OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 7 



Each. 



Madame Evard. A most distinct variety ; the flowers are very full, with beautiful 

 crispy petals of an exceedingly bright purplish crimson color, richly spotted with 

 dark maroon $0 •SO 



*Madame Thibaut. White, richly blotched and marbled with rose ; the upper petals 

 marked with crimson maroon ; large white centre ; immense trusses of very large 

 fine'flowers, with undulated petals 75 



M. Ph. Zeller. A distinct and showy variety, producing very large and full flowers, of 

 a rich fiery crimson color, bordered with rose and spotted with very dark blackish 

 red 0^50 



Queen Victoria. This is the handsomest variety ever offered. The flowers have 

 peculiarly crispy petals ; they are not really double, but from their fullness of form 

 and extra number of petals have the appearance of being so. The color is a rich 

 vermilion, all the petals broadly margined with pure white, and the upper ones 

 blotched with maroon 50 



Striata Elegans. This is one of the large flowered exhibition group of Pelargoniums. 

 The flowers are a magenta rose, being flaked or barred with elegant blue mauve, 

 the top petals have a black feather-like plume, unique in its combination of colors, 50 



Theophrasta. A very beautiful Pelargonium, flowers double crimson, freely produced ; 



a very desirable variety » 50 



PELARGONIUMS.— New Varieties with Fringed and 



Striped Petals. 



*Queen of Stripes. The flowers are of good outline and substance, petals overlapping, 

 color elegant blush white, the petals being finely striped or barred with brilliant 

 carmine-rose, each of the upper ones being marked with crimson lines surmounted 

 with an intense crimson blotch 50 



Gloria Patriae. Color purest white — nearly all white, with a few veins of crimson on 

 upper petals ; compact habit, free flowering. An exceedingly chaste and lovely 

 flower 50 



Crispiflora. White, with rose blotches shaded lilac and blue, and beautifully fringed, 



a lovely variety in the style of Dr. Andre, early and profuse bloomer, fine habit.... 50 



Lapis Lazuli. Another of those beautiful frilled French Pelargoniums; color blush 

 white with scarlet belted blotched, elegantly frilled like Dr. Andre, equally beauti- 

 ful with the others described, neat habit, early and profuse bloomer 50 



*Lucie Lemoine. A chaste and beautiful new flower, grand umbels of purest white 

 flowers, perfect form and shape, fine, compact, vigorous habit. This magnificent 

 and distinct flower will be extensively grown 50 



Mad. Yibert. Fine black maroon blotches, bordered fiery red, the flower entirely 



edged with rose, vigorous grower, fine habit and free bloomer; a grand flower 50 



*Marie Lemoine. A very beautiful variety, large truss and flower, color white, beau- 

 tifully fringed; in the way of Empereur des Pelargoniums, but of much finer form 

 and greater substance; extra fine 50 



*Miss Teresa M. Saul, (Saul). In habit similar to our two preceding, and of free 

 growth and profuse flower ; beautiful trusses. Color upper petals orange ver- 

 milion, with dark blotch ; lower petals lighter shade, centre white. The colors of 

 this fine variety are exceedingly bright and distinct 50 



*Mrs. Potten. This is a charming variety; habit good and compact, trusses large, 

 finely formed; color purest white, with very dark blotches, deceived a first-class 

 certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society of London 50 



Prince of Pelargoniums. This most beautiful variety resembles in its style the well- 

 known Dr. Andre, by its elegantly fringed margin and equally large flowers, but 

 exceeds it in effect in being a brilliant vermilion scarlet ground finely relieved by a 

 blush white centre with violet veins, and flushed with rich crimson on the upper 

 flower lobes 40 



*Plutus. Very fine free habit, trusses enormous, color a violet rose, heavily blotched 



on all petals; beautiful form. A showy flower 50 



Princess of Wales. Very handsome, with elegant frilled petal margins, in the style of 

 Dr. Andre, flower trusses large size, ground color pure blush, each petal alike 

 marked with a rich dark velvet crimson scarlet margined blotch. This is unques- 

 tionably one of the most beautiful flowers ever raised 40 



Star of the East. Very fine, resembling the Princess of Wales; it is equally free and 

 compact in growth, but with larger flowers, of pure white ground. The petals are 

 elegantly fringed, the upper ones marked with a rich crimson spot, and the under 

 ones elegantly pencilled with violet colored lines 50 



