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 GERANIUMS. 



Price, 10 cents each. 



J. J. HARRISON. Of all 



the new Geraniums intro- 

 duced the last five years, this 

 is the premier vanety. The 

 enormous truss, the size and 

 beauty of their, dividualflow- 

 er, its plowing color, the 

 sturdy habit and magnificent 

 growth, make it rank first of 

 all in bedding Geraniums. 

 M. Bruanl, the grower, has 

 given us a great many good 

 varieties, and this variety far 

 excels them all. Its brilliant 

 scarlet flowers make it a no- 

 ticeable feature in any col- 

 lection. 



COLOSSUS. Floret quite 

 circular, semi -double two 

 and a half inches in diame- 

 ter, truss also fine. The col- 

 or is very beautiful, a rich 

 shade of rosy-crimson. Very 

 reein bloom. One of the very largest and finest among the 

 double reds. 



ALPHONSE RICARD. A strong grower, dwarf and branch- 

 ing, and producing flowers in great masses. Both floret and 

 truss are of enormous size, single or sliehtly doubled, and col- 

 or a brilliant shade of orange-red. M. Bruant recommends 

 this in the highest terms as a bedder. 



CONTRASTE. Kach year Geraniums grow more beautiful. 

 Among the most beautiful of new double Geraniums is Con- 

 traste. The flowers and trusses are very large. Lower petals 

 orange and carmine, upper petals clear orange, making a strik- 

 ing contrast of colors that is beautiful. 



SIR WALTER SCOTT. Color a beautiful vinous-rose, with 

 distinct white center. This variety produces fine individual 

 florets, which, combined with its other good qualities, makes it a 

 valuable Geranium. This variety supersedes Sergeant Bobil- 

 lett, being a much finer Geranium. 



CENTAUR. A distinci new Geranium of the large-flowered 

 Bruant race, producing very large, semi-double flowers of the 

 most beautiful and unique form. Its colorings are simply with- 

 out an equal, a soft, tender rose, with violet shadings. Entirely 

 distinct from any other variety in coloring. 



WHITE SWAN. In White Swan I have one of the finest 

 double white Geraniums ever introduced, and unlike other doub- 

 le white Geraniums, it is suitable for bedding, and flowers as 

 profusely as the best single varieties. They are borne in large 

 trusses and are spotless snowy-white, retaining their pure white- 

 ness even in the heat of Summer. 



ROSE BUD. As double as a Tuberose, and the only Gerani- 

 um in the world that makes beautiful buds. It is truly a wonder 

 in the Geranium family. A Geranium of excellent merit and 

 substance. 



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MADONNA. A magnifi- 

 cent bedaing variety. 

 Trusses are of extraordi- 

 nary size, of almost Pansy 

 _ form. The color is a soft, 

 "fff^ ■** ^v-c-v-% * At* ^) light pink, a beautiful and 

 IIOLI-ITIIkIL * distinct shade. This va- 

 il^ •* ^^ ' ' **Vr' V o) riety has been universally 

 (• admired by all who have 

 •) seen it in flower. A variety 

 (i that will probably never 

 •) be equaled. 



2 WHITE LADY. Abso- 



9 lutely perfect as a bedding 



*? variety, never burns, is of 



9 dwarf, compact habit, and 



*? in freedom of bloom is su- 



*-) perior to all whites, and 



(? equal to the best scarlet 



*J bedders. It is away ahead 



Set 



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SINGLE 



GERANIUMS. 



Price, 10 cents each. 



-,-,-.->? °f a " others, and fill 

 ^ long-felt want in ; 



white 

 bedder, 



SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE. The greatest novelty in new 

 Geraniums that has appeared for a number of years is un- 

 doubtedly Souvenir de Mirande. It is entirely distinct from 

 any other variety grown, and is quite different from theusual 

 inn ked varieties that have from time to time made their ap- 

 pearance. It has round florets, upper petals cream-white, 

 with a distinct rosy-pink border, lower petals salmon-rose, 

 streaked pure lilac. A most novel color. It is extremelv 

 free-flowering, and produces fine trusses of magnificent 

 blooms. Mr. John Thorpe says it has made a leap of a de- 

 cade in its advent. 



BLANCHE MOULAS. The color is a very light salmon . 

 edged about the petals with pure white. This is the finest of 

 trie lighter Bruants, and a great improvement on any other ot 

 this shade. 



AURORA BOREALE. Extra large flowers of most beautiful 

 orange-scarlet. Fine tor massing, and one of the showiest and 

 finest of the whole Bruant race, and makes a fine addition to any 

 collection. 



M. POIRIER. Another magnificent variety that received a 

 first-class certificate at the Royal Horticultural Society. Trusses 

 of enormous size, beautiful carmine-violet color, upper petals 

 ma' ked with rich violet. Exceedingly free-blooming variety. 



GERANIUM, BLANCHE MOULAS 



COPERNIC. Florets perfectly round, a lively, beautiful shade 

 of rosy-caruiiue, changing to a bright salmon at the base of the 

 petals, with small, white eye. Very large truss of florets on long 

 foot-stalks. A veiy noticeable color, and quite distinct. An ex- 

 cellent variety. 



LANSDOWNE. A soft, deep scarlet, florets large and round 

 and formed into large trusses, borne with the greatest of free- 

 dom. An ideal bedder, producing a mass of soft, brilliant color, 

 well above the foliage, which is a light, bright green. This va- 

 riety should be in every collection. 



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