Cjje CanabM Partimltarist 



VOL. II.] AUGUST, 1879. [No. 8. 



SOME GERANIUMS OF EECENT INTEODUCTION. 



Mademoiselle Amelia Baltet. When The Ghost was sent out it 

 was so much better than Aline Sisley that it was received with great 

 satisfaction, the blooms being more double, better formed, and of a 

 purer white ; but the hot suns of our summer days soon change the 

 ivory white to a pink, and it is only in the early part of the season 

 that it retains its gliostly character. A pure double white that will 

 retain its whiteness under the blaze of our summer sun is still to be 

 found, but we have in M'lle A. Baltet the nearest approach to this that 

 lias yet been brought to our notice. The flowers are more symmetrical 

 than those of The Ghost, of a purer white, and become more slowly 

 tinged with pink as they fade, and that less pronounced in depth of 

 color. In the early part of the season it retains its snowy purity for 

 a long time. The leaves are of a light green, distinctly but not 

 broadly zoned; the trusses are of medium size, compact, and borne well 

 above the foliage. It is the best double white we have seen. " 



Deputy Varroy fills the same niche among the doubles that 

 Master Christine does among the singles, the color of the flowers being 

 of the same inimitable shade of lovely pink. The leaves are broadly 

 zoned, trusses of good size, and liabit of plant excellent. It is a very 

 beautiful and conspicuous flower. 



J. C. Redbard does not seem to possess any particular excellence. 

 It is a^ double scarlet, in no way better than many others, and not at 

 all equal to some of the older sorts. 



Emily Laxtox is a very brilliant velvety scarlet; the flowers arc 

 very large, and the truss something enormous. The leaves are of a 

 deep green, not zoned ; the plant of good habit, and a free bloomer. 

 We can commend this as one of the best of the double scarlets. 



Henri Beurier is the best orange-salmon double we have seen ; the 

 flowers are well formed, and the shade is deep and rich. The leaves 



