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



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TENDER PLANTS— Continued 



CHINESE AZALEAS 



These beautiful plants are deservedly becoming more popular every season for window and conservatory decorations. 

 The eise with which they can be grown and their diversity in color and freedom of flowering will always keep them in pub- 

 lic favor. The plants I offer are all beautifully trained specimens, anci even when not in flower are fine decorative plants. 

 Mv collection comprises the cream of the best continental establishments. All the plants I offer will flower freely in 

 proper season. Plants twenty-four inches in circumference, 75 cents each; any six varieties, your choice, for $4.25 

 APOLLO (Medium.) Crimson-scarlet; best red 



BERNARD ANDREA ALBA— (Late.) Superb white. 

 DR MOORE — (Late.) Intense rose, tinted white and violet. 

 DEUTSCHE PERLE— (Early.) Ivory-white. Extra fine. 

 EMPRESS OF INDIA— (Late.) Salmon, with white border. 



Magnificent variety. j ...... 



MADAME VAN DER CRUYSSEN— (Late.) Glossy rose, tinted 



with amaranth. By many thought to be best of all. 

 PROFESSOR WO LTERS— (Medium.) Beautiful variety. Rose, 



white bordered. , 



SAKUNTULA — (Medium.) A grand variety. Very double, of 



the finest white. 

 SIGISMUND RUCKER — (Early.) Lilac-rose, bordered with 



white, blotched crimson. 

 SIMON MARDNER — (Early.) Intense velvety rose. A grand 



variety. 

 SCHRIJVERI ANA— (Late.) Very double, pink and white, with 



dark center. Splendid. 

 VERVENEANA — (Early.) Clear pink, white margin. Very 



large flower. 



FLOWERING BEGONIAS 



BEGONIAS 



Begonias are fine for Pot Culture Indoors, and for the Outdoor 

 Plant stand or planted in the ground in shady spots. 

 Price 10 cents each, except where noted; the set of nineteen, 



costing $1-45, for $1.15. 

 ALBA PICTA— Long, pointed, slender leaves, thickly spotted 



with silverv-white. Foliage small and elegant 

 ALBA PERFECTA GRANDIFLORA— I doubt if there is a 



white-flowered variety that equals it. The foliage resern- 



andls "eve"y waya most beautiful Begonia. Produces white flowers in bunches on ends of 



Thr^ndSrNewno^err Be 9 C o U n!a r CORALLINE LUCERNE-This ne« k a S simply 

 taken everybody who has seen it by storm. There was not a single lady or florist who 

 "sited m" greenhouses the past spring that did not purchase this Begonia afte 

 thev hid seen it in flower. It certainly is a wonder. The blooms ast from 

 fmonthtos^ weeks? and are borne in immense dusters almost hiding the 

 plant. The color is bright coral-red, changing to a delicate ; pink. It is 

 past the power of speech to describe it. A wonder Fine plants, 25 C«" 

 strong plants, 40 cents; extra strong plants, 60 cents each. 



DECORUS— This is the white-flowering Rubra. Very similar to it, but 

 with white flowers. 



FOLIOSA— A beautiful fine foliage variety; pink flowers. 



FUCHSOIDES COCCINNEA— This beautiful plant makes handsome spe- 

 cimens, with its graceful branches and pendulous flowers of bright 

 scarlet. Very floriferous. 



GRACILIS LUMINOSA— A magnificent new specimen of 

 Semperflorens type, exceptionally sturdy and vigorous, 

 unquestionably one of the choicest bedding sorts in 

 existence. Its flowers are large, perfect and plenti- 

 ful, and never out of bloom. Color, the brightest 

 scarlet. Price, 15 cents. 



MRS. TOWNSEND— Here I have a grand new Be 

 gonia with broad metallic leaves; under side 

 bronze-red. Flowers in large panicles of a 

 beautiful pink color. A grand Begonia. 

 Price, 15 cents. 



MARGUERITE — Leaves a bronzy-green, some- 

 what resembling Metallica, but growing in 

 more bushy form, and easier to handle when 

 grown in pots. Large trusses of light rose-colored flowers freely 

 produced. 



New Trailing Begonia, MARJORIE DAW — This Begonia is distinct from 

 all other Begonias, for instead of growing upright it droops. It bears 

 great clusters of large, shining pink flowers that droop from long stems, 

 making a beautiful sight. For single specimen pot plants or for baskets 

 and vases "Marjorie Daw" is proving one of the best plant introductions in 

 years. Price, 20 cents each. 



PICTA ROSEA — A wonderfully free growing Begonia of sterling worth and 

 great beauty. The plant is very compact in growth, forming a dense, well 

 proportioned bush with rich green foliage, spotted with silver. ' The flower 

 Is a rosy-flesh color, shaded with a silvery-pink and enlivened with dense 

 clusters of yellow anthers. One of the most wonderful flowering Begonias 

 within mv knowledge. It blooms continually. Price, 15 cents. 



PRESIDENT CARNOT— The leaf is of silky texture, and is 

 beautifully spotted with silver ; under side plush-red. Very 

 strong, free-growing variety, that will succeed with any or- 

 dinary care, growing rapidly and sending out quantities of 

 beautiful coral-red flowers in large pendent panicles. Price, 

 15 cents. 



RUBRA — Has strong, slender branches, gracefully drooping 

 under heavy waxen leaves and pendent panicles of coral- 

 colored flowers as large as a hand. Medium-sized plants 

 are frequently seen with more than twenty such panicles 

 at a time. Price, 15 cents. 



ROBUSTA — This is one of the most peculiar Begonias grown. 

 The stock, stem and under side of the leaf are Indian-red. 

 The upper side of the leaf glossy olive-green. The flower is 

 composed of two wide and two narrow petals, the wide ones 



Begonias are fine to plant on the north side of the house 

 or other building, or in front of porch where they get 

 shade. The foliage, as well as the flowers, are extremely 

 ornamental, some being spotted and veined to give a parti- 

 colored effect that is quite striking. Begonias planted with 

 Crotons give a wonderful foliage effect, and this is height- 

 ened with their lovely showy flowers. 



Wonderful 

 Blooming 

 Begonia 



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New Begonia Coralline Lucerne. 



round 



being broadcast at the base and terminating in 

 point, of a beautiful bright rose. 



SANDERSONII — Bushy growing variety; glossy deep green 

 leaves ; flowers in clusters of drooping scarlet, heart-shaped 

 buds. 



THURSTONI — The under side of the leaves is a rich purplish- 

 red, the veinings very prominent, while the face or upper 

 side is a bronzy-green, shaded with crinison and olive, with 

 a peculiar glossy metallic luster over all. Flowers rosy- 

 white, in large clusters well above the foliage. The plant 

 has a fine habit. Price, 15 cents. 



VERNON — A deep rose flowering Begonia. Suitable for pot 

 culture or for bedding out. Always in bloom. 



WELTONIENSIS — A very handsome winter-flowering variety, 

 giving in profusion its lovely pink flowers, easy cultivation. 



BEGONIA REX, or King of the Begonias — Price, 25 cents, the three for 60 cents. 



BEAUTY OF RICHMOND — Dark green crow's feet center, with broad band of silver edged darker with silver dot. 



LESOUDSII — Large heart of green surrounded by large silvery spaces, bordered with green. 



MAGNIFICA — Leaves of immense size. Color a rich dark chocolate-brown, tinted dark green; very showy. 



