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TENDER BEDDING PLANTS 



Mrs. Pollock. Golden Tricolor, the old favourite. 



Mrs. Miller. Silver Tricolor, rich dark zone. 



Dolly Varden. Silver Tricolor, bright red zone. 



Jiibilee. Golden Bronze, chestnut zone, salmon flowers. 



Golden Harry Hieover. Golden Bronze, a dwarf grower. 



LEnfer. Very dark foliage and bright scarlet flowers, an 

 effective variety. 



Crystal Palace Gem. Yellow leaves, bright flowers. 



Flower of Spring. Creamy foliage, dwarf, neat habit. 



Other popular foliage Zonals are Peter Grieve, Distinction, White 

 Distinction, Robert Fish, Boule de Neige, and Brilliantissimum. 



IVY-LEAVED PELARGONIUMS 



The Ivy-leaved "Geranium" has grown steadily in favour, 

 both as a flower-garden and indoor plant, during recent years. It 

 is somewhat singular to reflect that 

 it has never come under the ban of 

 hardy flower lovers in the same way 

 that the Zonal has singular, inasmuch 

 as it possesses practically similar de- 

 fects as well as similar good qualities. 

 It is tender, it is just a little garish. 

 Why should it not be tabu, equally 

 with the Zonal? Perhaps there is no 

 better explanation than that it never 

 formed a part of the old ribbon border 







system, which aroused so much ab- A 

 horrence 



In their hearts all hardy plants- 

 men realise fully that the " Geranium " 

 is a plant which can never drop out of our gardens. It is too 

 persistent in blooming, too accommodating, too bright and varied 



PROPAGATING IVY-LRAVKD GERANIUMS 



[lows how to prepare the cutting. The 

 stem is severed below a joint, and the 

 two lowest leaves are removed. B, sand 

 on the surface of the soil. C, C, sand at 

 the base of the cuttings. 



