Double English Violet. Price, 15 cents each. 



The Set of Four Lovely Violets for only 30 cents 



AZALEA INDICA. 



One of the most gorgeous blooming families, together with the 

 showiest of all greenhouse plants. The colors of the flower vary 

 from the purest white to the deepest crimson in untold varia- 

 tions. The soil should always be packed hard when transplanted. 

 Success depends, however, on the degTee of moisture in the 

 atmosphere in which they live. We have a number of the best 

 flowering sorts that will flower finely at once, both double and 

 single-flowered, in any color desired. The plants we offer are 

 magnificent specimens. They will be in bloom about the holi- 

 days. An elegant present for Christmas. Price, three-year-old 

 plants that have from forty to sixty blooms at blooming season, 

 75 cents each. 



OLEANDER. 



Double Yellow, Double White, and Double Pink. 



Semi-double flowers, of pleasing and satisfactory shades. 

 Price, the yellow variety, 20 cents each; the white variety, 15 

 cents each; the pink variety, 10 cents each. 



JTJSTICIA, or Brazilian Plume Plant. 



Jnstici:! Cornea. — Perhaps no plants have attracted so much at- 

 tention in the last two years as the Justicia, or Brazilian 

 Plume Plant. The plant is a strong, rapid grower, and 

 throws up long stems, on which are produced fine plume-like 

 pink flowers, the ends of each petal drooping in a most 

 charming manner. When the plants are a few months old 

 they are literally covered with their beautiful blossoms. It 

 does equally well either for house or out-door culture. Price, 

 10 cents each. 



Justicia Sanguinea.— Same as the above, except that it has ele- 

 gant red stems and flaming rose-colored blooms. Price, 10 

 cents each. 



CYCLAMEN, or Persian Violet. 



Cyclamen. Persicum Giganteum. — This is a decided improvement 

 over the old variety, being of a more robust habit and stronger 

 grower. Produces flowers on short, stout stems, and of im- 

 mense size, often measuring, on well-gTown bulbs, two 

 inches in diameter. The foliage is also beautiful. Price, 

 good bulbs, 10 cents each. 



PLUMBAGOS. 



Plumbago, Capensis. — The Plumbagos are always satisfactory 

 plants, either for pot culture or for the garden. They are 

 constant bloomers, and their delicate ana graceful flowers 

 are very useful for cutting. Capensis has plentiful clusters 

 of the most beautiful pale blue flowers, a shade seldom met 

 with, and universally admired. Price, 15 cents each. 



Plumbago, Capensis Alba. — The exact counterpart of Plumbago 

 Capensis, except in color, which, in this beautiful plant, is 

 snow white. One of the most satisfactory of plants. Price, 

 10 cents each. 



JASMINES. 



Grand Duke of Tnscany. — Easily grown, even small plants bear- 

 ing a profusion of double, creamy- white flowers, having a. 

 delicious perfume. A plant of this lovely variety will, when 

 in bloom, scent up a whole yard or house. It is by far the 

 most delicious in bloom and fragrance of all Jasmines, or in- 

 deed, for that matter, I know of no flower that emits such 

 a delightful fragrance. It is sweeter than a Tuberose, and 

 that is saying a good deal for it. Will thrive out of doors 

 and bloom through the season. A magnificent plant, and 

 will become one of the most valuable and popular pot plants 

 when it becomes better known. It can be stored in a dry 

 cellar in Winter. It will please you. Try it. Price, fine 

 plants, 25 cents each; large plants, 75 cents each. 



Cape Jasmine. — The well-known variety grows into a fine, large 

 bush, fine, rich, glossy foliage, and large double flowers of 

 delicious fragrance. Price, 10 cents each; large plants, 2c 

 cents each. 



New Jasmine, Maid of Orleans. — This makes handsome speci- 

 mens in the South, where it is hardy. It will produce more 

 flowers, twice over, than any of the Jasmines. Price, 15 cents 

 each; large plants, 50 cents each. 



ReTOlutum. — A yellow-flowered Jasmine, hardy and exquisitely 

 fragrant. Price, 10 cents each. 



Maylayan, or Confederate Jasmine. — Now that climbers are so in 

 vogue, I am pleased to be able to offer this very rare sort, 

 knowing that it will delight every purchaser. To be able to 

 have the most delicate, sweet-scented and pure yellow, waxy- 

 like flowers in profusion almost the whole year round, and 

 dark, evergreen foliage to set them off to advantage, is some- 

 thing that cannot be had from other plants. For florists 

 nothing could be more useful, as it blooms more profusely in 

 Winter than at any other time, making it a most desirable 

 house plant. The vine will live a lifetime. Price, 10 cents 

 each; large plants, 40 cents each. 



Grandiflomm.— This is a beautiful plant, with small, glossy, 

 evergreen foliage, handsomely arranged on long, graceful 

 branches, which are inclined to vine. It blooms in the Fall 

 and Winter, bearing in the greatest profusion small, pure 

 white flowers of a spicy fragrance, which is fully delicious. 

 A spendid house plant. Price. 10 cents each; large plants, 25 

 cents each. 



SPECIAL OFFER.-Tne six distinct kinds of Jasmines, 

 costing 80 cents, for only 50 cents. A great bargain. 



