GENERAL COLLECTION. 



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Double (Geraniums. 



The new varieties of the Double, or rather Semi-Double Geraniums, have now 

 nearly all the compact habits and free flowering qualities of the single, with the 

 advantage of their double flowers, being well adapted for bouquet purposes. Our 

 collection embraces every variety worth cultivating, having been culled of all 

 inferior sorts. 



Anna Monde. Dark pink ; fine habit. 



Blanc Parfait. Snow white. 



Candidissima Plena. Pure white. 



Col. Flatters. Crimson magenta. 



Double Gen. Grant. Brilliant scarlet. 



Double Striped Vesuvius. 



De Brazza. Deep scarlet. 



Gustave Wideman. Eich deep salmon. 



Gen. Saussier. Salmon. 



Gloire de France. Bright salmon. 



Jennie Dolfus. Purplish red. 



J. C. Rowland. White and salmon. 



Lena Woods. Dazzling scarlet. 



La Pilot. Deep scarlet ; splendid bedder. 

 Mrs. E. G. Hill. Flesh color, tinged pink. 

 Mrs. Cope. Bich carmine red. 

 M. Hardy. Very light pink. 

 Naomi. Dark pink ; fine bedder. 

 Peter Henderson. Vivid scarlet. 

 Phallas. A rich apricot orange. 

 Pride of the Market. Bich crimson. 

 Queen of the Fairies. Bich flesh. 

 Sunlight. Apricot, shaded orange. 

 Sergeant Bobilot. Beautiful claret rose. 

 Umberto. Vivid orange scarlet. 

 10 cts. each ; set of 25 for S2.25. 



FUCHSIA, PHENOMENA!.. 



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For new varieties of Geraniums, see page 124. 



Below will be found a list comprising old standard varieties and embracing 

 many of the newer and finer sorts. All inferior kinds rejected. 



Aug. Wurtemburg. Bright scarlet; 



large truss. 

 Albion. Pure white. 

 Anna Scott. Orange scarlet. 

 Beauty. Salmon and white. 

 Christopher Columbus. Crimson. 

 Coquette de Suresne. White blotched 



salmon. 

 Erckman Chatrain. Brilliant violet 



crimson. 

 Gen. Grant. The finest scarlet bedding 



variety. 

 Gen. Sheridan. Bright scarlet. 

 Guinea. Orange saffron. 

 Hebe. Dark pink. 

 Jean Sisley. Very bright scarlet. 

 Kate Patterson. Deepest salmon. 



FUdH^IA0. — ^Biiefal Collection. 



We name below the very finest of the old and new 

 -varieties, embracing all the various shades of color 

 to be found in this popular class of plants. The 

 letter D or <S placed after each variety indicates 

 whether it has a double or single corolla. 

 Phenomenal. This is the variety shown in the 



above engraving; deep plum color; full and 



double ; largest size, 20 cts. each. 

 Speciosa. 'Corolla orange scarlet, sepals white. &. 

 Beacon. Corolla a deep carmine, sepals scarlet. S. 

 Storm King. Corolla pure white ; very free. D. 

 Black Prince. Tube and sepals waxy carmine. 

 7os. Rosain. Double ; dark plum color. D. 

 M»s. Marshall. Corolla carmine, sepals white. 

 Le Negre. Violet corolla, sepal crimson. D. 

 Brilliant. Corolla carmine, sepals white. S. 

 Electra. White corolla, scarlet sepals. S. 

 Elm City. Purple corolla, scarlet sepals. D. 

 "Wave of Life. Violet corolla, crimson sepals. S. 

 Snow Fairy. White corolla, crimson sepals. D. 



10c. each, except where noted ; set of 13 for $1.25, 



These are the grandest of all house plants, or for baskets or vases 

 on verandas in the open air ; they are of the easiest growth, and 

 can be trained in one season on a trellis from two to six feet high 

 and wide as desired, or can be grown to droop as shown in the en- 

 graving (see "Joan of Arc," page 113), being covered from January 

 to October with a profusion of large trusses of double flowers, pre- 

 senting nearly every shade to be found in Geraniums. 

 Joan of Arc. The flowers are perfectly double, white as snow, and 



literally cover the plant when in full bloom. The foliage is extremely handsome, 



the dense glossy green leaves making a most effective background for the great 



clusters of snow white flowers. (-See cut, page 113J 

 La Rosiere. Immense trusses of large, 



full and well formed flowers, of a rich, 



warm, salmon pink color ; surpasses in 



beauty all the colored varieties. 

 M. de Lesseps. Color, a beautiful shade 



of masenta rose. 



Mrs. Geo. Smith. Salmon, shaded flesh 



color. 

 Master Christine. Bright, deep pink. 

 New Life. Striped scarlet and white. 

 Pauline Lucca. Pure white. 

 Pliny. Bright carmine. 

 Queen Olga. Cerise pink; very fine 



bedder. 

 Rev. Mr. Atkinson. Very dark crimson. 

 Richard Dean. Very bright scarlet; 



white eye. 

 Robert George. Light scarlet. 

 Seminole. Cherry red. 

 Sir John Moore. Vivid scarlet, large 



white eye. 

 Tentamarre. Bright cherry. 



10 cts each ; set of 25 for $2.25. 



Abel Carriere. Currant red. 



De Brazza. Bosy salmon ; distinct. 



Horace Choisel. Glowing salmon pink, Rk 



Mme. Thibaut. Very rich, deep rose, fw 



La Printemps. Clear salmon. 



Eden Marchii. Beautiful salmon pink, H 





30 cts. each ; set of 9, including " Joan of Arc " (see cut, page 113), for $2.50. 



GERANIUMS. 



The Fuchsias you sent arrived all right and in fine condition. Please accept thanks for the extra plants sent; you have done more than you promised.— 

 T. P. BrssEU., Turnerville, Conn., April 8th, 1889. 



