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



TENDER BULBS— Concluded 



Pan-American Gladioli 



GLADIOLI, The Pan-American — My 



Pan-American mixture is the best 

 in the world, and I want to say 

 to you candidly that you have 

 never seen Gladioli until you see 

 these flowers. This mixture in- 

 cludes all the new strains, such as 

 "Gray's Inglesides." "Burbank's 

 California Selects," "Childsii," 

 and "Groff's Hybrids." They are 

 very tall and erect, often standing 

 four or five feet high, with spikes 

 of bloom over two feet in length. 

 They branch freely, in most cases 

 each stem producing three or four 

 spikes of bloom, and bloom much 

 earlier than ordinary varieties. 

 The flowers are of great substance 

 and gigantic size, frequently sev- 

 en to nine inches across. The 

 form of both flower and spike is 

 perfection itself, and they last in 

 bloom a long time before fading, 

 owing to their great substance 

 and vigor. But the most remark- 

 able feature is the coloring. Or- 

 chids cannot surpass them in va- 

 ried and delicate shades, markings and blendings. Every 

 color known among Gladioli is represented, and many never 

 before seen, particularly blues, smoky grays and purple 

 blacks, all having beautifully mottled and spotted throats 

 made up of white, crimson, pink, yellow, etc., and in this 

 peculiar network of charming spots and colors lies one of 



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its special points of unsurpassed beauty. They far out- 

 rank all other Gladioli in size of spike, size of bloom, vigor, 

 varied and magnificent coloring and freedom of bloom. 

 Price, 5 cents each, 50 cents per dozen, $3.00 per hundred 

 by express, you to pay expressage. Cheaper mixture, 3 

 cents each, two for 5 cents, twelve for 25 cents. 



HARDY VINES AND CLIMBERS 



Large Flowering Clematis 



JACKMANII — This is perhaps the best known of the fine per- 

 petual Clematis, and should have credit for the great pop- 

 ularity now attending this family of beautiful climbers, free 

 in growth, abundant bloomer, producing flowers until frozen 

 up. The flowers are large, and of an intense violet-purple, 

 remarkable for their velvety richness. Price, 50 cents. 



BANGHOLM BELLE— This is the finest of all white Clematis. 

 Flowers large, of a beautiful creamy-white. Price, 50c. 



DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH— This is, without doubt, the best 

 of the double whites. Very free flowering ; fragrant. Price, 

 50 cents. 



VILLE DE LYON — The color is bright rosy-red, entirely dis- 

 tinct from any other sort. A persistent bloomer and strong 

 grower, with large flowers. Price, 50 cents. 



GIPSY QUEEN — A unique shade of Clematis, a pretty laven- 

 der-pink, a fine contrast to the strong-colored sorts. Rapid 

 in growth and slender, graceful habit. Price, 50 cents. 



SI E BOLD I — A lovely shade of lavender; very beautiful and 

 distinct. Price. 50 cents. 



SPECIAL OFFER — The set of six distinct large-flowering Cle- 

 matis for $2.25; any three for $1.25. This is a bargain, as 

 the roots are large and strong. The best you have ever seen. 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA 



Covered in August and September with a sheet of clustered 

 snow-white bloom of the 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, 15 cents, two for 25 cents. Strong two-year field 

 plants to bloom this year, 25 cents each. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII— (The Boston Ivy.) Clings firmly to 

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

 ing to red in the fall. Price, 10 cents each; two-year-old 

 plants, 25 cents; three-year-old plants, 40 cents. 



CINNAMON VINE — Bears white flowers with fine cinnamon 

 fragrance. Price, 5 cents each, six for 25 cents. 



ENGLISH IVY — This climber is in great demand for covering 

 walls. Plan in the least exposed situation. Price, 15 cents. 



The Wonderful JAPANESE KUD?JJ VINE— Jack and Bean 

 Stalk Vine. This is the most rapid growing vine that any- 

 one knows of. By measurement it has been known to grow 

 twenty feet in a week. The foliage is large and tropical. It 

 is entirely hardy. Everyone has trouble in getting nursery 

 grown plants of this to grow. I 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 prov- 

 ing a great forage plant in the South. All kinds of stock 

 prefer it to hay or other coarse feed. Try It. Price, 20 

 cents each, two for 35 cents. 



DUTCHMAN'S PIPE— (Aristolochia Sipho.) A very rapid- 

 growing hardy climber. The flowers are long and shaped 

 like an old Dutch pipe. Price, 35 cents. 



Japanese Kudzu Vine. 



