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of dark colors ; but there is little doubt that a short time 

 will give us double sorts of all the shades we have in the 

 single. A striped variety of L' Incomparable was pro- 

 duced in 1867. Figure 52. 



Geraniums, Variegated-leared, These are divided in- 

 to five classes, namely, u Golden margined," " Silver mar- 

 gined," " Golden tricolor," ' Silver tricolor," and 

 "Bronzed." 



GOLDEN MARGINED. This class, of which the variety 

 called " Golden Belt " is the type, has the margin of the 

 leaf golden yellow to one-third its depth, with occasional- 

 ly a dark zone, the part of the leaf toward the footstalk 

 being green. The flowers of this class are usually scarlet 

 or crimson ; they are good bedders in cool soils. 



SILVER MARGINED. These are generally of strong 

 growth, equal to the Zonale. One of the finest of this sec- 

 tion is the Mountain of Snow, a variety having half of 

 the leaf nearly white, with large trusses of bright scarlet 

 flowers. 



GERANIUMS, GOLDEN TRICOLORS. These are grown al- 

 most exclusively for their leaves, which in their wonderful 

 beauty are triumphs of horticultural art. The bands of 

 yellow, crimson, orange, and carmine, on a ground-work of 

 green, rival, while they somewhat resemble, the tints of the 

 rainbow. A well-known and beautiful type of this class is 

 the variety Mrs. Pollock, fig. 53, which with us has grown 

 vigorously in the open border for the past two seasons. 



GERANIUMS, SILVER TRICOLORS. These are belted with 

 white, carmine, and crimson, on a green ground, forming 

 a beautiful contrast to the preceding. A well-known type 

 of this class is " Moonbeam." 



GERANIUMS, BRONZE-LEAVED. An unique class, having 

 the ground color of the leaves yellow, with a dark red or 

 brown zone. The flowers of most of these are scarlet, and 

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