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SCENTED GERANIUMS. ~ 
This is a most desirable class and decidedly popular, 
for nearly every lady in the South that has flowers at all 
has her ‘‘ Rese Geranium,’’ her Apple Scented, Nutmeg, 
and Pennyroyal. There is none in this class of any great 
beauty except Madame Taylor, which hasa pretty scarlet 
flower, together with all the other attributes of the Rose 
Geranium; also Lady Plymouth, among the variegated 
class, is a pretty old variety that we claim a iife time 
acquaintance with. With some few exceptions like 
these the beauty of flower and foliage alike Las all been 
. sacrificed to the exquisite perfume of the leaves. The 
Oak Leaved, the Lemon, the Balm, the Nutmeg, the 
Pennyroyal, the Citron, the Apple and many others 
belong to this class. All are desirable on account of their 
perfume, and are much grown all through the South, 
their leaves being indispensable in bouquet making and 
cut flower decorations. They are all freely raised from 
cuttings except the Apple Scented variety; this cannot 
be successfully raised from cuttings, and young plants 
are most easily produced from seed. They require more 
care than any other in this class, do not like to be dis- 
turbed much or handled around like other plants, and if 
left alone in a quiet corner of the greenhouse or pit, pro- 
viding it has plenty of root room, it will grow and flower 
freely and produce seed in abundance. This is most 
popular in the South, and more highly prized than any 
of the other Scented varieties, and since it cannot be 
freely raised from cuttings like most of the other sorts, it 
is always a little more expensive. In fact many of the 
Northern florists do not grow it at all, and is only to be 
found in Southern gardens or among the collections of 
Northern florists who do a large business in the Southern 
States. 
