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BEDDING PLANTS— Continued 



Geraniums 



The list offered below includes the cream of the bedding kinds and are selected from an extensive collection as the 

 best for this purpose. 



NEW VARIETIES 



American Beauty. Semi-double, of the purest American 

 Beauty color. It is so distinct that no difference can be 

 detected in the color of an American Beauty Rose. The 

 only Geranium of its color ever introduced. It flowers 

 freely the entire season. It grows compact, medium 

 dwarf, of stately shape, with lustrous green foUage, shghtly 

 corrugated with a brownish circle. It produces gigantic 

 flower heads very freely the entire season. We claim it to 

 have larger flower heads than any other variety of its kind. 

 The individual blooms measure 2^ inches across and 

 have as many as eight fully opened, gigantic flower spikes 

 and several half open and more in bud in eight-inch pots. 

 '25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Helen Michell. Semi-double, of the clearest possible shade 

 of scarlet. Is early in bloom and flowers very freely during 

 the entii'e season. It grows compact, medium dwarf, with 

 lustrous green foliage and throws up gigantic flower heads 

 very freely. We claim it to have the largest flower heads 

 of any of the bedding Geraniums. The individual blooms 

 measure two and one-half inches across. It is a common 

 occurrence that a single four-inch pot plant shows four fully 

 open gigantic flower spikes, several half open and more in 

 bud. To compare it with some of the best known com- 

 mercial scarlet varieties, will simply state that it is, in the 

 opinion of experts, a decided improvement on Alphonse 

 Ricard, for years the best scarlet variety. 

 25c. each, .$2.50 per doz. 



Paul Crampel. Single flower; a dazzling shade of vermihon 

 scarlet. Deep, rich green, distinctly zoned foliage; vigorous 



S, A. Nutt 



Helen Michell 



but compact in habit and extremely free. One of the most 

 striking and effective bedders we have. 



25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 

 Scarlet Bedder. A new bedding variety of great merit. 

 Bright scarlet in color and very free flowering. May be 

 described as a brighter and more compact counterpart of 

 S. A. Nutt. 



25c. each, .$2.50 per doz. 



OLDER VARIETIES 



RED 



Alice Raymond. Double, light red flower, with lighter 

 eye at the center. Excellent variety. 



Alphonse Ricard. Bright vermilion scarlet, large florets 

 and immense trusses. Without doubt the finest bedding 

 vai'iety in its color. 



Edmond Blanc. One of the most handsome and brilliant 

 Geraniums in the cerise shade. The color is bright carmine, 

 shaded around the white eye and on upper petals with bright 

 scarlet. Flowers are perfectly formed, borne in large 

 trusses, blooming freely the entire season; attractive and 

 beautiful bedder, having a strong constitution. 



Marvel. Very strong in growth; an excellent bedding va- 

 riety. Deep red in color. Flowers very double. 



S. A. Nutt. Considered to be one of the best dark red 

 Geraniums and is more generally used both as a pot plant 

 and for bedding than any other kind. The color is a 

 handsome, dark velvety scarlet, with maroon shading; 

 a vigorous, compact grower, with a clean, healthy constitu- 

 tion. 



