Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 125 



ZONALE GERANIUMS— General Collection. 



Wc offer here a carefully revised list of the numerous sorts in culti- 

 vation ; as a rule the scarlet varieties will stand our hot summers better 

 than the white, pink, and salmon-colored varieties, which latter will 

 most generally be found to improve in a partially shady situation. 



Tp^M^ To grow Geraniums, or in fact any other plant, it is essential to 

 their success to have a good fresh loamy soil ; no amount of manuring 

 will compensate for a lack of this requisite. Every cultivator should 

 have a compost heap made up of sods and well-rotted cow manure, with 

 which to renew the beds. See directions for Verbenas. The following 

 selection is grown in quantity for bedding. Price 20 cts.; $2.00 per 

 dozen. Extra showy plants can be furnished after April 1, in 4 and 5 

 inch pots. 30 cts.; $3.00 per dozen. 

 ADAM KOCK. Fiery scarlet; immense truss, more compact than 



" General Grant." 

 ALBERT MEMORIAL. Large scarlet, fine form. 

 AMARANTH. Violet pink ; a new shade. 

 ARTHUR PEARSON. Fine magenta violet; very large pips. 

 BICOLOR. Salmon, broad white margin. 

 BLUE BELL. A peculiar shade of bluish pink. 

 CHRISTINE NILSSON. Very large, salmon pink, bedding variety. 

 CIRCULATOR. Fine rosy scarlet ; trusses immense. 

 COMTE DE COURMONT. The best orange scarlet bedder. 

 CORSAIR. Very large, bright scarlet, fine form. 



C YCLOPE. Purplish crimson, extra ; a first-class variety in every way. 

 Dr. ANDRY. The finest salmon bedder. 

 ELSTERNIXE. Salmon, striped with white. 

 GEO. \i . EARL. Large, pure white, rose centre. 

 GENERAL GRANT. Dazzling scarlet ; enormous truss. 

 GIANT. Salmon carmine ; bushy growth, an extra vigorous bedder. 

 HARRY KING. Dazzling scarlet ; white eye, splendid bedder. 

 JEAN SISLEY. Rich shade of scarlet, white eye. 

 LE PERE HYACINTH. Very large ; orange scarlet. 

 LUCIUS. Salmon scarlet ; extra bedder. 



MAD. DOM AGE. Dark scarlet ; splendid, a first-class bedder. 

 MAD. VAUCHER. Fine pure white. 

 MARGINATA. Pure white, rosy margin. 



MASTER CHRISTINE. The best pure pink bedding geranium. 

 MASTER HARRY. Orange scarlet pips of the largest size. 

 MRS. SMITH Salmon, tipped with white. 

 MR. MELLOWS. Fine crimson. 

 PURITY. Pure white. 

 PURPLE PRINCE. Fine purple. 

 REINE BLANCH. Pure Avhite, pale rose centre. 

 RESPENDENT. Light scarlet. 



DOUBLE-FLOWERED ZONALE GERANIUMS. 



The past hot and dry season has again proven that double Geraniums 

 are suited to our climate, if a proper selection be made. We have again 

 revised our list, rejecting all that have not proven first-class in growth, 

 flowering, etc. They require a good deep rich soil, prepared the same 

 as for the Zonale varieties. Price 30 cts. ; $3 per doz. Large show 

 plants in May and June, 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 

 ADMIRATION Double pink ; similar to " Mad. Lemoine." 

 ALBA PLENA. White : this has done well in some sections. 

 ALINE SISLEY. Double white, shading to pink during the summer's 

 heat ; a splendid bedder and very floriferous. 



