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



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HARDY BORDER PLANTS AND BULBS— Concluded 



RUDBECKIA LACINIATA (Golden Glow) — Grows 



six to eight feet high, bearing hundreds of double 



yellow blossoms; it is,..very desirable. 10 cents; 



three for 25 cents. 5 



RUDBECKIA PURPUREA — The great purple cone 



flower. 25 cents. 

 SAGE, HOLT'S MAMMOTH — A variety of unusual 



substance, strong flavor and superior quality. 10 



cents; three for 25 cents. 

 STOKESIA CYANEA, or CORNFLOWER ASTER — 



Grows eighteen to twenty-four inches high. Two 



kinds of flowers, of lavender-blue and pure white, 



four to five inches in diameter, borne from June 



to October. 15 cents; two for 25 cents. 

 HARDY BLUE SALVIA (Caryopteris Mastacanthus) 



— A grand plant bearing rich lavender-blue flow- 



ers. Be sure and try this plant. It will please 

 you. 10 cents. 

 SWEET WILLIAM — A Fine Collection of all Colors 



— White, scarlet, maroon, pink, red on white 

 ground, violet on white ground, Holborn Glory or 

 Auricula-flowered. 10 cents; three for 25 Wnts; 

 seven for 50 cents. 



VALERIANA — Garden Heliotrope. Entirely hardy, 

 very showy plant; lavender flowers; very fra- 

 grant. 15 cents. 



VIOLET, HARDY DOUBLE ENGLISH — A perfectly 

 hardy double Violet; a beautiful blue color. 20 

 cents; three for 50 cents. 



YUCCA PILAMENTOSA (Spanish Dagger) — Blooms' 

 every year, bearing long stalks surmounted with 

 large umbels or heads of white flowers. 10 cents. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 



The Ever=Blooming Butterfly Bush 



(Buddleya Variabilis Magniflca) 



It was a matter of some thought before this 

 highly desirable plant was finally christened with 

 the common English name by which it goes. Sev- 

 eral years ago there were imported from Europe 

 some plant novelties and this one was among them. 

 We observed it carefully for a season and were 

 charmed with its beauty, ease of culture and free 

 flowering habit. The name butterfly Bush was ap- 

 plied to it because it seems to attract butterflies in 

 large numbers. Particularly we notice that it is 

 not alone the common little yellow species of but- 

 terfly, but also the large and gorgeously colored 

 butterflies that swarm about it as though vieing 

 with it in brilliancy of color. This shrub from a 

 young plant set out either in the spring or fall, 

 will mature to full size the first summer, producing 

 a handsome bush, which the first year often main- 

 tains a height of four feet. It produces long, grace- 

 ful stems, which terminate in tapering panicles of 

 beautiful lilac-colored flowers that are of miniature 

 size and borne by the hundreds on a flower head 

 which is frequently ten inches long. A single plant 

 the first season will throw out as many as fifty 

 flower spikes, which increase greatly in number 

 during succeeding years. The year after planting, 

 it generally commences to flower in June and con- 

 tinuing each season until severe frosts nip it. The 

 foliage and blooms are exceedingly fine. The shrub 

 is rather semi-herbaceous, by which we mean in 

 some latitudes it will die down to the ground and 

 while perfectly hardy, we recommend covering the 

 roots with manure, leaves or other suitable ma- 

 terials as winter approaches, as this will produce a 

 heavy growth the following season. This shrub is 

 very desirable as an individual specimen in the 

 lawn and garden, or placed promiscuously in the 

 shrubbery border. Young plants, 20 cents, three 

 for 50 cents; 2-year plants, 50 cents, three for $1.25. 



AZALEA MOLLIS — The most brilliant and showy 

 of all hardy shrubs, exceeding even the Rhodo- 

 dendron, and entirely hardy without protection 

 in all situations. The bloom, which varies in 

 color from the intense rosy-crimson to lemon- 

 yellow, literally covers the compact, spreading 

 plant, forming a huge bouquet, and which re- 

 mains in perfection for a long time in May and 

 June. Massed they produee an effect that is 

 actually brilliant and dazzling. These plants 

 ready to bloom. 50 cents. 



