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The above varieties have all been tried here two years or more, and in recommend- 

 ing the best, it is difficult to make a selection, where all are good, but for bedding, the 

 following six single varieties are recommended. 



La Vestale, pure white, Sam Sloan, crimson, Fanny Thorpe, rose edged with white, 

 Gloire de Lyonaisse, orange scarlet shaded rose, Mazeppa, carmine scarlet, Queen of the 

 West, orange scarlet. The following are recommended as the six best doubles for bedding : 

 S. A. Nutt, crimson, B. K. Bliss, bright scarlet, M. Adrien Corret, cherry scarlet, Mine. 

 Ayme de Chevreliere, white, Ernest Lauth, magenta crimson, Satisfaction, rose. 



The best of the above named varieties for pot culture are, singles : La Vestale, 

 Mazeppa, Fanny Thorpe, Gloire de Lyonaisse, Sam Sloan, Beatrice and Imogene ; 

 doubles, S. A. Nutt, B. K. Bliss, Mme. Ayme de Chevreliere, M. Adrien Corret, 

 Ernest Lauth and Gloire de France. 



VARIETIES OF LATER INTRODUCTION. 



Wm. Pfitzee. — Avery strong free growing variety, compact habit, foliage very large, 

 dark green, velvety, with faint zone. Very free flowering, immense double truss, on 

 long footstalk, colour, bright orange salmon, distinctly edged with white. One of the 

 most beautiful and showy varieties tried here. A decided acquisition as a winter bloom- 

 ing geranium for pot culture. When in rapid growth the wood being soft it requires 

 more care in watering than other geraniums, as if the soil is kept too wet the wood is 

 apt to rot at the base of the stems, but we have found no difficulty in growing it suc- 

 cessfully if the soil is kept rather dry, and when the wood is thoroughly ripened all 

 danger from this cause is past. It also gives promise of being one of the best of the 

 newer varieties for bedding. 



Meteor. — Strong growing compact habit, foliage large bright green with dark zone, 

 flowers, single, bright scarlet, large truss, very free flowering, gives promise of being 

 one of the best for bedding purposes : has not done well as a pot plant. 



Panache de Nancy. — Weak straggling growth, very poor habit, flowers small and 

 truss small, colour salmon, streaked with white, not at all desirable either for bedding 

 or pot culture. 



Ingenieur Parlier. — A very strong growing variety, with large pale green foliage, 

 flowers borne in large truss on long footstalk, colour violet red, double, free flowering, 

 has done well as a pot plant, and promises to be a good bedder. 



Chaplin. — Very strong, free growing variety, with large velvety leaves of dark 

 green colour, flowers freely, large truss, bright scarlet, semi-double. Not as good as 

 Garden Director, which it much resembles. 



Buffalo Bill. — Large strong grower, glossy green foliage with a dark zone, flowers 

 double, large truss, colour creamy white, marbled with rose. A very shy bloomer. 



Copernic. — A strong free grower, with large glossy foliage, large truss, flowers single, 

 rosy carmine, shading to salmon with white eye. Made good growth, but did not bloom 

 well. 



Admiration. — A strong dwarf, freegrowing variety, with light green velvety foliage, 

 very free flowering, double, colour pale rose shading deeper to the eye, large truss. A 

 very good variety for pot culture, and did well bedded out under adverse circumstances. 



Note. — I find this variety catalogued under the head of singles. 



U Immortelle. — Very dwarf compact habit, dark green foliage with faint zone. 

 Large truss, colour dark magenta streaked with lighter lines, a very shy bloomer, and has 

 not done well either planted out, or as a pot plant. 



M. G. Meynot. — Made very weak growth, single flower, large truss, colour 

 salmon pink with white eye, upper petals shading to white, a rather shy bloomer. 



Alfred Tennyson. — A strong, free growing variety, free flowering, trusses large, on 

 long stout footstalks, colour, bright orange scarlet, upper petals shaded with lilac, 

 semi-double. A very promising variety. 



Mad. Alfred Mame. — Made fair growth, flowers freely, truss large, colour rosy 

 scarlet. A promising single flowering sort. 



