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THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, N. /. 



SHOW GERANIUMS. 



Coper nic. Single. Bright rosy-peach shading to 

 light pink edged with white and a distinct eye. The 

 petals are distinctly veined carmine and are silvery 

 rose upon the reverse side. Florets large, perfectly 

 round in large flat trusses; very dwarf, a constant and 

 free bloomer. A wonderfully showy and attractive 

 variety, the flowers equalling the best Pelargoniums, 

 and sells more quickly than any other except Mad. 

 Bruant. Ea., 10c; doz., $1.00. 



JEROME. A distinct color difficult to describe, being a 

 blending of cherry with wine color — both unique and 

 handsome. Florets double, of good size, in large, full 

 trusses. A superb grower, of compact habit and a 

 most profuse bloomer. A splendid bedder, as well as a 

 variety that sells on sight as a pot plant. Ea., 10c; 

 doz., $1.00. 



M. Poinier. See under Best Twelve Single. 



New Life. Single. Fine flowers of medium size, 

 round petals of brilliant red striped with white; plant 

 robust and free-flowering. Ea., 10c; doz., $1.00. 



Double New Life. Of wondrous beauty, very showy and 

 effective. The outer petals are large and of a hand- 

 some bright red with semi- double florets in the centre 

 of pure white, presenting a most delightful contrast. 

 The plant is exceedingly free- flowering and the flowers 

 are borne on tall, stout footstalks. Ea., 15c; doz., $1.50. 



William Pfitzer. Peculiar and distinct in color and 

 wonderfully attractive, being bright apricot with the 

 petals edged with white. Large truss and flower, a pro- 

 fuse bloomer and very valuable either as a bedder or 

 as a pot plant. 



PHYSRLIS FftfNCHETTI. 



FANCY-LEAVED GERANIUMS* 



Mad. Salleroi. Bright green, round leaves, distinctly 

 edged with white. The small leaves are produced in a 

 tufted mass and endure the sun well. Very valuable, 

 especially for forming borders. Ea., 6c; doz., 60c; 

 100, $4.00. 



Mountain ol Snow. Bright green foliage broadly mar- 

 gined with silvery-whit*}. Bright scarlet flowers, held 

 well above the foliage. Well known and justly popu- 

 lar. Ea., 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



IVY GERANIUMS. 



Ea., 10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00. 



Beauty Of Castle Hill. Flowers very large, open truss, 

 semi-double', rose-pink with darker blotch on upper 

 petals. 



Chas. Monselet. Very full flowers, brilliant red upper 

 petals beautifully marked; fine large truss. 



Galilee. Light rosy-pink flowers veined with lilac; 

 large, compact truss. A good grower and free bloomre. 



Gen, Championnet. A grand, pure scarlet; florets of 

 beautiful rose form; very large, regular' and very dou- 

 ble: profuse bloomer. 



Joan of Arc. Trusses very large, flowers double, the 

 nearest approach to pure white in this family. A con- 

 stant and free bloomer. 



L'Elegant. Very desirable for its variegated foliage, 

 which is of a bright, glossy green, banded with creamy- 

 white; flowers white; profuse. 



Ryecroft Surprise. Bright rosy-pink, of a lovely and 

 distinct shade; large, full truss, large, semi-double flow- 

 ers. Vigorous grower, roundish, deep green foliage. 



SOUV. CHAS. TURNER. The best and handsomest 

 Ivy Geranium yet produced. Florets 2^ inches across 

 in trusses six inches in diameter. Semi-double; pure 

 carmine of the brightest imaginable shade, blotched 

 with maroon on upper petals. Succeeds well in the 

 open ground and blooms freely everywhere. 



CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. 



A Most Ornamental Window and Garden Plant and a 

 Delicious Fruit. 



"A most magnificent plant for the garden during 

 summer, or for pots both summer and winter, and a 

 useful fruit. Not in years has so unique and novel a 

 plant been introduced, or one which combines so thor- 

 oughly great beauty and usefulness. Its good qualities 

 are : 



1st. Treated like a Geranium it grows and fruits 

 freely from seed the first season, yet the plants are per- 

 ennial and perfectly hardy in the open ground, or may 

 be wintered in the cellar or grown in pots as a window 

 plant. When in fruit during early fall and winter it is 

 a superb pot plant. 



2nd. The plant produces numerous large white flow- 

 ers, which are followed by large, inflated husks, much 

 the shape of Chinese lanterns, at first a beautiful green 

 color, changing to a yellowish hue and then to brightest 

 scarlet, and as they hang suspended among the green 

 foliage they present a most novel and strikingly beau- 

 tiful appearance. Autumn frosts do not injure foliage 

 or fruit, and it is a showy plant long after all others 

 are killed. 



3rd. In these husks or "lanterns" a fruit is borne 

 much like a Winter Cherry, except that in color it is a 

 deep ruby-red and is in everv way superior to the Win- 

 ter Cherry, either for cooking, preserving or eatmg 

 raw, and keeps well into the winter. 



4th. Branches of "lanterns" cut and dried retain 

 their rich and brilliant color, and make most beautiful 

 winter bouquets when used with dried grasses or leaves. 



The plant grows from X% to 2 feet iu height, clothed 

 with luxuriant folia-re, among which is suspended an 

 abundance of bright "lanterns" all the time. An ele- 

 gant pot or garden plant, and one which we can 

 strongly recommend. It is in many particulars the 

 most unique plant we know. We can supply both seed 

 and strong plants. The plants will bloom and fruit at 

 once." 



See illustration and comments, page 26 

 SEED. 10c per pkt. : 3 pkts. for 25c. PLANTS. 15c. 

 each: 3 for 30c; 12 tor $1.00; 100 for $5.00. 



