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ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 



General Collection of Plants — Concluded 



Sweet Peas 



Plant Sweet Peas south of the Ohio River in the 

 fall. Try fall planting and be surprised. See our 

 Spring- Book for varieties. Everyone who has a 

 yard ought to grow quantities of this sweetest of 

 all flowers, that is not only a beautiful low-grow- 

 ing vine for garden and decorations, but one of the 

 most useful of all in furnishing material for vases, 

 bouquets and all cut-flower work. Plant quantities 

 of these lovely flowers and cut them with a lavish 

 hand; for every flower you pick, two will come to 

 fill its place. For the largest and finest blossoms, 

 dig a trench six inches deep, put in two inches of 

 rotten manure, a little earth, and sow the seed over 

 this three inches apart in the row, covering an 

 inch and a half. Do this during the month of No- 

 vember, or just before freezing weather, and as the 

 plants grow, fill up the trench around them with 

 rich earth. Such planting will produce enormous 

 quantities of flowers of the largest size. Best mix- 

 ture of Sweet Peas, 5 cents per packet, or 20 cents 

 per oz. 



Sanseviera Zeylanica, Zebra Plant 



A beautiful plant, specially adapted for the dec- 

 oration of drawing rooms and halls, as it stands 

 dust and drought with impunity and requires scarce- 

 ly any water. The leaves are beautifully striped 

 crosswise, with broad white variegations on a green 

 ground. It is a rare and beautiful plant, which 

 should be abundantly grown for positions out of 

 the reach of sunshine, where other plants will not 

 thrive. It can be placed in any position in any 

 room and do well. It has singular beauty for 

 decorative purposes which other plants do not pos- 

 sess, and it is useful both in winter and summer. 

 For vases and baskets it is a fine center piece, and 

 grows splendidly out of doors during summer. Fine 

 plants, 25 cents. 



Violets 15 cents each 



PRINCESS OP WALES — This is the best of the 

 Single Violets. True violet-blue; fine for cutting. 



LADY HUME CAMPBELL — One of the best of the 

 double purple violets; better than Marie Louise. 



SWANLEY AVHITE — Double white flowers in great 

 profusion. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



Shrubs Will Be Sent About the 1st of November in Ample Time for Fall Planting 

 The Ever-Blooming Butterfly Bush 



Buddleya "Variabilis Magnifica (Butterfly Bush) 



It was a matter of some thought before this 

 highly desirable plant was finally christened with 

 the common English name by which it goes. Sev- 

 eral years ago there were imported from Europe 

 some plant novelties and this one was among them. 

 We observed it carefully for a season and were 

 charmed with its beauty, ease of culture and free 

 flowering habit. The name Butterfly Bush was ap- 

 plied to it because it seems to attract butterflies in 

 large numbers. Particularly we notice that it is 

 not alone the common little yellow species of but- 

 terfly, but also the large and gorgeously colored 

 butterflies that swarm about it as though vieing 

 with it in brilliancy of color. This shrub from a 

 young plant set out either in the spring or fall, "will 

 mature to full size the first summer, producing a 

 handsome bush, which the first year often main- 

 tains a height of four feet. It produces long, grace- 

 ful stems, which terminate in tapering panicles of 

 beautiful lilac-colored flowers that are of miniature 

 size and borne by the hundreds on a flower head 

 which is frequently ten inches long. A single plant 

 the first season will throw out as many as fifty 

 flower spikes, "which increase greatly in number 

 during succeeding years. The year after planting, 

 it generally commences to flower in June and con- 

 tinues each season until severe frosts nip it. The 

 foliage and blooms are exceedingly fine. The shrub 

 is rather semi-herbaceous, by which we mean in 

 some latitudes it will die down to the ground and 

 while perfectly hardy, we recommend covering the 

 roots with manure, leaves or other suitable ma- 



terials as winter approaches, as this will produce a 

 heavy growth the following season. This^ shrub is 

 very desirable as an individual specimen in the 

 lawn and garden, or placed promiscuously in the 

 shrubbery border. Fine plants, 35 cents. 



Buxus 



(Ornamental Box) 

 (Sempervirens) — Useful for edging and bordering 

 ■walks, etc. A handsome shrub with deep green foli- 

 age. This is not as dwarf as the Sempervirens 

 Nana, but we find it so much more vigorous and 

 hardy that we advise planting this and trimming 

 to height required. 20 cents each; $1.50 per dozen, 

 postpaid. 



Calycanthus Floridus 



(Carolina Allspice or Sweet Scented Shrub) 



A most desirable shrub. The wood is fragrant; 

 flowers of a rare chocolate color, having a peculiar 

 agreeable odor that is very penetrating. They 

 blossom in June and at intervals afterwards. Fine 

 plants, 20 cents; strong two-year-old plants, 50 cts. 



Deut 



zias 



Their fine habit, luxuriant foliage and profusion 



of bloom render them among the most beautiful of 



shrubs. They flower the latter part .of June. 



DETTTZIA CRENATA (Fl. PI.) — Flowers double 



white, tinged "with rose. 25 cents; two-year 



plants, 50 cents. 



DEITZU GRACILIS — Dwarf habit. Covers itself 



with pure white bell-shaped flowers. 25 cents 



each; strong plants, 50 cents. 



DEUTZIA GRACILIS ROSEA — Same as 

 above, but pink flowers. 25 cents each; 

 Strong plants, 50 cents. 

 DEUTZIA LEMOINEI — Habit dwarf and 

 free flowering; double white flowers. 

 25 cents; two-year plants, 50 cents. 

 DEITZIA PRIDE OF ROCHESTER — 

 Large double white flowers. 25 cents; 

 two-year plants, 50 cents. 



The King of All Shrubs, 



THE NEW HYDRANGEA 

 ARBORESCENS GRANDIFLORA ALBA 



'Hills of Snow" 



Hydrangea, "Hills of Snow.' 



The Most Valuable Hardy Shrub Ever 

 Introduced. Plant in the Fall. 



This is the great new hardy shrub that 

 has come to gladden our yards and gar- 

 dens. We place it first and foremost of 

 all shrubs. It makes a perfectly round, 

 symmetrical bush that is covered from 

 June to August with handsome, large, 

 pure white flowers. Be sure and plant 

 this new hardy shrub it will please you 

 greatly. Young plants, 25 cents; strong 

 two-year plants, 50 cents. 



