New Floral Guide— Spring, 1901 



45 



IMPORTED 



Japanese Fern Ball. 



Japanese Fern Balls 



Japanese Fern Balls are a great 

 novelty just recently imported from Japan, 

 and offered last year for the first time. The 

 illustration gives some idea of their exquisite 

 beauty. The roots are twisted and worked 

 together in a ball-shape, about eight inches 

 in diameter; tliey come dry, and only 

 need wetting", and moderate warmth to 

 start the pretty fronds into lively growth and 

 beauty, they may be hung in a window and 

 kept moist by dipping occasionally in a pail 

 of water, or they may be placed in a basket 

 or vase — are very beautiful everywhere. 

 They have proven very popular and are 

 being extensively bought by flower lovers in 

 all parts of the country. 75 cts. each; 2 

 for $1.25, postpaid; 60 cts. each, 

 express at purchaser's expense. 



New Russclia Elcgantissima 



SCARLET FOUNTAIN PLANT 



This is a new and most charming plant for pot-culture and 

 Winter bloom. It has long slender wiry stems which grow 

 in graceful drooping masses, flowing like hair, and bearing 

 great quantities of long tubular flowers, of the brightest 

 scarlet color. It is a novel and beautiful plant, particularly 

 suitable for pots, baskets and vases; it blooms the whole year 

 but most profusely during the Winter and Spring months, 

 when the well-filled pots look almost like fountains of bright 

 scarlet and deep green. It is one of the easiest plants to 

 grow and one of the brightest and best bloomers for house 

 culture. A valuable addition to any collection. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per dozen, postpaid. 



Solanum Jasmonoides Grandiflora 



This is a very beautiful house plant, which may be either 

 grown as a climbing vine, or kept in bush form by pinching 

 back. A most abundant bloomer, covering itself all over with 

 large clusters of pure-white star-shaped flowers; beo-ins 

 blooming while quite small, is always full of flowers whether 

 kept as a pot-plant or bedded out. 15c. each, postpaid. 



Busselia £legantissiiua. 



Azalea Axnoena. 



Hardy Dwarf Azaleas 



THE two Hardy Azaleas offered below, i^moena and 

 Mollis, are among the choicest and most valuable 

 hardy flowering shrubs ever offered. They are d^arf 



bushy growers, making neat, compact plants; entirely hardy 



and suitable for planting in a nice bed or border in the cpen 



ground. Rare and beautiful. 



AZALiEA AMOENA— A beautiful ^ Hardy Evergreen 

 Shrub, of low bushy growth; has bright shining glossy 

 green leaves, and in the Spring is entirely covered with 



f. lovely clusters of beautiful rosy-red double flowers, % ery 

 choice and beautiful. Good mailing plants, 20 cts. each, post- 

 paid. Larger plants, with buds to bloom this season, 35 cts. and 

 50 cts. each, according to size, by express. 



AZALEA MO LtiTS (Japan Azalea)— Similar lo ll-e 

 above in low bushy growth, but M'ith larger flowers of 

 various shades of brilliant colors, yellow-orange, carmire, 

 etc. Entirely hardy and suitable for beds and borders in 

 open ground. Good mailing plants, 20 cts. each, postpaid. 

 Larger plants, with buds to bloom this season, 35 cts. and 50 cts. 

 each, according so size, by express. 



