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



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TENDER PLANTS— Continued 



SALVIAS 



EMPEROR PANSIES 



My Emperor Pansies are the best the world produces. They 

 are the choicest large-flowering sorts, both of European and 

 American growers. It has been my aim to make this the fin- 

 est strain of this favored flower in existence. Price, 5 cents 

 each, six for 20 cents, 35 cents per dozen, forty for $1.00. 



PALMS 



SPECIAL OFFER— Five choice Palms, of my selection of 

 kinds, for only 50 cents net, the set of eight distinct Palms, 

 costing $1.50, for only $1.25. ' 



PHOENIX CANARIENSIS— A fine decorative Palm. Young 



plants, 20 cents; five to six leaves, three to four feet high, 



$2.50 each. This size by express only. 

 OSTRICH PLUME PALM (Phoenix Roebelenii) — (New.) 



This is unquestionably one of the great Palms, combining 



the most graceful growth and form with the hardiness and 



ease of culture of a Kentia. It will prove an invaluable 



plant for the house. This is a remarkable Palm. Fine 



young plants, three to five leaves, 35 cents; five to seven 



leaves, 65 cents. 

 KENTIA BELMOREANA— Young plants, 20 cents; fine plants, 



four to five character leaves, fifteen to eighteen inches in 



height, $1.00 each. 

 LATANIA BORBONICA— Well known favorite fan Palm. 



Young plants, 15 cents; nicely developed plants, $1.00 each. 

 PHOENIX RECLINATA-This is the date Palm of commerce. 



Young plants, 20 cents. 

 WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA— Young plants, 10 cents. 

 CHAMEROPS EXCELSA— Young plants, 15 cents. 

 SEAFORTHIA ELEGANS— Young plants, 10 cents; stronger 



plants, 25 cents. 



Peperomia 

 Muscosa 



OR SILVER LEAVED 

 BEGONIA 



Here is a most beauti- 

 ful plant for pot culture ; 

 easy to grow and thrives 

 anywhere ; leaves deep 

 o 1 i v e-g r e e n, distinctly 

 marked with silvery- 

 white. Thick and waxy- 

 like ; leaves distinctly 

 variegated white and 

 green, and have the ap- 

 pearance of being pow- 

 dered with frosted silver. 

 Price, 15 cents each; 

 two for 25 cents. 



Silver Leaved Begonia. 



Mexican Fire Plant 



Poinsettia Pulcherrima 



Native of Mexico. A common plant of the tropics, and well 

 known in Northern hothouses for the great scarlet bracts sur- 

 rounding its flowers, produced in winter, and often remaining 

 bright for months at a time. Does well anywhere in Florida, 

 outdoors, and anywhere in the North as a house plant, grow- 

 ing to large size. It is a splendid object from Thanksgiving 

 to March 1. If cut by frost, it sprouts up readily. Price, 

 20 cents each. 



New Ever - Blooming J^by P r I mro se 



This is the freest-blooming plant that I know of, blooming 

 continuously throughout the entire season. Plants in very 

 small pots have from fifteen to twenty sprays of lovely light 

 pink flowers on stems ten to twelve inches high at one time, 

 and plants in four-inch pots often have from twenty-five to 

 fifty at one time, lasting in bloom fully four weeks without 

 fading and continually sending new sprays all over the plant, 

 making it one of the most desirable plants for the house ever 

 introduced. It is a very rapid grower, and the easiest grown 

 of all the Primrose family. Very desirable. Price, 8 cents 

 each. 



RUELLIA MOKOYANA 



This is a charming indoor plant for culture in pots or may 

 be used in vases and baskets ; of bushy spreading habit and 

 finely marked leaves, which are beautiful olive-green, delicate- 

 ly veined with silver and rich purple underneath. A neat and 

 handsome plant, always bright and pretty. The flowers are 

 exceedingly beautiful, trumpet shaped, and of a rosy-lavender 

 color, almost covering the plant in their great profusion. 

 Price, 15 cents each. 



Price, 6 cents each; 60 cents per dozen; twenty-five for $1.00; 

 $3.00 per hundred, by express, you to pay expressage. 



New Dwarf Scarlet Salvia, LE PRESIDENT— It forms a com- 

 pact bush, completely covered with rich scarlet flowers. I 

 have had plants that by actual measurement were fifteen 

 inches high and two feet across. 



SPLENDENS — The standard sort for bedding, flower spikes of 

 most brilliant scarlet. 



SPLENDENS ALBA— A pure white variety of Splendens; 

 identical in every respect except in color. 



SPLENDENS VARIEGATA— White and red flowers; very even- 

 ly striped. 



New Dwarf Scarlet Salvia, MRS. PAGE — This variety simply 

 hides the foliage, and is a sheet of brightest scarlet. 



New Salvia, SILVERSPOT— The distinctive feature of this 

 splendid novelty is its strikingly handsome spotted foliage. 

 The leaves are rich, soft dark green, with light sulphur or 

 cream-colored spots of various sizes liberally sprinkled over 

 them. The intense bright scarlet flowers are very large; the 

 plants are of neat, compact habit. 



Sanseviera Zeylanica, Zebra Plant 



A beautiful plant, specially adapted for the decoration of 

 drawing rooms and halls, as it stands dust and drought with 

 impunity and requires scarcely 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 sun- 

 shine, where other plants will not thrive. It can be placed 

 in any position in any room and do well. It has a singular 

 beauty for decorative purposes which other plants do not 

 possess, and it is useful both in winter and summer. For 

 vases and baskets it is a fine centerpiece, and grows splendidly 

 out of doors during summer. Fine plants, 15 cents each; two 

 for 25 cents. 



Tritoma Pfitzerii. 



Ever-Blooming Tritoma Pfitzerii 



The greatest bedding plant ever introduced, surpassing the 

 finest Cannas for attractiveness and brilliancy, equal to the 

 Gladiolus as a cut flower, and blooms incessantly from June 

 until November. Plants perfectly^ hardy in open ground all 

 winter south of Philadelphia. Further north they must be pro- 

 tected or wintered in the cellar like the ordinary Tritoma. 

 Just bury the roots in sand ; nothing more is required. Should 

 be planted out very early in the spring, and will commence 

 growth and bloom at once, growing larger and finer every day. 

 Plants show six to twenty grand flower stalks all the time, 

 each holding at a height of three to four feet a cluster of 

 flame colored flowers of indescribable beauty and brilliancy. 

 Each cluster keeps perfect several weeks, and when it fades 

 several more are ready to take its place. Fall frosts do not 

 kill it or stop its blooming, and it is as brilliant as ever long 

 after all other garden flowers have been killed. For cutting 

 it is unsurpassed, and the beautiful long spikes keep several 

 weeks in water. Strong plants that will bloom the first sum- 

 mer, 15 cents each: two for 25 cents. 



