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Miss Ella V, Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio.
ANTHERICUM PICTURATUM.
A lovely plant for vases and baskets or as a pot plant it will
enrich any collection Deep green foliage with broad while
stripes Long stalks of white flowers It is very beautiful and
scarce 15 cents each.
AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS.
Blue African Lily,
or Lily of the Nile.
A splendid ornamental plant bearing clusters of bright blue
flowers on long flower stalks and lasting a long time in bloom.
1 here is no finer plant for outdoor decoration planted m large
tubs on the lawn 10 cents each.
ARAUCARIA EXCELSA.
Norfolk Island Pine.
Various names have been suggested for this grand plant to
properly convey to the min d the appearance of it. Some have
called it the
• Christmas Tree
Palm, from its
resemblance to a
Christinas tree:
others have
called it Ihe'Star
Palm. because
the leaves are ar-
ranged to form a
perfect star, but
no descriptive
name can give
auadequateidea
of its beauty It
has deep green
feathery foliage,
arranged in
whorls, rising
one above the
other at regular
.J l s t a n c e s ; its
symmetry of
form grace and
beauty of foliage
areunequaledin
the vege tabl e
kingdom It is
easily grown in
the house and is
highly orna-
mental. It re-
quires the same
c u 1 1 u r e as the
Palm. Indeed, as a decorative plant for the house this is one of
t lie handsomest and most serviceable plants in our collection.
Kit ra fine plants, twelve to fifteen inches high, $1.50;
nice young plants that will grow *»st, Si .00 each.
The Loveliest of Climbing Vines,
THE MOUNTAIN BEAUTY, ANTIGONON
LEPTOPUS.
Rosa de Montana.— This beautiful climbing vine might well
be culled the carmine Wistaria, so similar are thelovely clusters
of flowers to those of Wistaria. Apart from the similarity of
flowers, it differs from the
Wistaria in many ways. It
is a native of Mexico. We
believe it to be one of the
most beautiful, as well as
one of the rarest climbers
i n existence. Mountain
Beauty is hardy in the
South, and, once" planted,
is practically everlasting.
It produces iramenseclus-
ters of the most exquisite
flowers imaginable. The
flowers are bore in prodig-
ious profusion, and a well-
established plant, loaded ■
with its gorgeous carmine
flowers, is one of the grand-
est sights we have ever
seen. Imagine a plant of 1
Ampelopsis Veitchii with
its magnificent, large, deep
green foliage covering the
entire veranda, loaded
down with large clustersof
carmiue flowers, and vou
can form an idea of "the
splendor of Mountain
Beauty This is really a wonderful vine, which will excite the
admiration of the amateur planter. It is one of our grandest
introductions, sure to become immensely popular because of its
handsome foliage and its superb, brilliant flowers. Price is low
for strong plants. This is one of the plants you will be sorry to
have missed getting when you see it growing and bloomiDg. By
all means take my advice and include several plants at least in
your order. It is a bulbous plant dying down each year. The
plants'. will send you are dormant," that is, bulbs without fo-
liage, like a Dahlia. 8 cents each.
BASKET PLANTS.
I have a great many calls for plants suitable for baskets and
vases I grow these plants in large quantities and can furnish
them at 5 cents each, or twelve distinct plants for 50
cents. These will make a nice basket.
BOUGAINVILLEA SANDERIANA.
(The Chinese Paper Plant.)
THE MOUNTAIN BEAUTY-
ARAUCARIA excelsa. Norfolk Island Pine.
This beautiful free flowering plant was introduced recently
and on account of its free blooming qualities has become very
popular, especially as a plant for Easter decoration. It is
of a strong, rapid growth, and the brilliant, rosy crimson blos-
soms in large racemes are produced from early March until
mid-Summer In fact, a well grown specimen will frequently
flower the greater part of the year. Altogether a most de-
sirable subject for the conservatory or window garden. 20