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all the 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. 



Geraniums, Variegated-leaved, These are divided in. 

 to five classes, namely, " 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; this, in our grounds, 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 typo 

 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 



