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



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GENERAL COLLECTION OF TENDER PLANTS— Continued 



Flowering Begonias 



These Begonias are fine for house Culture, as all will flower during 



the dark days of winter. Price, except where noted, 20 cents 



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



ALBA PICTA — Long, pointed, slender leaves, thickly spotted 

 silvery-white; foliage small; elegant; lovely pink flowers. 



ALBA PERFECTA GRANDIFLORA— The foliage resembles the 

 well-known Begonia Rubra, but the flowers are pure white, and 

 borne in immense clusters. 



ARGENTEA GUTTATA — Lovely green foliage, with spots of 

 silver-white. 



BABY RUBRA (Picta Rosea) — A wonderful free-growing Be- 

 gonia of sterling worth and great beauty. The plant is very 

 compact in growth, forming a dense, well-proportioned bush 

 with rich green foliage, spotted with silver. The flower is a rosy- 

 flesh color, shaded with a silvery-pink and enlivened with dense 

 clusters of yellow anthers. One of the most wonderful flowering 

 Begonias within our knowledge. It blooms continuously. 



CHATELAINE SUPREME (New Everblooming Flowering 

 Begonia)— Freest blooming variety known; of easy culture, low 

 bushy habit, and literally covered the entire year with a wealth 

 of beautiful Christmas red flowers, with yellow stamens. It well 

 merits the name of Ever-Blooming Begonia. 33 cents each; 3 

 for 95 cents; 12 for $3.60. 



CORALLINE LUCERNE, the Wonderful New Flowering 

 Begonia — This new Begonia has simply taken everybody who 

 has seen it by storm. There was not a single lady or florist who 

 visited our greenhouses the past _spring that did not purchase 

 this Begonia after they had seen it in flower. It certainly is a 

 wonder. The blooms last from a month to six weeks, and are 

 borne in immense clusters, almost hiding the plant. The color 

 is bright coral-red, changing to a delicate pink. It is past the 

 power of speech to describe it. A wonder. Fine plants, 30 

 cents each ; 3 for 85 cents; 12 for $3.25. 



FEASTII — A low, spreading Begonia, with perfectly circular 

 leaves, red beneath and dark, glossy-green above, and of heavy 

 texture. The finest pot Begonia we have for house culture. 

 Don't fail to try it. 



MRS. PATTEN (New Everblooming Flowering Begonia) — 

 This new Begonia is undoubtedly the freest blooming variety 

 known. It is of easy culture, low, bushy habit and literally 

 covered the entire year with a wealth of dark pink flowers with 

 yellow_ stamens. It well merits the name of Everblooming 

 Begonia. This variety is especially suited for florists, being of 

 >the Chatelaine type of Begonia and one that can be handled by 

 everyone. 



MRS. TOWNSEND — Broad foliage; profusion of pink flowers. 



RUBRA — If you can have only one Begonia, let it be 

 a Rubra, for it will prove a constant delight. It is so fast grow- 

 ing that it will in a year or two reach the top of your window, 

 sending up heavy, stiff canes an inch in diameter, and rising be- 

 side them will grow strong, slender branches, gracefully drooping 

 under heavy, waxen leaves and pendant panicles of coral-colored 

 flowers as large as a hand. Medium-sized plants are frequently 

 seen with more than twenty such panicles at a time. It is one 

 of the most wonderful plants within our knowledge. 



SANDERSONII (The Coral Begonia)— One of the best flower- 

 ing Begonias. Flowers of a scarlet shade of crimson, borne in 

 profusion for months at a time. Resembles coral. 



THURSTON 1 1 — Metallic-green leaves, shell-pink flowers. 25 

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



Large Leaved Begonias 



Rex or Painted Leaf. 



Rex Begonias are grown exclusively for the great beauty of their 

 foliage, which is large and beautifully variegated, a peculiar silvery- 

 metallic gloss. They make excellent pot plants, and are also 

 effective for bedding in shady corners. We make a specialty of 

 this marvelous family of plants. They require a light soil, com- 

 pound of rich loam, loose woods earth and sharp sand. They like 

 a moist, warm atmosphere, and should be kept shaded during the 

 summer. Do not overwater the plants. Assorted kinds, in- 

 eluding dark bronze, silvery-white, metallic greens, etc., 

 24 cents each ; 3 for 67 cents; 12 for $2.50. 



Star Begonia 



(Ricinifolia.) — So called from its likeness to the Ricinus, or 

 castor oil plant. The leaf is very large, and is separated into seven 

 or nine large points, carried on thick heavy stems; color is rich 

 green, with reddish markings; surface velvety. In bloom, it is 

 magnificent; the panicle is composed of great numbers of individual 

 pink blooms. 30 cents each; 3 for 85 cents; 12 for $3.25. 



