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(16387581931).jpg Chinese <br> Hibiscus <br> PLUMBAGOS <br> PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS <br> This produces large heaus of <br> light Dlue flowers Has the <br> most peculiar shade of blue of <br> any flower in cultivation Al- <br> ways in bloom and an elegant <br> bedder Price 10c each <br> PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS <br> FLORA ALBA This is a <br> splendid novelty The exact <br> counterpart of Plumbago Ca- <br> pensis except in color which <br> in this beautiful novelty is a <br> clear white This is one of <br> the leading new plants of the <br> year Do not confound this <br> – with the old worthless white <br> One of the most satisfactory <br> bedding plants out I recom- <br> mend this highly Price 8 <br> cents each <br> PLUMBAGO LADY LARPENT Plants are strong upright in habit <br> growing to a height of twelve to fifteen inches in compact clumps and from <br> the midd'e of July until severe frost are covered with lovely rich violet- <br> blue colored flowers borne in close terminal heads I had them in bloom <br> as late as October 25 The foliage is unique finely serrated and fringing <br> the stems I heartily recommend this fine variety for edging walks beds <br> or borders or single specimens set in mixed flower vases or beds where <br> they appear in lovelv contrast with other flowers Price 8 cents each <br> NEW PINK PLUMBAGO SANGUINEA The Plumbaeos are very de- <br> sirable plants fur bedding or house culture and are admired by all tor their <br> elegant trusses of bloom and the delicate color of their flowers but with the <br> new variety Sanguinea I have something that is entirely distinct and the <br> prettiest of all Plumbagos The trusses of b 00m are lareer than in the old <br> varieties often measuring ten inches in length and of the loveliest bright <br> pink or deep rose Order one and be surprised Price 15 cents each <br> Large-growingtropical shrubs with verp <br> flossy foliage The plants under the <br> ottest sun produce enormous flowers in <br> great numbers and make noble speci- <br> mens They can be grown in tubs and <br> kept for years The blossoms average <br> five or six inches in diameter and are gorgeously colored A very <br> good way to make them bloom freely and to facilitate the lifting in <br> the Fail is to transplant into a pot two or three sizes lareer than the <br> one that it has grown in then plunge the pot altogether into the <br> ground the soil to cover the surface one or two inches Sufficient <br> nourishment can be found by the top and bottom roots to make the <br> plant bloom well without starting it to grow too vigorously and <br> therefore to bloom less Then in the Fall the plant can be lifted <br> without injury and transplanted again and kept in a shady cool <br> place until fully recovered it will in a warm sunny window or in <br> a warm room bloom constantly <br> Price 10 cnts each; three sorts my selection 25 cents <br> Large two-year-old plants 25 cents each <br> AURIANTICA Large double orange-colored flowers <br> DOUBLE CRIMSON This grand variety has immense flowers of <br> the r chest crimson combined witn glossy foliage <br> GRANDIFLQRUS Rich glossy foliage literally covering the <br> plant with scarlet-crimson flowers <br> MINIATUS SEMI-PLENUS Semi-double flowers of a brilliant <br> vermiiion-scarlet petals waved and recurved an I very handsome <br> MAGNIFICUS A very laree flower and of perfect form Color <br> a deep magenta ends of petals touched with brown foliage finely <br> toothed <br> SINENSIS GIGANTEUS This is a plant for house culture dur- <br> ing Winter or Summer or for plunging outside during Summer It <br> blooms at all times of the year commencing to bloom when not <br> more than a foot high Hard-wooded Its flowers are of enormous <br> size olten eieht to ten inches across opening flat and of a vivid <br> crimson-scarlet color Can be wintered in a cellar or pit with perfect <br> safety and if one does not care to grow them all Winter one should <br> have one or two for Summer display <br> VERSICOLOR A variety combining in its flowers all colors of <br> the whole iamuy being handsomely striped crimson buff rose and <br> white A very unique and beautiful plant of the Hibiscus <br> SENATOR EVANS This <br> is a beautitul Hibiscus The <br> shape of its flowers is identical <br> with the Auriantica and has <br> the same purple markings at <br> base of petals The color of <br> this variety instead of orange <br> is a bright lemon color <br> SUB VIOLACEOUS The <br> flowers are of enormous size <br> of a beautiful carmine tinted <br> with violet It is probably the <br> largest flower of the Hibiscus <br> family and an unusually free <br> bloomer I take great pleas- <br> ure in recommending this fine <br> plant <br> ZEBRINUS Double out- <br> er petals scarlet edged yellow <br> inner petals are