ELLIS BROTBEBS’ CATALOGUE. 
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Mme. Rozain. Purest white. M. Rozain, the celebrated raiser, has named this 
variety for his wife, and pronounces it the superior of all other double w’hites. Size 
of floret and truss and freedom all seem perfect. Price 35 <fts. 
Mme. Hoste. Rich crimson lake at the edge of the petals, shading to ro.sy car- 
mine towards the center, with startling white blotches on the upper petals ; the color 
scheme is extraordinary, and the size and circular form are of the finest; one of the 
grandest of the English show type. Extra for house culture. Price, 25 dts. 
Vera Vend. Plant of finest habit, large trusses ; flowers semi-double, very open, 
with large petals, the borders of which are rosy orange; large center, striped with 
white, and delicately marbled and striped with rosy orange-carmine; all the petals 
bordered with orange-carmine, the center brightened with an aureole of bright orange. 
A very distinct and charming variety. Price 40 dls. 
Francis Perkins. This we consider the finest bright pink bedding Geranium to 
date for our climate. The plant is a strong, vigorous grower and a prolific bloomer; 
flowers are perfect in form and are borne well above the foliage on long footstalks; 
color a clear bright pink. It stands the sun admirably, and for massing there is 
nothing that equals it in its color. Semi-double. Price 15 dls. 
Mme. Jules Chretien (single). Florets full two inches across, perfectly circular 
and extremely showy. It is the largest, finest and most showy fancy Geranium that 
we have ever seen. The center of the flower is pure white, surrounded by an aureole 
of pale violet, and is bordered bright red. The bloom is of the very largest size, and 
is a beautiful dwarf grower and very free in bloom. A most astonishing variety. 
Stock very scarce. Price 50 dls. 
John Doyle. A strong grower, throwing its truss up well above the foliage, of 
enormous size, and of the richest bright scarlet. A phenomenal bloomer, as it will 
produce one-third more flowers than any Geranium we grow. Price 10 dls. 
Fleur Poitevine (single). Flowers large, color brilliant rosy carmine, marbled 
and striped in white, and producing an aureole of deep orange-carmine at the center; 
the plant is robust and produces quantities of bloom. Price 15 dls. 
Md. Jaulin. A new semi-double Geranium; an entirely distinct color. Very 
large florets compose a truss of grand size ; center of flower very delicate pink, bor- 
dered with pure white. For freshness and beauty this variety is unrivaled by any 
bedding sort, and is equally valuable for pot culture. Price 15 dls. 
J. Sallier. A vigorous growing and remarkably free-flowering variety. Trusses 
very large and of perfect form, composed of single flowers ; entirely distinct from any 
existing variety. Edges of petals carmine-lake ; the center is washed in tints of rose 
and bluish heliotrope color, with orange center. Price 10 dls. 
H. Dauthenay (single). Low growing, free branching and extremely free in 
bloom ; the trusses are of gigantic size, flowers enormous and quite round, color 
coppery orange-red, with white eye, with peculiar shadings about the eye; the color 
is magnificent; the plant blooms in the greatest abundance. Price 10 dls. 
Juliet (new semi-double). Its merits are very strong, rugged growth ; but short 
jointed and bushy, in fact a model Geranium, in foliage and habit. Flowering very 
profusely at all seasons; color pink, with salmon shadings; grand. Price 10 dls. 
Dr. Marest. A new dark flowering bedding variety. Wonderful profuse bloom- 
ing in vases and flower-beds. Price to dls. 
Deuil de Miribel. The grandest single scarlet that we have yet seen. Footstalks 
fifteen inches long and very rigid, and bearing enormous trusses of immense circular 
florets of velvety crimson-scarlet. This variety has the largest floret, finest truss, 
longest stem and best color among single reds ; fine free grower. Price 20 dls. 
