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EVERY WOMAN HER OWN FLOWER GARDENER. 



green leaves, margined with white. Beautiful for rock work, but will 

 not endure the winter of the Northern States. 



I cannot close a chapter on Variegated Plants, without mention 

 of the 



Golden Bronze and the Silver Margined Geraniums, 



This class form most beautiful groups or beds, yery eflfective either on 

 the lawn or in the garden. 



Mrs. Pollock is one of the best known of these varieties, but Lady 

 Cullum surpasses it in the beauty of its zone. 



Sir Eobert Napier is said to jDossess the handsomest coloring of all. 

 Its zone is deeply indented with brilliant scarlet ; flowers flesh colored. 



Sophie Dumaresque has a dark crimson zone, with broad yellow 

 margin. 



Black Prince, dark bronze zone, on a yellow ground. 

 Beauty of Oulton, broad yellow leaf, with a wide bronze zone. 

 Bronze Queen, yellowish bronze, with a dark chocolate zone; con- 

 trasts perfectly with the silver-edged varieties. 



Southern Belle, golden yellow ground, brilliant crimson zone. 

 E. G-. Henderson, light yellow ground, fine dark bronzy zone. 

 Beauty of Calderdale, reddish brown zone on a golden green ground. 

 Crystal Palace Gem, golden margin, green center. 

 Perilla, broad dark zone. 



Queen Victoria, rich maroon zone, golden yellow margin. 



Silver Margined Geraniums, 

 Cherub, silver margined, carmine zone, dwarf. 



Burning Bush, sulphur white, with bronze zone of rosy crimson tint. 

 Beauty of Guestwick, zone bronze and rosy carmine, creamy white 

 margin. 



Castlemilk, pea-green center, well defined white edge, the whitest of 

 its class. 



Countess of Warwick, broad white margin, zone dark bronze, banded 

 with pink. 



May Queen, fine broad silver edge. 

 Kenilworth, white margin, rich crimson zone. 

 Mt. of Snow, pure white, broad edge. 

 Eainbow, silvery white margin, red zone. * 

 Snow Storm, fine white edge. 



