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Ella V. BameSy The Woman Florist, Sp-ingfield, Ohio. 



HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX— Concluded 



RIVERTON JEWELL — Tender peach-blossom pink with bright 

 rose eye and suffusion; flower and truss very large, on erect, 

 compact stems. 30 cents each. 



ROSENBERG — Bright reddish-violet with blood-red eye. A 



most striking variety. 30 cents each. 

 RYNSTROM — (Medium.) — An improved form of the popular va- 

 riety Pantheon; fine for massing, of a Paul Neyron Rose color. 

 30 cents each. 

 SIR EDWIN LANDSEER — A grand tall early variety for massing. 

 A very good light red, slightly tinged with rose. 30 cents each, i 

 Those priced at 25 cents each will supply 3 for 71 cents 

 Those priced at 40 cents eac 



TERRE NEUVE- 

 each. 



Clear red petals, striped pure white. 30 cents 



SUNSET — Orange-red. 30 cents each. 



-Very dwarf; salmon red, crimson eye. 30 cents 



THEBA IDE- 

 each. 



THOR — A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon-pink, 



suffused and overlaid with a scarlet glow. A light, almost white 



halo surrounds the aniline red eye. A very effective color and 



becoming more popular each season. 30 cents each. 



Those priced at 30 cents each will supply 3 for 85 cents. 



h will supply at 3 for $1.15. 



HARDY PERENNIALS 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET, FOR DESCRIPTION SEE PAGE 41. 



Pinks 



HARDY SCOTCH OR SWEET MAY PINKS— These are the 

 Pinks of our mothers' gardens; all colors. 20 cents each ; 3 for 

 55 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



NEW HARDY SCOTCH PINK, "HER M A J ESTY "— Pure 



white flowers, fine for cemetery planting. 20 cents each ; 3 for 

 55 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



Physalis Francheti 



(Chinese Lantern Plant.) 



A unique and interesting novelty plant, grown for the high-col- 

 ored, bright orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits, which cover the 

 bush in late summer and autumn. These fruits average 1J to 2 

 inches in diameter, by reason of their shape and texture, the 

 bush is popularly called the "Chinese Lantern Plant." Branches 

 of fruit may be dried for winter decoration. 25 cents each ; 3 for 

 71 cents. 



Platycodon 



The upright Clematis. Height two and one-half feet. We 

 have both the blue and white, 15 cents each ; 3 for 41 cents; 

 12 for $1.45. 



Plumbago Larpentae 



Or Lady Larpent — Deep royal-blue flowers. This is an ele- 

 gant plant. 20 cents each; 3 for 55 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



Pyrethrum Hybridum 



(Persian Daisy.) — These are very handsome showy flowers. 

 Is known as the Daisy-flowering Feverfew or Persian Daisy. 

 Height two feet. 20 cents each ; 3 for 55 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



Rudbeckia 



RUDBECKIA LACINIATA (Golden Glow)— Grows six to eight 

 feet high, bearing hundreds of double yellow blossoms. Very 

 desirable. 20 cents each; 3 for 55 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



RUDBECKIA PURPUREA (The Pink Cone-Flowering Rud- 

 beckia) — Large drooping petals colored reddish-purple, with a 

 remarkably large cone-shaped center of brown, thickly set with 

 golden tips in spiral lines. Two to three feet. 30 cents each; 

 3 for 85 cents; 12 for $3.25. 



Sage 



(Holt's Mammoth) — A variety of unusua substance, strong 

 flavor and superior quality. 15 cents each; 3 for 41 cents; 12 

 for $1.45. 



Stokes ia Cyanea 



(Or Cornflower Aster) — Grows 18 to 24 inches high, flowers 

 lavender-blue, four to five inches in diameter, borne from June 

 to October. 20 cents each ; 3 for 55 cents; 12 for $2.00. 



Yucca Filamentosa 



(Spanish Dagger) — Blooms every year, bearing long stalks 

 surmounted with large umbels or heads of white flowers. 25 

 cents each; 3 for 71 cents; 12 for $2.65. 



HARDY VINES AND CLIMBERS 



Akebia Quinata 



A clean, rapid-growing vine with lovely foliage and graceful habit 

 of growth, never attacked by insects, making it desirable for porch 

 decoration and shade on houses where coarser vines could not be 

 used to good advantage. The unique, violet brown, ripe grape 

 scented flowers come in clusters in the spring and are very attrac- 

 tive. 30 cents each; 3 for 85 cents; large size, 50 cents each. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii Bost J n K 



The 



Ivy.) 



Clings firmly to any wall, building or tree. Green leaves in 

 summer, changing to red in the fall. 25 cents each ; 3 for 71 

 cents; 12 for $2.65; two-year plants, $1.00 each. 



Chinese Wisteria 



Desirable for porches, trellises, etc., and when in full bloom is 

 truly magnificent. It flowers in early spring, in long, drooping 

 racemes, resembling in size and shape a bunch of grapes. 30 cents 

 each; 3 for 85 cents; 12 for $3.25; Large plants, 75 cents each. 



Chinese Cinnamon Vines 



(Dioscorea Batatas) — These interesting vines were first brought 

 to the United States about the year 1870. They came from China, 

 that far-away land of wonder and mystery, but where the Chinese 

 first found them is not known. The name, "cinnamon," was given 

 to them on account of the odor of the bloom, which is similar to 

 that of cinnamon. The fragrance is remarkable and too delightful 

 to describe. Bears white flowers with fine cinnamon fragrance. 

 10 cents each; 3 for 27 cents; 12 for 85 cents. 



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 bloom- 

 ing. ^Perfectly hardy; grows rapidly. Fine roots, 20 cents each; 

 3 for 55 cents; 12 for $2.00; strong two-year field plants, 40 

 cents each : 3 for $1 .1 5. 



Hardy English Ivy 



Evergreen, with dark, glossy green leaves. 

 for 95 cents; 12 for $3.60. 



33 cents each; 3 



Honeysuckles 



20 cents each ; 3 for 55 cents. 



with 



AUREA RETICULATA (Golden Leaved)— A variety 

 beautiful variegated foliage of yellow, white and pink. 



CHINESE EVERGREEN— Sweet-scented. - Blooms nearly aU 

 the season; deliciously fragrant; flowers buff, yellow and white. 



HALL'S JAPAN — Sweet-scented. This is the most consistent 

 bloomer of the class, being literally covered all summer with 

 beautiful yellow and white flowers, very fragrant. 



SCARLET TRUMPET, or RED CORAL— A rapid grower, bright 

 red with trumpet-shaped flowers. This is the old, well known 

 variety. 



The Wonderful 

 Japanese Kudzu Vine 



(Jack and the Bean Stalk Vine.) 



This is the most rapid-growing vine that anyone 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. We 

 have prepared and offer pot grown plants, the kind that have the 

 crown to the plant and 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 

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

 it to hay or other common feed. Try it. 20 cents each ; 3 for 

 55 cents. 