BUXUS (Ornamental Box) — Sempervirens — Useful 

 for edging and bordering walks, etc. A hand- 

 some shrub with deep green foliage. This is not 

 as dwarf as the Sempervirens Nana, but we find 

 it so much more vigorous and hardy that we ad- 

 vise planting this and trimming to height re- 

 quired. 5 cents each; 50 cents per dozen, post- 

 paid. By express, purchaser to pay expressage, 

 $3.00 per hundred. 



CALYCANTHUS PLORIDUS (Carolina Allspice or 

 Sweet Scented Shrub) — A most desirable shrub. 

 The wood is fragrant; flowers of a rare chocolate 

 color, having a peculiar agreeable odor that is 

 very penetrating. They blossom in June and at 

 intervals afterwards. Pine plants, 15 cents; 

 strong two-year-old plants, 35 cents. 



CYDONIA JAPONICA (Japan Quince)— Has bright 

 scarlet flowers in great profusion in early spring; 

 one of the best shrubs. Fine plants, 25 cents. 



DEUTZIAS— Their fine habit, luxuriant foliage and 

 profusion of bloom render them among the most 

 beautiful of shrubs. They flower the latter part 

 of June. 



DEUTZIA CRENATA (Fl. PI.) — Flowers double 

 white, tinged with rose. 15 cents; two-year 

 plants, 40 cents. 



DEUTZIA GRACILIS — Dwarf habit. Covers itself 

 with pure white bell-shaped flowers. 15 cents 

 each ; strong plants, 40 cents. 



DEUTZIA GRACILIS ROSEA — Same as above but 

 pink flowers. 15c each; strong plants, 40c. 



DEUTZIA LEMOINEII — Habit dwarf and free flow- 

 ering; double white flowers. 15 cents each; two- 

 year plants, 40 cents each. 



DEUTZIA PRIDE OF ROCHESTER — Large double 

 white flowers. 15 eents; two-year plants, 40 cents. 



SPECIAL OFFER No. 51 — Five Deutzias for 65 cts. 



FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA — A fine hardy shrub, 

 leaves and bark deep green; flowers golden-yel- 

 low. Blooms earliest of all shrubs before the 

 foliage comes. 20 cents; two-year size, 40 cents. 



Hibiscus Syriacus 



(Althea or Rose of Sharon) 



Also known as the Hollyhock shrub, belongs to 

 the Mallow family. These are the most beautiful 

 shrubs we have in our collection. The flowers are 

 of large size, very double and full of various bril- 

 liant and striking colors. They bloom freely dur- 

 ing August and September, when scarcely any other 

 shrub is in bloom. We offer nine of the very 

 choicest varieties as follows: 

 ANEMONEFLORA — Largest of all Althea bloom; 



double wine-red. 

 BOULE DE FEU, or Ball of Fire — Double red. 

 COELESTE — Single sky-blue; extremely showy. 

 JEANNE d'ARC — Double snow-white. 

 MONSTROSA — Semi-double white; red center. 

 POENIFLORUS — Double pink. 

 RUBUS — Single red; a striking variety. 

 VIOLET CLARE — Double violet; very popular. 

 SNOWDRIFT (Totus Albus) — Single pure white. 

 Fine plants, 15 cents each, the nine for $1.10. In 

 two-year plants, 25 cents each, the nine for $2.00. 



New Hydrangea "Hills of Snow" 



This is the great new hardy shrub that has come 

 to gladden our yards and gardens. We place it first 

 and foremost of all shrubs. It makes a perfectly 

 round, symmetrical bush that is covered from June 

 to August with handsome large pure white flowers. 

 Be sure and plant this new hardy shrub, it will 

 please you greatly. Young plants, 15 cents each; 

 strong two-year-old plants, 40 cents. 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora 



A great favorite, and there is nothing finer or 

 more showy, whether for planting in large masses 

 in parks or for single plants on the smallest lawns. 

 Blooms profusely from July until frost, in im- 

 mense white panicles, tinted with pink and then 

 with brown in the fully matured flower. The plant 

 should be cut back each spring fully one-half of the 

 past season's growth, as the flower ; are much finer 

 if the plant is treated in this manner. The flowers 

 are much finer and larger if grown in a good, rich 

 soil, but the plant is so hardy and so easily grown 

 that success is almost certain in any kind of soil 

 and in any situation. Young plants, 15 cents. Strong 

 flowering plants, for immediate effect, two years 

 old, 40 cents. 



