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Mrs. Shepherd’s Superb New Seedlings. 
A most beautiful and varied set of new seedling geraniums. One who 
has had an intimate acquaintance with the family for years, said, ‘‘They 
Can tebe: beat.) It has) beena delight to ‘help them) into expression. | It 
was difficult to choose from among the many charming contestants the 
favored ones and to give them appropriate names. They are a brilliant, 
exuberant, gay and festive little collection sure to win favor wherever 
seen. 
Aurora. A very beautiful variety; fine large graceful trusses of 
flowers, flushed with very delicate blush pink; veined deeper pink, with 
an auriole of salmon around the large white eye. 
Cerese. Very fine round flowers, lovely cerese, delicately overlaid 
and veined with crimson on the lower petals. 
Crimson Ball. A fine dwarf bedder, that grows about 18 inches 
high, bearing on long stems, high above the foliage, large balls of rich 
deep velvety crimson flowers. 
Castenet. Fine flowers, shaded soft magenta; two lower petals, half 
magenta and half velvety salmon-scarlet extending into the edge 
Clarabel. Rich deep velvety magenta. Center of the flower and 
half of the lower petals, a rich shaded flaming velvety scarlet. The en- 
tire truss has a velvety fruit-like bloom, that is very attractive. 
Cymbel. Rich, bright, purplish, velvety center, two lower petals, 
velvety scarlet, upper petals margined scarlet, most striking. 
Comet. A splendid fiery scarlet, with fine trusses on long stems, a 
hybrid between the zonale andivy section. <A very striking variety. 
Estelle. Beautiful large flowers, nearly 3 inches across, three lower 
petals blush, heavily flushed and veined salmon pink, two lower petals 
white, outer part shaded salmon, lower half, white, delicately tinged 
salmon. 
Faustina. A fine cerese, with fan-shaped spots on the lower petals. 
of soft pink, very rich and handsome. 
Loveliness. A lovely single seedling from Sou de Mirande; fine 
large flower with white center, margin daintily splashed and flecked, 
with pure salmon very light green foliage 
Peep of Day. A pure soft peach pink, an unusual color, very fine 
large handsome flowers; exquisite. 
Peachblow. Flowers delicate flesh color, exquisitely flushed in the 
center with salmon pink, and prettily veined with dark pink; large trusses 
on long stems. 
Redbird. A superb scarlet, single, with fine trusses of very deep 
round flowers, so full and overlapping are the petals, that it seems almost 
semi-double, distinct and beautiful, a splendid color. 
Volunteer. A fine double dwarf bedder, with pretty dark green 
zoned foliage, bearing on long stems, fine trusses of beautiful large crim- 
son cerese flowers, a beautiful color. 