very irregular <br> curiously variegated with <br> creamy-yellow white <br> SPECIAL OFFER ” The <br> set of ten Hibiscus all dif- <br> ferent for60cents <br> Lovely Violets <br> Of all delightful perfumes that of <br> Violets is the most delicate and <br> pleasant and places the modest <br> little blue flowers among our greatest favorites Violets grow and bloom <br> during the dead of Winter w ith no trouble whatever if given a cool situa- <br> tion but will not succeed in a warm place <br> HARDY DOUBLE ENGLISH VIOLET This Violet is entirely hardy per- <br> fectly double a deep vioiel-purple color and most deliciously fragrant It <br> is entirely f 1 ee from disease of any kind will grow and bloom in any gar- <br> den and situation Nothing is more appropriaie for cemetery plots than the <br> Hardy Double English Violet Price 10 cents each <br> NEW DOUBLE WHITE PERPETUAL-FLOWERING VIOLET SWAN- <br> LEY WHITE OR QUEEN OF FRAGRANCE Of all the white Violets <br> this is the best either for pot culture in the house or bedded out In pots it <br> grows luxuriantly and is loaded with flowers Price 8 cents each <br> NEW VIOLET CALIFORNIA Single-flowered Raised in California <br> where it is cultivated by the hundreds of acres for cut flowers It is entirely <br> hardy of the richest dark blue and very fragrant Price 10 cents each <br> LADY HUME CAMPBELL This is the finest of all double bue Violets <br> In color a lovely shade of the richest intense blue Price 10 cents each <br> The set of four lovely Violets for only 30 cents 41846993 130961 64578 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/41846993 1899 10 5962/bhl title 64578 Ella V Baines Firm ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection NameFound CAPENSIS NameConfirmed Capensis NameBankID 5129691 NameFound Giganteus NameConfirmed Giganteus NameBankID 5114921 NameFound Hibiscus NameConfirmed Hibiscus L EOLID 60741 NameFound Zebrinus NameConfirmed Zebrinus NameBankID 4385492 Biodiversity Heritage Library Miss Ella V Baines the Woman Florist Springfield Ohio The best homes in America plant my flowers why not you Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Flowers Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 41846993 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/41846993 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16387581931 2015-08-24 07 56 45 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script The best homes in America The best homes in America plant my flowers, why not you? (16387581931).jpg Chinese <br> Hibiscus <br> PLUMBAGOS <br> PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS <br> This produces large heaus of <br> light Dlue flowers Has the <br> most peculiar shade of blue of <br> any flower in cultivation Al- <br> ways in bloom and an elegant <br> bedder Price 10c each <br> PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS <br> FLORA ALBA This is a <br> splendid novelty The exact <br> counterpart of Plumbago Ca- <br> pensis except in color which <br> in this beautiful novelty is a <br> clear white This is one of <br> the leading new plants of the <br> year Do not confound this <br> – with the old worthless white <br> One of the most satisfactory <br> bedding plants out I recom- <br> mend this highly Price 8 <br> cents each <br> PLUMBAGO LADY LARPENT Plants are strong upright in habit <br> growing to a height of twelve to fifteen inches in compact clumps and from <br> the midd'e of July until severe frost are covered with lovely rich violet- <br> blue colored flowers borne in close terminal heads I had them in bloom <br> as late as October 25 The foliage is unique finely serrated and fringing <br> the stems I heartily recommend this fine variety for edging walks beds <br> or borders or single specimens set in mixed flower vases or beds where <br> they appear in lovelv contrast with other flowers Price 8 cents each <br> NEW PINK PLUMBAGO SANGUINEA The Plumbaeos are very de- <br> sirable plants fur bedding or house culture and are admired by all tor their <br> elegant trusses of bloom and the delicate color of their flowers but with the <br> new variety Sanguinea I have something that is entirely distinct and the <br> prettiest of all Plumbagos The trusses of b 00m are lareer than in the old <br> varieties often measuring ten inches in length and of the loveliest bright <br> pink or deep rose Order one and be surprised Price 15 cents each <br> Large-growingtropical shrubs with verp <br> flossy foliage The plants under the <br> ottest sun produce enormous flowers in <br> great numbers and make noble speci- <br> mens They can be grown in tubs and <br> kept for years The blossoms average <br> five or six inches in diameter and are gorgeously colored A very <br> good way to make them bloom freely and to facilitate the lifting in <br> the Fail is to transplant into a pot two or three sizes lareer than the <br> one that it has grown in