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New *^Bird^s-Egg*' GERANIUMS. 



The distinctive characteristic of this race is the 

 number of dots on the petals, hence the title. 



Single Varieties. 

 Bandalaire. Clear rose, white center, crimson dots. 

 Bobolink. Rosy-flesh, dotted with brilliant carmine. 

 Daumier. Soft rosy-lilac; rosy-aniline dots. 

 Skylark. Snow-white, dotted with rosy-carmine. 

 Theophile Gautier. Carmine and white, deep carmine 



dots. 



Double Varieties. 

 Carbeaux. Flesh-white with carmine dots. 

 David d' Angers. Bright pink, dotted with carmine'. 

 Rosamond. Deep rose, dotted carmine. 



Price for the New "Bird's-Egg" Geraniums, 25c. 

 each, set of 8 "Bird's-Egg" Geraniums for SI. 75. 



Double Ivy-Leaved GERANIUMS. 



These are the grandest of all house plants, or for baskets 

 or vases ; they can be grown to droop or climb, as desired. 

 Achievement. Pure rose with white eye. 

 Beauty of Castle Hill. Beautiful rose, blotched claret. 

 Centenaire. Brilliant red-solferino ; immense size. 

 Chas. Monselet. Fiery-red; upper petals beautifully 



marked. 

 Comtesse Horace de Choiseul. Bright salmon-pink. 

 Gen. Championnet. Grand scarlet, beautiful form. 

 Joan of Arc. The flowers are perfectly double, white 



as snow. 

 Mrs. J. G. Day. Intense shade of rosy-crimson^ rich 

 and glowing. Long stems, fine habit and truss. 

 Ryecroft Surprise. Clear bright rose, with maroon blotches. > 



Souvenir de Chas. Turner. Deep pink, feathered maroon on ugper 



petals, individual florets 2^ to 3 inches across. 

 The Bride. Pure white, shading to blush in dark weather. , - 

 Price for the above, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— 11 Ivy-leaved Geraniums for §1.50. .. 



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Double Red 



SILVER-LEAVED 

 GERANIUM 



Madame Languth. 





A bed on our grounds (see cut) attracted the admiration of every one 

 last season. Bright cherry-red flowers, foliage distinctly variegated pure 

 white on a green ground. Grows splendidly and blooms profusely. Price, 

 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 



=HYBRID GERANIUM ALLIANCE. 



flowers 



An exquisitely beautiful novelty, a cross between an Ivy and a Zonal Geranium 

 and containing all the best points of both parents. The flowers are large semi double 

 and produced in fine trusses. The color is an exquisite shade of pale lilac pmk the 

 upper petals feathered and blotched rich crimson maroon ; distinct and pleasing foliage 

 light green with heavy zone of darker green ; certainly a magnihcent and bti ikmg 

 variety. {See cut.) Price, 75c. each, $7.50 per doz. 



NEWER DOUBLE AND SINGLE GERANIUMS. 



Guitare. Very fine trusses of large semi-double 

 shading to white at the edges. (Double.) 



Idole. One of the most beautiful of double 

 fancies; color, snow-white and pure pink of 

 the brightest, clearest tints. (Double.) 



Peter Henderson. Trusses enormous; flowers 

 semi-double, flat and broad; "a resplendent 

 red-bedder," says M. Bruant, who raised it and 

 named it. We "doubt if it will ever be sur- 

 passed in its color. 



Princess Olga Altieri. Extremely large, semi- 

 double florets in a very showy truss; center, 

 tender rose, brighter at the edges. (Double.) 



Sesostris. A beautiful fancy double, rosy-car- 

 mine in color, marbled in white; a nice strong 

 grower with large florets. (Double.) 



Trego. A grand red variety; it promises to 

 eclipse all the double varieties for bedding. 



Perle Precieuse. {Single.) A distinct white eye 

 shading into a rosy-cerise aureole. 



Qui Vive. {Single.) Magnificent truss, color un- 

 approachable, orange-scarlet, very intense. 



Voi Ldctee. {Single.) A compact grower; large 

 trusses, pure white. 



Price, 20c, each, $2.00. per doz. 



