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Ella V. Barnes, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio. 



GENERAL COLLECTION OF TENDER PLANTS— Continued 



Sweet-Scented Geraniums 



Single Geraniums 



NONE BETTER THAN THESE VARIETIES 

 15 cents each; 3 for 41 cents; 12 for $1.45. 

 ALICE LEMON — Very light salmon with a dark salmon eye. 

 ALBION— One of the finest whites. Pure white in color; im- 

 mense in size, circular form. 

 MRS. E. G. HILL — Profuse bloomer, soft light salmon. Each 

 petal bordered with rose-salmon. Exquisite. 



15 cents each; 3 for 41 cents; 12 for $1.45. 



LEMON — The foliage is pronouncedly lemon-scented. 



NUTMEG — Foliage has the true nutmeg fragrance. 



ROSE — The famous sweet rose-scented Geranium; very fragrant. 



PANSY GERANIUM, MRS. LAYAL 



A Wonderful Plant. 



This new and wonderful Pansy Geranium is of easy growth, dwarf in habit, resembling the purple pansy, almost rivaling the 

 pansy in uniqueness of flower. It is this combination of coloring which obtained for it the popular name Pansy Geranium Stronq 

 plants ready to bloom, 30 cents each, three for 85 cents, twelve for $3.25. 



PELARGONIUMS, 

 or LADY WASHINGTON GERANIUMS 



The grandest of all flowering plants; do not resemble the common Geraniums in any particular, neither in foliage nor flower, more 

 beautiful in every way. We here offer five distinct sorts, every one entirely different in color and every one a beauty. The Lady Wash- 

 ington Geraniums are the handsomest of all flowers — once seen, never forgotten. 



The Easter Greeting or Ever-Blooming Set. Price, 25 Cents Each; 3 for 71 Cents, 12 for $2.65. 



GLORY — This splendid novelty is quite remontant, florets and 

 cluster very large; ground color, Cattleya-blue, very much like 

 the Cattleya Orchid. The upper petals contain two large purple 

 magenta-red spots, distinctly veined. An exceedingly beautiful 

 and entirely new color in Pelargoniums. This kind has a very 

 robust growth. 



EASTER GREETING— Planted out as a bedding plant it will 

 bloom continually until late in the fall. It will prove the fore- 

 runner of a new race of ever-blooming kinds, as it rivals the 

 Orchids in beauty. This new species is the earliest of all Pelar- 

 goniums, with enormous florets and clusters, having light green 

 foliage and of dwarf, robust growth. It blooms from March 

 until Fall. Florets fiery amaranth-red, with five large regular 

 shaped spots. The first and only kind to bloom as well bedded 

 out as in pots, and do so all summer. 



GARDENERS' JOY — The ground color is apple-blossom pink, 

 the two upper petals have blotches of carbon-brown, the florets 

 are three and one-half inches in diameter and are joined to 

 enormous clusters which rise above the beautiful foliage and re- 

 mind one of a Rhododendron cluster. It is of a half dwarf 

 nature and very sturdy. On account of its rapid, luxuriant 

 growth it is a very profitable market variety. 



LUCY BECKER— Th^s grand novelty is a sport of Easter Greet- 

 ing, and is like it in everything but color, which is a rosy-pink. 

 It is if anything even more free in bloom. 



PRINCE — Immensely large flowers, strongly crimped of fine shade, 

 with from six to ten petals; color rich purple with velvety black 

 blotches. Remarkably robust habit. The large clusters rise 

 gracefully above the beautiful foliage. The blooming plant 

 with its enormous flowers makes a striking impression. 



Cultural Directions for Pelargoniums 



_ No class of plants are more showy during their blooming season than the Pelargoniums, and the gorgeous beauty of the clusters of 

 their vari-colored bloom will well repay extra care expended in their culture. 



The greatest success will be attained by securing and starting your plants in the fall and winter, potting in soil well enriched with 

 well-rotted manure, repotting in larger pots as often as the growth of the plant demands it. This will give you a fine large plant cov- 

 ered with bloom by the Easter period. 



During the hot summer months, plunge the pot level with the earth in a partially shaded place and water rather sparingly as this 

 is their season of rest. 



About September first carefully remove most of the old soil from around the plant, repotting in fresh soil, and start into active 

 growth. Plants thus cared for will often carry as many as 50 to 100 clusters of bloom at the beginning of their second blooming season. 



Dipping or spraying with a strong tobacco tea will rid them of any insect pests that may trouble them. 



Gynura Aurantiaca 



Velvet Plant. 



Velvet Plant seems an appropriate name, the leaves being al- 

 ways taken as artificial. They and the stems are entirely covered 

 with purple hairs; shining, glistening, reflectirg many new colors. 

 Any change in position appears to alter the color of the foliage. 

 Price 25 cents each, 3 for 71 cents, 12 for $2.65. 



Heliotrope 



FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE— A splendid lavender shade. "The 

 variety grown in our grandmothers' garden." 15 cents each, 

 3 for 41 cents, 12 for $1 .45. 



Chinese Hibiscus 



25 cents each, 3 for 71 cents, 12 for $2.65. We have large 

 plants of Hibiscus ready to bloom for 50 cents each. These 

 are handsome plants. 



AURANTIACUS — Large and double, with orange-colored flowers. 



CARMINIATUS PERFECTUS— Full, round flowers of perfect 

 shape and of a rich, soft, carmine-rose, with a deep crimson eye; 

 fully six inches in diameter. 



DOUBLE CRIMSON — This grand variety has immense flowers 

 of the richest crimson; combined with glossy foliage; renders it 

 best of all. 



GRANDI FLORUSr-Rich, glossy, cut-leaved foliage, literally cov- 

 ering the plant with scarlet-crimson flowers. > 



SINENSIS GIGANTEA— This is a plant for house cultivation 

 during winter or summer, or for planting outside during sum- 

 mer. >It blooms at all times of the year. The plants branch 



\ treely 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. 



SUBVIOLACEOUS — Flowers of enormous size, beautiful car- 

 mine, tinted with violet. Probably the largest flower of the 

 Hibiscus _ family, and an unusually free bloomer. We take 

 pleasure in recommending this fine plant. 



VERSICOLOR — A variety combining in its flowers all the colors 

 of the whole family, being handsomely striped crimson, buff, rose 

 and white. Flowers eight inches in diameter. 



New Pink Hibiscus, Peachblow 



(A sport from the Double Red Hibiscus Rosea Sinensis.) 



The flowers are double and from 4 to 5 inches in diameter, of a 

 charming, rich, clear pink, with small deep crimson centers. It is' 

 one of the freest-flowering plant novelties recently offered. The 

 color is an entirely new and beautiful shade, and it blooms abund- 

 antly 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 thS 

 greenhouse or in any sunny window. Price 25 cents each, 3 for 

 71 cents, 12 for $2.65; strong, fine plants 60 cents each. j. 



New Scarlet Single Hibiscus Psyche 



Scarlet color, with edge of petals ruffled. The tree when in full 

 bloom is completely covered with flowers. 33 cents each, 3 for 

 95 cents, 12 for $3.60. 



