BEDDING PLANTS. 



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brilliant colors. The variegated-leaved varieties are doubly- 

 attractive, on account of the various colors of their foliage 

 in addition to their beautiful flowers, although the color 

 of the leaves often becomes quite dull when planted in 

 the open ground. There are at least one hundred varieties 

 now in cultivation of each class, consequently we will 

 not attempt to name them, but content ourselves by giv- 

 inc: a list of six srood varieties of each class. 



Fio:. 11. 



VARIEGATED-I.EAVED GERANIUMS. 



Alma. — FloAvers, scarlet crimson ; leaves, dark green, 



edged with silvei-y white. 



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