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



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TENDER PLANTS— Continued 



Ruellia Mokoyana 



This i£ 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, delicately veined with 

 silver and rich purple under- 

 neath. A neat and handsome 

 plant, always bright and 

 pretty. The flowers are ex- 

 exceedingly beautiful, trumpet 

 shaped, and of a rosy-lav- 

 ender color, almost cover- 

 ing the plant in their great 

 profusion. 15 cents each. 



Ruellia Mokoyana. 



Ever=B looming Tritoma Pfitzerii 



The greatest bedding plant ever introduced, sur- 

 passing 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 

 protected 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 summer, 20 cents; 

 three for 50 cents. 



Emperor Pansies 



Our Emperor Pansies are the best the world pro- 

 duces. They are the choicest large-flowering sorts, 

 both of European and American growers. It has 

 been our aim to make this the finest strain of this 

 favored flower in existence. 5 cents each; six for 

 25 cents; 40 cents per dozen; forty for $1.00, net. 



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 

 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 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 

 possess, 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. 15 cents; two for 25 cents. 



Chinese Hibiscus 



Price, except where noted. 15 cents each; any four 

 for 50 cents. We have large plants of Hibiscus* 

 ready to bloom, for 35 cents. 



SINENSIS GIGANTEUS — This is a plant for house 

 cultivation during winter or summer, or for plant- 

 ing outside during summer. It blooms at all times 

 of the year. The plants branch freely and flower 

 profusely, commencing to bloom when not more 

 than a foot high. As a specimen plant for large 

 pots it has an equal only in the Brugmansia. Its 

 flowers are of enormous size, often eight to ten 

 inches across, opening flat, and of such vivid 

 crimson-scarlet color that they can be seen from 

 a long distance like a flaming torch. They can 

 be wintered in the cellar or pit with perfect 

 safety, and if one does not care to grow them all 

 winter, one should have one or two for summer 

 display. 20 cents. 



GRANDIFLORUS — Rich, glossy, cut-leaved foliage, 

 literally covering the plant with scarlet-crimson 

 flowers. 



SUB-VIOLACEOUS — Flowers of enormous size, 

 beautiful carmine, tinted with violet. Probably 

 the largest flower of the Hibiscus family, and an 

 unusually free bloomer. We take great pleasure 

 in recommending this fine plant. 



IDOUBLE CRIMSON — This grand variety has im- 

 mense flowers of the richest crimson; combined 

 with glossy foliage, renders it the best of all. 



CARMINIATUS PERFECTUS — Full, round flowers 

 of perfect shape and of a rich, soft carmine-rose, 

 with a deep crimson eye; fully six inches in di- 

 ameter. 



VERSICOLOR — A variety combining in its flowers 

 all the colors of the whole family, being hand- 

 somely striped crimson, buff, rose and white. 

 Flowers eight inches in diameter. 



SPECIAL OFFER— We will send the entire set of 

 seven distinct kinds of Hibiscus, including Peach- 

 blow, for $1.00. 



New Pink Hibiscus, "Peachblow" 



The flowers are double and from four to five 

 inches in diameter, of a charming, rich, clear pink 

 color, with small deep crimson center. It is one of 

 the freest flowering plant novelties recently offered. 

 The color is an entirely new and beautiful shade, 

 and it blooms abundantly and continuously during 

 the summer and fall months. Large plants two 

 and three years old make a magnificent show. It 

 will give general satisfaction to those who grow 

 it, either in pots or planted out in the garden. It 

 blooms well in the winter in the greenhouse or in 

 any sunny window. 25 cents; strong, fine plants, 

 50 cents. 



Peperomia Muscosa 



Or Watermelon Begonia. 



This is also known as the Silver-leaved Begonia. 

 Here is a most beautiful plant for pot culture; easy 

 to grow and thrives anywhere; leaves deep olive- 

 green, distinctly marked with silvery-white. Thick 

 and waxy-like; leaves distinctly variegated white 

 and green, and have the appearance of being pow- 

 dered with frosted silver. 15 cents. 



Capitol Plant Food 



The essence of plant life, fine for living plants, 

 odorless. If you want to see your plants hump, try 

 this Capitol Plant Food. We recommend it espe- 

 cially for plants grown in the house. So you test 

 this food at small cost to you. We offer a trial 

 size, mailed with directions how to use, for 30 cents, 

 postpaid. Will feed fifty plants one time and show 

 you how it works. Larger package, making 100 

 pints, only 50 cents, postpaid. 



Thompson's Rose Nicotine 



THOMPSON'S ROSE NICOTINE is put up in 60- 



cent (makes one and one-half gallons spray) and 

 85-cent (makes six gallons) cans, and the FUM- 

 IGATOR is put up in 25-cent packages. The 

 Fumigator can be used to fumigate plants to kill 

 insects. Can only be sent by express at above 

 prices; we prepay expressage. 



