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A CLASSIFIED SELECTION OF BEDDING GERANIUMS. 



Plain-leaved Dwarf Bedding 

 Scarlets.—- Attraction, Eclipse, Frog- 

 more Improved, Lord Kaglan, Hark- 

 away, Crystal Palace, Little David. 



Plain-leaved strong -growing Bed- 

 ding Scarlets. — Queen, Punch, Wel- 

 lington Hero, Defiance. 



Horseshoe-leaved Dwarf Bedding 

 Scarlets. — Smith's Superb, Baron 

 Hugel, Bishopstowe, Lilliput, Scar- 

 let Perfection. 



Scarlets suited for Walls and 

 Pillars. — Scarlet Queen, Wellington 

 Hero. 'Defiance, Hibberd's Pet, 

 Reidii, Richmond Gem. 



Horseshoe strong-growing Bedding 

 Scarlets. — Hibberd's Pet, Cottage 

 Maid, Captivation, Martin Gireau, 

 New Globe. 



Scarlets for Pot Culture. — Dr. 

 Lindley, tbe most perfect scarlet ge- 

 ranium knovrn. Alfred, shell-like 

 petals, extra fine. Beauty, has a fine 

 white eye. Eleanor, rich vermilion. 

 Beauty of Brixton, invaluable for 

 early bloom. Brilliant, well-known. 

 Globe. Compactum. 



Pose-red Bedders. — Trentham 

 Rose, Lady Middleton, Judy Superb, 

 Rubens. 



Pose-red for Pots. — Paul l'Abbe, 

 Cecilia, Effective. 



Cerise-red for Pots. — Lady of 

 Loretto, British Flag, Sheen Rival, 

 Empire, Viceroy, Rose of Denmark, 

 new and magnificent. 



Pose-pink Bedders. - — Christine, 

 Eelen Lindsay, Rose Queen, Lucea 

 Rosea, Princess Alice. 



Pose-pink for Pots. — Christine, 

 Rose Queen, Rosetta, Lucilla, Bonnie 

 Dundee. 



Salmon-red and Salmon-flesh. — 

 [None of this section can be recom- 

 mended as generally suitable for beds, 

 though in many soils and situations. 

 Prince Louis of Hesse, Blackheath 

 Beauty, Madame Rudersdorf, and 

 others, answer admirably. We be- 

 lieve the last-named will prove to be 

 one of the best bedding geraniums 

 knovrn, but having grown it only one 

 season, we would not venture yet to 



assign it a place among bedders. All 

 we name here are of exquisite beauty.] 

 — Rosamond, the finest of this series, 

 Madame Rudersdorf, Prince Louis of 

 Hesse, Countess of Bective, Black- 

 heath Beauty, Auricula, Enchantress, 

 Nelly, Lady Emily Stanley. 



Blush mid White.— [The remark 

 appended to the foregoing section 

 might be repeated here.] — Madame 

 Vaucher, Eugene Defoy, Henri de 

 Beaudot, Boule de Neige, Galanthi- 

 llorum, The Swan, Skeltoni. 



Nosegay Geraniums for Beds. — 

 Lord Palmerston, crimson. Rival 

 Stella, crimson - scarlet. Imperial 

 Crimson. Carmine Nosegay. Spread 

 Eagle, scarlet. Rival Nosegay, crim- 

 son-scarlet. Fothergilli (syn. Purple 

 Nosegay), purplish-red. Mrs. Vernon, 

 rosy-purple. Scarlet Nosegay, grows 

 tall. 



Nosegays for Pots and Vases. — 

 Lord Palmerston, Imperial Crimson, 

 Rubrocinctum, Coral, Pink Nosegay. 



Hybrid Bedding Geraniums.— 

 Diadematum, rose. Flambeau, scarlet. 

 Ignescens superba, scarlet. Unique, 

 three varieties, white, scarlet, and 

 purplish - crimson, the last - named 

 being the well-known and invaluable 

 " Rollisson's Unique." Britannia, 

 scarlet ; very effective. 



White-leaved Variegated Bedders. 

 — Bijou, Queen of Queens, Alma, 

 Jane, Mountain of Light, Mountain 

 of Snow, Silver Queen. 



Cream and Silver-edged Bedders. 

 — Flower of the Day, Annie, Countess 

 of Warwick, Perfection, Flower of 

 Spring, Lady Plymouth, Manglesii, 

 Dandy. 



Gold-leaved Bedders. — Cloth of 

 Gold, Gold Leaf, Golden Chain, Gol- 

 den Circle. The last-named is the 

 least strikingly yellow of the series, 

 but is the most hardy, and is very 

 effective. 



Tricolour-leaved,. — Mrs. Pollock, 

 Mrs. Milford, Honeycomb, Sunset, 

 Rainbow, Hotel de Cluny, Burning 

 Bush. 



