BEDDING PLANTS 161 



The procumbent and beautiful-leaved variety 

 named Golden Treasure grows with unusual 

 luxuriance. Some of the best Fuchsias for 

 town gardening are Display, Meteor, Empress 

 Eugene, Mrs. Marshall, Golden Treasure, and 

 Madame Cornellion. 



GERANIUMS, as every one knows, succeed 

 well and are used largely as bedding plants in 

 every part of the metropolis, some of the best 

 being Paul Crampel, Flower of Spring, the 

 Ivy-leaved, Mrs. Jacoby, Lucrece, and Princess 

 of Wales. 



CALCEOLARIA BURBIDGEI is a capital town 

 plant, of noble port and very floriferous. 



HELIOTROPES also do well, the three best 

 being Lord Roberts, President Garfield, and 

 Miss Nightingale. 



SALVIAS are very ornamental bedding plants, 

 but if exposed to great extremes of temperature 

 lose their leaves and become shabby. One of 

 the best is Glory of Zurich. 



BEGONIAS, especially the tuberous-rooted 

 and semper flor ens type, are not to be recom- 

 mended for smoky parts of the metropolis, but 



