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Fig. 46. Silver-edged Geranium. (See Flower of Spring, Mount of Snow, etc., varieties.) 



of the tri-colors ; leaves colored with deep green, light green, crimson bronze and clear yellow ; 

 flowers deep scarlet (see Fig. 42). Neatness, greenish yellow, with broad chocolate band ; 

 cherry pink. Rose Queen, margined white, distinct zone on green disc. Silver Pheasant, 

 leaves margined with tinted white ; compact grower. 



HYBRID PERPETUAL GERANIUMS. This class comprises but a limited number of varieties, 

 their characteristics in most kinds being fragrance of leaves, with marked flowers, in the style 

 of Pelargonium, but of smaller size. Flower more or less continually throughout the season. 



SCENTED AND CUT-LEAVED GERANIUMS. The Geranium family affords in this delightful 

 section a remarkable diversity of sweet smelling odors in their foliage, resembling fruits, etc., 

 which is not common with any other family of plants to anything like a similar extent. The 

 Rose, Apple, Lemon, Orange and Peppermint are sufficiently distinct in fragrance that no imagi- 

 nation or fancy is required to detect the resemblance to the natural fruits, etc., from which they 

 suggestively derive their names. The Nutmeg fragrance in the variety so called is not quite so 

 apparent; neither is that of the Citron and Pennyroyal, yet these each possess quite a distinct 

 fragrance which is agreeable and desirable for variety. The Oak-leaved variety resembles 

 the oak leaf in shape ; has clearly defined variegations and bears attractive pink flowers with 

 brilliant dark spots on the petals. Fernifolia is a beautiful variety with very thin, finely cut 

 leaves of fern-like texture and of a transparent green color, which renders it a real novelty. 

 Skeleton-leaved is a very attractive variety with foliage of real skeleton-like appearance ; that is to 

 say, the leaves are singularly cut, the fleshy material lying along both sides of the framework ribs 

 of the leaf, but generally less than one-eighth of an inch in width in any part. Dr. Livingstone 

 somewhat resembles skeleton-leaved. Lady Plymouth, besides possessing fragrance, is similar 

 in form of the foliage to the Rose, with distinct edges and variegations of white throughout. 

 This is a beautiful variety for pot culture or for bedding out. Shrub/and Pet is a free-growing 

 variety with a sweet fragrance somewhat resembling Rose; it grows rapidly when bedded, 

 assuming a height of eighteen inches, and bears constantly in summer hundreds of rich crimson 



