PELARGONIUM OR GERANIUM. 



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thoroughly pruned when set out in the spring, 

 and will make as fine bedding-out plants, as those 

 which have been growing through the winter. 



There are a host of named varieties of Geraniums 

 and the number is constantly increasing ; it is 

 therefore useless to attempt an extended list. A 

 few w T hich are known to be fine are given below ; 

 there are hundreds of others which equal or excel 

 them. 



VARIETIES OF ZONALES CULTIVATED FOR FLOWERS. 



Scarlet. General Grant ; King of Scarlets ; Jean Sisley, white eye ; 

 Father Ignatius ; Sir John Moore. 



Salmon. Bertha Fouche ; Md. Soussett, shaded white ; Prince of 

 Wales, tipped white ; Amelia Grisseau, margined white ; Chas 

 Reust, shaded white; Mrs. Geo. Smith ; Aurantia Striata. 



Pink. King of Pinks, deep pink; Queen of Pinks, pale pink; 

 Master Christine ; Maid of Kent ; Md. De Bertrand. 



White. Theresa, carmine eye ; Snowflake, pure white ; Md. 

 Wherle, pink eye, a favorite ; Emily Vauchier, red anthers. 



VARIETIES OF DOUBLE ZONALE GERANIUMS. 



Scarlet. Jewell, L'Annee Terrible, Asteroid, Andrew Henderson, 

 Lativouia, La Promise, La Vesuve, Princess Teck, Victor Le- 

 moine. 



Crimson. Refulgens, La Vengeur, Le Xegre, Emilio Castelar. 

 Pink. Basalisk, Admiration, Emily Lemoine, Marie Lemoine. 

 White. Aline Sisley, tinged carmine ; George Sand an improve- 

 ment on Aline Sisley and the nearest approach to white. 



GERANIUMS CULTIVATED FOR FOLIAGE. 



Black Douglas, foliage yellow marked with a broad chocolate 

 zone much resembling Pres. McMahon in its coloring, but its 

 flowers are bright pink rendering it quite distinct. 



Distinction, a new variety, marked near the edge of the leaf with 

 a very narrow zone of deep black. 



