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



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HARDY CLIMBERS 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII (The Boston Ivy)— Clings firmly to 

 any wall, building or tree. Green leaves in summer, chang- 

 ing to red in the fall. 23, cents each; two-year plants, 50 

 cents. 



CINNAMON "VINE — Bears white flowers with fine cinnamon fra- 

 grance. 10 cents each. 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA — Covered in August and September 

 with a sheet of clustered snow-white bloom of most delicious 

 fragrance. An arbor or portico over which this Clematis is 

 trained is a wall of white for the time being, and it blooms 

 when nearly all other vines have ceased blooming. Perfectly 

 hardy; grows rapidly. Fine vines, 25 cents. Strong two-year 

 field plants to bloom this year, 50 cents. 



CLIMBING WISTARIA — Desirable for porches, trellises, etc.; 

 when in full bloom magnificent. Flowers in early spring, 

 in long, drooping racemes, resembling in size and shape a 

 bunch of grapes. "We offer both the Blue and White Wistaria. 

 25 cents; large plants, 50 cents. 



HONEYSUCKLE AUREA RETICULATA (Golden-leaved) — A va- 

 riety with beautiful variegated foliage of yellow, white and 

 pink. 20 cents. 



HONEYSUCKLE CHINESE EVERGREEN — Sweet-scented. Blooms 

 nearly all the season; deliciously fragrant, flowers buff, yellow 

 and white. 20 cents each. 



HONEYSUCKLE HALL'S JAPAN (Sweet-scented) — This is the 

 most consistent bloomer of the class, being literally covered 

 all summer with beautiful yellow and white flowers; very fra- 

 grant. 20 cents each. 



THE "WONDERFUL JAPANESE KUDZU VINE, JACK AND THE 

 BEAN STALK VINE — This is the most rapid-growing vine 

 that anyone knows of. By measurement it has been known to 

 grow twenty feet in a week. The foliage is large and trop- 

 ical. It is entirely hardy. Everyone has trouble in getting 

 nursery grown plants of this to grow. We have prepared 

 and offer pot-grown plants, the kind that have the crown to 

 the plant and the ball of earth to the roots, and you try to 

 stop them growing and see if you don't run into a snag. This 

 is proving a great forage plant in the South. All kinds of 

 stock prefer it to hay or other coarse feed. Try it. 35 

 cents each. 



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HARDY PERENNIALS FOR THE BORDER 



AQUILEGIA COLUMBINE — Assorted colors. Height 

 two feet. 15 cents each; $1.50 dozen. 



ACHILLEA, THE PEARL — Pure white flowers in 

 immense clusters; fine for cemetery planting. 

 Height two feet. 15 cents; $1.50 dozen. 



CAMPANULA, CANTERBURY BELL — These im- 

 posing hardy plants are profusely covered with 

 large bell shaped flowers. Extremely showy in 

 shrubberies and mixed borders. Height three 

 feet. 20 cents. 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA GRANDEFLORA — Gold- 

 en-yellow, invaluable for cutting. Height three 

 feet. 15 cents. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) — Gloxinia-like flowers; fine 

 assorted colors. 15 cents; $1.50 dozen. 



DAISIES, BURBANKS' SHASTA — The Shasta Daisy 

 is one of the most marvelous productions in the 

 flower line that has ever been brought to the 

 notice of floriculturists. It is the first of a new 

 type which has been obtained by hybridization 

 and rigid selection through a series of years. Its 

 first qualification is extreme hardiness Second, 

 it is perennial, blooming better and more abun- 

 dantly each season. Third, it is not particular as 

 to soil. Fourth, it blooms for several months. 

 Fifth, the flowers are extremely large and grace- 

 ful, averaging about four inches in diameter, with 

 petals of the purest glistening whiteness, which 

 are borne on single, long, stiff, wiry stems. Sixth, 

 the blooms when cut remain perfectly fresh and 

 in good condition for two 'weeks or more. No 

 other flower can compare with it in usefulness. 

 We have two kinds of Shasta Daisies, KING ED- 

 WARD and ALASKA. Height two and one-half 

 feet. 20 cents; $2.00 dozen. 



EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRINA (Hardy Grass) — 



*X r AE ed acr °ss the leaves. Fine plume. 20 cents; 

 $^.00 dozen. 



EULALIA JAPONICA VARIEGATA (Hardy Grass) 



— striped white and green; bears elegant plumes. 

 20 cents; $2.00 dozen. 



EUI,A ,H A GRACILIS UNIVITTATA (Hardy Grass) 



— Makes immense clumps. Very graceful. 20 

 cents; $2.00 dozen. 



DELPHINIUM OR LARKSPUR — Indispensable to 

 the herbaceous garden, their long, showy spikes 

 of flowers persist from June till frost and furnisn 

 the most satisfactory blues to any color scheme. 

 Height two to three feet. 



DELPHINIUM, BELLA DONNA — Pure sky-blue; 

 white bee; fine for cutting. 30 cents: 



DELPHINIUM, FORMOSUM — A lovely celestir*? 

 blue. 25 cents. 



FUNKIA MEDIO VARIEGATA — Green and whrfci 

 foliage with lavender flowers. 35 cents. 



GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA (Blanket Flower) — 



The center is dark red-brown, petals marked with 

 rings of brilliant crimson-orange and vermilion. 

 20 cents. 



HOLLYHOCKS — Mammoth double-flowering. We 

 offer seven colors. "Will bloom the first year. 35 

 cents each ; three for 90 cents ; $3.00 dozen. 



HEMEROCALLIS FLAVA (The Lemon Lily)— This 

 is entirely hardy and bears flowers of a lemon- 

 yellow color. Very desirable. 20 cents. 



HIBISCUS CRIMSON EYE — Belongs to the family 

 of Mallows. Flowers six inches across. Color 

 pure white with pronounced eye of deep crimson. 

 25 cents. 



HYACINTHUS CANDICANS — Large spikes of pure 

 white. The Hardy Hyacinth. 15 cents; three for 

 40 cents. 