then plunge the pot altogether into the <br> ground the soil to cover the surface one or two inches Sufficient <br> nourishment can be found by the top and bottom roots to make the <br> plant bloom well without starting it to grow too vigorously and <br> therefore to bloom less Then in the Fall the plant can be lifted <br> without injury and transplanted again and kept in a shady cool <br> place until fully recovered it will in a warm sunny window or in <br> a warm room bloom constantly <br> Price 10 cnts each; three sorts my selection 25 cents <br> Large two-year-old plants 25 cents each <br> AURIANTICA Large double orange-colored flowers <br> DOUBLE CRIMSON This grand variety has immense flowers of <br> the r chest crimson combined witn glossy foliage <br> GRANDIFLQRUS Rich glossy foliage literally covering the <br> plant with scarlet-crimson flowers <br> MINIATUS SEMI-PLENUS Semi-double flowers of a brilliant <br> vermiiion-scarlet petals waved and recurved an I very handsome <br> MAGNIFICUS A very laree flower and of perfect form Color <br> a deep magenta ends of petals touched with brown foliage finely <br> toothed <br> SINENSIS GIGANTEUS This is a plant for house culture dur- <br> ing Winter or Summer or for plunging outside during Summer It <br> blooms at all times of the year commencing to bloom when not <br> more than a foot high Hard-wooded Its flowers are of enormous <br> size olten eieht to ten inches across opening flat and of a vivid <br> crimson-scarlet color Can be wintered in a cellar or pit with perfect <br> safety and if one does not care to grow them all Winter one should <br> have one or two for Summer display <br> VERSICOLOR A variety combining in its flowers all colors of <br> the whole iamuy being handsomely striped crimson buff rose and <br> white A very unique and beautiful plant of the Hibiscus <br> SENATOR EVANS This <br> is a beautitul Hibiscus The <br> shape of its flowers is identical <br> with the Auriantica and has <br> the same purple markings at <br> base of petals The color of <br> this variety instead of orange <br> is a bright lemon color <br> SUB VIOLACEOUS The <br> flowers are of enormous size <br> of a beautiful carmine tinted <br> with violet It is probably the <br> largest flower of the Hibiscus <br> family and an unusually free <br> bloomer I take great pleas- <br> ure in recommending this fine <br> plant <br> ZEBRINUS Double out- <br> er petals scarlet edged yellow <br> inner petals are very irregular <br> curiously variegated with <br> creamy-yellow white <br> SPECIAL OFFER ” The <br> set of ten Hibiscus all dif- <br> ferent for60cents <br> Lovely Violets <br> Of all delightful perfumes that of <br> Violets is the most delicate and <br> pleasant and places the modest <br> little blue flowers among our greatest favorites Violets grow and bloom <br> during the dead of Winter w ith no trouble whatever if given a cool situa- <br> tion but will not succeed in a warm place <br> HARDY DOUBLE ENGLISH VIOLET This Violet is entirely hardy per- <br> fectly double a deep vioiel-purple color and most deliciously fragrant It <br> is entirely f 1 ee from disease of any kind will grow and bloom in any gar- <br> den and situation Nothing is more appropriaie for cemetery plots than the <br> Hardy Double English Violet Price 10 cents each <br> NEW DOUBLE WHITE PERPETUAL-FLOWERING VIOLET SWAN- <br> LEY WHITE OR QUEEN OF FRAGRANCE Of all the white Violets <br> this is the best either for pot culture in the house or bedded out In pots it <br> grows luxuriantly and is loaded with flowers Price 8 cents each <br> NEW VIOLET CALIFORNIA Single-flowered Raised in California <br> where it is cultivated by the hundreds of acres for cut flowers It is entirely <br> hardy of the richest dark blue and very fragrant Price 10 cents each <br> LADY HUME CAMPBELL This is the finest of all double bue Violets <br> In color a lovely shade of the richest intense blue Price 10 cents each <br> The set of four lovely Violets for only 30 cents 41846993 130961 64578 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/41846993 1899 10 5962/bhl title 64578 Ella V Baines Firm ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection NameFound CAPENSIS NameConfirmed Capensis NameBankID 5129691 NameFound Giganteus NameConfirmed Giganteus NameBankID 5114921 NameFound Hibiscus NameConfirmed Hibiscus L EOLID 60741 NameFound Zebrinus NameConfirmed Zebrinus NameBankID 4385492 Biodiversity Heritage Library Miss Ella V Baines the Woman Florist Springfield Ohio The best homes in America plant my flowers why not you Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Flowers Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 41846993 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/41846993 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16387581931 2015-08-24 07 56 45 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script The best homes in America |