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Ariel. Seedling from Souvenir de Miranda. Exceedingly dainty and pretty. 

 Foliage small, light green, with a darker green zone. Airy clusters of flowers; 

 the three lower petals are a bright salmon red, the two upper ones half white and 

 half red; the white being delicately lined and flushed with red. A charming com- 

 bination. Each 25c. 



Zoned Beauty. A beautiful plant even without flowers. Medium-sized 

 leaves with a heavy black zone which extends nearly to the margin of the leaf. 

 Flowers very large, color beautiful pink, delicately veined and marked. When 

 first opening they are flushed salmon pink in the center with almost white edges. 

 Very lovely. Each 25c. 



Gorgeous, Splendid and Charmer. The plants are round and 

 spreading. In the two former the flowers lie in great globes on long stems over 

 the ground and out in every direction, making a brilliant show. Splendor has 

 immense balls of crimson, shaded scarlet flowers. In both the flowers are large 

 and almost overlap each other. They have a sheen that reminds one of the bloom 

 of ripe fruit. Charmer is a fine companion to the above because of its beautiful 

 zoned foliage, and the marvelous number of its large brilliant pink flowers. 

 Each 25c. 



Brilliant. A strikingly handsome geranium. The flowers are very round 

 with large petals ; the three lower ones are deep crimson, bordered scarlet ; two 

 upper ones firey red, lined darker red; very velvety; the flower stems are long 

 and the flowers are giant balls of intense and brilliant color. Each 30c. 



Snow Bird. A beautiful new seedling, a great improvement on " Mt. of 

 Snow." The light green foliage has a wide irregular margin of cream white. 

 Flowers velvety scarlet. The plant has a dwarf habit and is a fine bedder. 

 Each 25c. Set of nine geraniums, $2.35. 



NEW GERANIUMS FROM OTHER SOURCES. 



An Hybrid Flashlight. Handsome palmate foliage 5 inches in diameter, 

 borne on long, graceful stems, velvety green with a bronzy zone. Flowers borne 

 in great profusion on long stems, in light airy umbels of a lovely, tender car- 

 mine color. They last a long time and are very attractive. Each 25c. 



VELVET PLANT. Gynura Anrantiaca. This is a plant of the 

 greatest beauty, and just as easy to grow as a coleus, yet it is very scarce and but 

 little known. No other name could be so appropriate as "Velvet Plant,' 7 for so close 

 is the resemblance that on first sight the plant is almost invariably taken to be 

 artificial. Its stems and leaves are entirely covered with glistening purple hairs, 

 and to the touch are as soft and downy as a piece of rich velvet. It thrives under 

 exactly the same culture as does the coleus, but the more sun it receives the 

 darker the color of its foliage will be. Each 20c. 



NEW GIANT HYBRID HELIOTROPES. 



These fine varieties are very strong and upright in growth, having large foliage 

 and immense heads of flowers. 



Purple and Gold. A fine variety with bright yellow-shaded foliage and 

 immense trusses of lovely, pinkish -purple flowers. Each 20c. 



Pink Beauty. A charming variety, with great masses of mauve -pink 

 flowers, the color of Mme. Millet violets. Very beautiful. Each 20c. 



The Prize. A splendid variety, with immense heads of grand, purple 

 flowers. Each 20c. 



The four varieties for 60c. 



