OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 9 



Per plan'. 



*Duchess of Bedford. One of the most useful and charming of this highly decorative 



section of Pelargoniums. Its blossoms are of the purest white, prettily fringed, 



with a feathered spot of delicate rose in the upper petals. It* habit is dwarf and 



compact, and the flowers are produced with the greatest redundancy. Added to 



other qualities, this is one of the best of the early-blooming varieties 75 



Mrs. John Saul. — (Colored Plate in 1878.) This beautiful flower, which originated in 

 our establishment, we consider one of the very best in cultivation. It belongs to 

 the new class of "Kegal" or " Fringed " Pelargoniums. The habit is compact 

 and very free flowering, producing large trusses of charming flowers. The color 

 is a rich'glowing vermilion, with light centre and light margin to the petals. AVe 



feel much pleasure in offering this splendid flower 50 



Dr. Masters. A splendid variety. It is of dwarf sturdy habit, the trusses, which are 

 large and in great profusion ; it is semi-double, the upper petals having large black 

 blotches in the centre, with a narrow margin of rich crimson, the lower petals 



having a smaller blotch, with a broader margin of the same color as the upper 50 



Triomphe de St. Maude. One of the best high colored varieties in cultivation. The 

 habit close and short-jointed ; it is profuse of bloom, and the flowers are large and 

 of massive substance. Triomphe de St. Maude is a fine conservatory plant, while 



it is a telling exhibition variety 50 



Le 20 Fevrier. In the style of that lovely flower, Prince of Pelargoniums ; color 

 brilliant orange vermilion, blotched with maroon on upper petals, lower petals 



light color, nicely fringed, a magnificent variety 50 



Madame Evrard. 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 50 



* 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 1 00 



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 "... 50 



Queen Victoria. To say that this is handsome conveys but an inadequate idea of it, for 

 it is the most marvellously beautiful and novel variety ever offered. The flowers 

 have peculiarly crispy petals; they are not really double, but from their fulness of 

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

 rich vermilion, all the petals broadly margmed 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 color. 50 

 -Prince of .Novelties. This is a double flower, combining novelty and beauty, the 

 usual upper and lower petals of unequal outline are transformed into a fiat, circular 

 ray of equalized petals, flower and truss large, the ground color is a brilliant car- 

 mine tinted crimson, with a blush white margin, each petal being marked at the 



base with a rich dark crimson blotch 50 



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



a very desirable variety 50 



PELARGOXIUJIS.—Neiv Varieties with Fringed and 



Striped Petals. 



*" Queen of Stripes," (new.) The flowers are of good outline and substance, well ex- 

 panded, petals or flower lobes overlapping, ground 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. 

 A charming plant 1 00 



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

 upper petals; compact habit, free flowering. An exceedinglv chaste and lovelv 

 flower .. 5i"> 



Cri=piuora. 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 ; 

 quite a florist's plant 50 



