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Maranta. Very handsome dark foliage, streaked with dark red and yellow- 

 ish-green. The leaves are so handsome as to resemble a Maranta, and the beauti- 

 ful crimson, iris-like flowers are dotted with a darker red. Avery striking plant. 

 Each 15c. 



Very showy pot plants, the two 25c. 



Please state what varieties shall be substituted, in case I should be out of first 

 selection. 



GERANIUMS. 



SINGLE GERANIUMS. (Mrs. Shepherd's Seedling 1898.) 

 Symphony in Red. Flowers dazzling orange -scarlet, very velvety and 

 beautifully formed; each individual floret is so arranged as to lie perfectly even, 

 giving a roundness and smoothness to the entire truss that is most unusual ; 

 flowers have a large, white eye. 



Gaiety. A seedling from Souvenir de Miranda, but much handsomer; the 

 flowers are almost a third larger, and even more beautifully variegated than the 

 parent; the white in the lower petals is more clear. 



"White Pearl. Pure, pearly-white, very large, with perfectly round flowers • 

 a valuable addition to the list of white geraniums. 



Fair* Maiden. Outer half of petals blush-white, netted with pink, circle of 

 light salmon -pink in the center of the flower; white eye; flowers are often 

 beautifully shaded and variegated in lighter or darker colors. 



Pink Pansy. Large flowers, beautifully marked, resembling a pansy. Cen- 

 ter pure white, surrounded by a circle or halo of bright salmon-pink, outer half of 

 petals light-pink, netted or veined with salmon-pink, base of two lower petals 

 veined with light red. 



Surprise. The two upper petals are blotched with velvety scarlet, veined 

 dark red; the edges and three lower ones are a vivid purplish- crimson, clouded at 

 the margin with bright crimson. 



Each 15c; the set for 75c; cuttings, dozen, 50c. 



SINGLE GERANIUMS FROM OTHER SOURCES. 



Mme. Bruant. White, veined with carmine lake, florets regularly bor- 

 dered with bright solferino; the arrangement of color is exquisite, often inter- 

 mingling and producing a striped effect. 



Fleur Poitevine. Brilliant rosy-carmine, marbled and striped pure white, 

 producing an aureole of deep orange -carmine at the center. 



Mrs. A. Blanc. Enormous blooms, beautiful orange-pink, marbled white. 



Souvenir de Miranda. Each floret has a lage creamy- white center; the 

 upper petals white, edged with soft rose. Lower petals a soft salmon -rose with 

 lighter shading. 



Margaret de Layes. Immense, large, snowy-white flowers. 



Dazzler Improved. Brilliant scarlet, with a large, white eye. 



Bennie Constant. Immense orange -scarlet flowers, large, white eye. 



Master Christine. Improved; a splendid, deep, lovely rose, with a 

 distinct white blotch at the base of the upper petals. 

 Each 10c; dozen $1.00; cuttings, dozen 40c. 



