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ELLIS BBOTBERS’ CATALOOUE. 
Montesquieu. Very large semi-double florets of e.\quisite pale mauve, with white 
eye. It bears a fine truss on a long, stiff footstalk. One of the best. Price 15 6ls. 
Queen of the Belgians. Single Zonale, pure white; florets and trusses nearer 
perfection than any other of this class, bringing the whites up in size and form to the 
colored varieties ; free-flowering; fine habits. We recommend this sort for its purity, 
perfect form and free habits. Price 10 dts. 
Gen. Grant. One of the best single scarlet varieties for bedding, vases, etc. 
Price, from 2-^in. pots, 10 dts. ; 75 i 5 ls. per doz. ; 3-in. pots, $1.25 per doz. 
S. A. Nutt. A new dark bedding variety, now used extensively’ in the large 
parks, and called the best of the dark double varieties. Price 10 dls. 
Beaute Poitevine. Undoubtedly the best double Geranium of its color. Very 
large semi-double florets of beautiful and distinct form, and borne in immense 
trusses; very free bloomer, and as a bedding variety it has no equal in its color, bril- 
liant salmon, brighter at the edges, and is a plant of tine short jointed habit, the best 
of all the salmon shades, either for house culture or bedding. Price 10 dls. 
Mrs. Hayes. Very double, of a beautiful light pink flesh color; trusses of im- 
mense size. Sure to please. Price 10 ( 5 ls. 
Heteranthe (Double Gen. Grant). We consider this the best bedding Geranium 
of all varieties. The plant redounds in vigor; foliage is strong and striking. Color 
of the flower is a bright vermillion-red, of pleasing shade. The flowers are absolutely 
perfect in shape, color and make-up ; trusses exceptionally large and borne in im- 
mense spherical balls, q^ten measuring eight inches in diameter. Price lo dls. 
FANCY LEAF GERANIUMS. 
Mrs. Parker. In this fine variety recently in- 
troduced, we have a combined beauty in flowers 
and foliage not found in any other Geranium. Its 
leaves are deep green, with a broad margin of white ; 
flowers perfectly double, bright pink. Splendid for 
house culture. (See cut.) Price 15 < 5 ls. 
Chieftain. One of the best of the bronze type ; 
fine for pots, vases, or bedding; foliage light 
golden, with a rich chocolate zone. Price lodts. 
Happy Thought. An entirely new style of 
leaf, having a large yellow blotch in the center of 
leaf, with an outer band of green. Price toils. 
, Mrs. Pollock (golden tricolor). The ground 
color is a deep green, with a zone of bronze, crim- 
son and scarlet, with margin of clear yellow. 
Price 15 < 5 ls. 
L’Enfer. Plant very dwarf, with small leaves of blackish green and black zone. 
Flowers fiery scarlet; a novelty in black and scarlet, and entirely distinct among 
foliage Geraniums, and yet rare. Price 15 its. 
Mountain of Snow. Pure white, margined; flowers scarlet. Price to dls. 
Golden Band. Gold margined ; cherry colored flowers. Price 20 its. 
Cloth of Gold. Fine golden foliage. Price 20 dls. 
Md. Salleroi. A distinct variety, with leaves from one to two inches in diame- 
ter ; the center of olive-green, with broad margins of white. Price 10 dls. 
Crystal Palace Gem. Golden foliage ; center of leaf bright green. One of the 
very best of the golden varieties ; scarlet flowers. Fine for window. Price 10 dls. 
