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IVY-LEAVED GERANIUMS. 



The old ivy-leaved geranium (P. peUatum) is a well- 

 known window plant, of easy culture. The leaf is orna- 

 mental, and the flower, though not very showy, is pretty. 



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 This species has been wonderfully improved during the 



past few years. 



A variety with leaves beautifully marked with silver has 

 been raised, which proves a capital window plant, and 

 requires no more care than the old kind. There is also a 

 variety with golden-edged leaves. 



There has also been great improvement in the flower. 

 The first advance in this direction was P. peltatum elegans, 

 in which the flowers were bright pink, and of better form. 

 Next we had Princess Thyra, flowers deep flesh color, 

 marked with pink; and Grand Duchess Maria, violet pink, 

 with deep violet marks. But the latest and by far the 

 finest varieties are those with bright rosy-pink or scarlet 

 blossoms, which are so beautiful that, when they become 

 common, they must be favorite window plants. They are 

 hybrids between the zonale and ivy-leaved sections, but 

 retain the ivy leaf while gaining the brilliancy of flower 

 of the zonale varieties. WiJhii has deep scarlet bios- 