Browallia Gigantea 



Flowers intense indigo-blue. 

 for $2.00. 



20 cents each, 3 for 55 cents, 12 



Brugmansia or Angel's Trumpet 



Here is a plant for the masses. It grows easily, blooms freely, 

 and the flower is something to be proud of. The Brugmansia 

 blooms indoors in winter and in the garden in summer. The plant 

 has large, tropical leaves, with blooms eight inches long by six 

 inches wide at the mouth, resembling a trumpet, hence the name 

 "Angel's Trumpet." Pure white in color, and as fragrant as a 

 Jasmine. Fine plants 30 cents each, 3 for 85 cents, 12 for 

 $3.25. 



Buxus 



(Ornamental Box.) 



(Sempervirens) — Useful for edging and bordering walks, etc. 

 A handsome shrub with deep green foliage. This is not a dwarf as 

 the Sempervirens Nana, but we find it so much more vigorous and 

 hardy that we advise planting this and trimming to height re- 

 quired. Fine for individual plants, can be trimmed into any shape 

 desired. 30 cents each, 3 for 85 cents, 12 for $3.25; $15.00 per 

 hundred, by express at your expense. 



Christmas or Lobster Cacti 



The most widely known of all the Cacti family. The large plant 

 is hidden by the long drooping silver pink blossoms usually in 

 bloom about the holidays. Nice plants 25 cents each, 3 for 71 

 cents, 12 for $2.65. 



BEAUTIFUL CAN N AS— Standard Varieties 



j Cannas are called the poor man's Orchid because one may possess a perfect riot of color in his yard or garden for the minimum of 

 both outlay and labor. They grow rapidly and bloom luxuriantly throughout a long season, requiring merely ordinary hoeing and weed- 

 ing, and they always respond to plenty of water. Soak the ground thoroughly ._ Planted in beds of any formal shape, in rows or in front 

 of porches and foundation walls, their rich, tropical foliage and bright bloom will repay their care and the insignificant trouble of winter 

 storage. Cannas are among the most popular and magnificent of the summer blooming plants and seem to do equally well in all sections 

 of the country. Cannas are gross feeders; they need a generous amount of fertilizer and in dry weather should be watered freely. For 

 best effects plants set out in large blocks, say 2 feet apart, allowing each plant room for individual development, will make a marvelous 

 showing in any planting plan. Plant Cannas by the dozen and the hundred, there is nothing more attractive for bedding 

 purposes. 



ALLEMANIA — Ground color yellow, heavily dotted and overlaid 

 with blood-orange. Five feet. 20 cents each, 3 for 55 cents, 

 12 for $2.00. 



AUSTRIA — Pure yellow with crimson markings in throat. A 

 beautiful shade; the color of light. Four and one-half feet. 20 

 cents each, 3 for 55 cents, 12 for $2.00. 



CITY OF PORTLAND— This is one of the most beautiful pink 

 Cannas. A fine bedding variety; well filled trusses of large 

 flowers. Green foliage. Three feet. 24 cents each, 3 for 67 

 cents, 12 for $2.50. 



GAIETY — Reddish orange, mottled with carmine and edged with 

 yellow. The tongue is yellow and densely spotted with car- 

 mine. Four feet. 24 cents each, 3 for 67 cents, 12 for $2.50. 



GENERAL MERKEL — Scarlet, suffused with orange; base and 

 edge of flower marbled with jtolden-yellow. 4 feet. 24 cant* 

 •>«eh, i for 67 cents, 12 for $2-8(3. 



GLAD I FLORA — Remarkable on account of the unusual shape'of 

 its flowers which look like a Gladiolus; color, crimson changing 

 to carmine-rose, with an irregular edge of gold. 40 cents each, 

 3 for $1.1.5: 12 for $4.45. 



GOLDEN GATE— The flowers open almost pure gold but soon 

 become richly rayed with orange-crimson and apricot centering 

 to the throat. 33 cents each, 3 for 95 cents, 12 for $3.60. 



INDIANA — Glistening golden orange flowers, with silky texture. 

 Very attractive. 19 cents each, 3 for 53 cents, 12 for $1.95. 



KING HUMBERT — In this grand Italian Canna we have a com- 

 bination of the highest type of flower with the finest bronze foli- 

 age. Its flowers, which under ordinary cultivation, will measure 

 six inches in diameter, and which are produced in heavy trusses 

 of gigantic size, are of a brilliant orange-scarlet, with bright red 

 markings, while the foliage is broad and massive and of a rich 

 coppery bronze with brownish-green markings. Five feet. - 20 

 sent* each, 3 for 65 cent*, 12 for $2.00! , ~ 



