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Miss Ella V. Barnes, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio.
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MILK AND WINE LILY. See description, page iS.
OLEANDERS.
These old-fashioned shrubs are becoming immensely popular
again. I am growing and selling them by the thousands. No
plant makes more handsome specimens in tubs for the veranda
or yard. Can be wintered in the cellar. I have three colors to
offer. Price, 10 cents eacli.
Oleander, Rosea.— lias double pink flowers. The old favor-
ite. Very sweet.
Lilian Henderson.— Has double white flowers of the largest
size. Fragrant like the old double pink. Scarce.
Lutea —Has double primrose yellow flowers of a lovely shade;
also fragrant. Scarce.
OTAHEITE ORANGE.
This valuable and
distinct variety of the
Orange family is a
dwarf, compact grow-
er, with glossy, deep
green foliage, which
has! a decided odor of
the Orange trees of
Florida, and is exceed-
ingly floriferous, pro-
ducing a wonderful
profusion of pure white
flowers of the most de-
licious fragrance.
Identical with the
much sought - for
"blooms of Southern
Orange groves. Ota-
heite fruits immediate-
ly afterflowering, bear-
ing fruitaboutone-half
thesize of the ordinary
Orange, retaining in a
marked degree its
sweetness. This unique
Orange cannot be
equaled as a Winter-
blooming pot plant for , ■
house culture. Requires but little sunlight, and flowers and
fruits when but twelve to fifteen inches high. As a pot plant
this lovely Dwarf Orange is one of the most novel and beautiiul
that can be grown. With a couple of plants of it you can have
an abundance of the far-famed delicate and fragrant Orange
blossoms. I have grown a large stock of clean, vigorous plants
that will bloom and fruit at once, of this beautiful orange, and
commend it to mv friends as a novelty of sterling worth and
merit. Good plants. 10 cents each; large, strong plants, to
bloom and bear profusely at once . a5 to *° cents each, ac-
cording to size.
OXALIS, ORTGIESI.
Upright Oxalis, or Star of Bethlehem.— Few new plants
will give better satisfaction than this, as it is a perpetual bloomer
in every sense of the word. It is full of bloom every day in the
year, when grown in a pot of good soil and with ordinary care.
It grows as freely as a Geranium in any situation. Itisa shrubby
plant, like a Geranium or Fuchsia without buds, in which re-
spect it differs from .other Oxalis. It grows twelve to eighteen
inches in height, branching freely, and loaded at all times with
clusters of bright golden, star-shaped flowers, which do not close
at night like other Oxalis. Beautiful as the flowers are, it is still
a splendid plant without them, on account of its highly orna-
mental foliage. The leaves are three lobed, dark, olive green
above, and a beautiful, shining metallic crimson purpleunder-
neath, and wine-colored stems This makes a truly novel plant,
as well as a very beautiul one, and is surprising to see what at-
tention it will attract. 8 cents each.
NEW OXALIS, PRINCESS.
This new Oxalis comes from San Diego, California, where it
has been introduced from the islands of the Pacific. It goes un-
der the name of Duchess, Pink Beauty, etc., in various cata-
logues. It is a bright pink, the flowers the size of a quarter
of a dollar, and makes a perfect carpet of its brightpink flowers.
The best Oxalis extant. 6 cents each.
DOUBLE FRINGED PETUNIAS.
The double Petunia is one of the finest bedding plants for
massing, mixed borders, or for vases. The brilliancy and va-
riety of its colors, combined with the duration of its blooming
period, renders it invaluable for garden decoration. My col-
lection is unsurpassed for brilliancy ot color and size of bloom.
It includes all the brightest shades of pink, purple, rose,
white, etc. Name the color you want. 15 cents each; two
for £5 cents.
PRIMULA OBCONICA.
Always in Bloom.
This is a charming plantfor
Winter. In fact, 1 know of
none that is better adapted
to home culture than this
one. It is not susceptible to
changes of temperature that
most plants are subject to.
It bears its elegant panicles
and sprays of bloom of adel-
icate pink and white in the
greatest profusion. It is
certainly elegant. 8 cents
each.
New Everblooming
BABY PRIMROSE.
This is the freest blooming
plant I know of, blooming
continuously throughout the
entire season. Plants in
very small pots have from
fifteen to twenty sprays of
lovely light pink flowers, on
stems ten to twelve inches
high, at one time, and plants in four-inch pots often have from
twenty-five to fifty at one time, lasting in bloom fully four weeks
without fading, and continually sending new sprays all over the
plant, making it one of the most desirable plants for the house
ever introduced. It 'is a very rapid grower and the easiest
grown of all the Primrose family. Very desirable. 8 cents
each.
CHINESE PRIMROSE.
In White, Pink
and Crimson
Few house plants afford better
satisfaction than this. It re-
quires to be kept cool, a north
window suiting it best. Care
should be taken in watering it
that no water gets on the buds,
as it causes them to decay. In
the Summer it can be turned
out into a shady border. The
plants I offer are fine, and the
colors are sure to please. I have
them in white, pink and crim-
son. iO cents each.
MEXICAN PRIMROSE.
This plant is strictly a perpet-
ual bloomer. In flower at all
seasons of the year, agood speci-
men showing always from ten
to thirty large saucer-shaped blossoms, about three inches
across.
Apple Blossom.— A splendid variety, with handsome flowers
shade of apple blossoms. Entirely hardy. 8 cents each.
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PRIMULA OBCONICA.