SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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Gerax)ian}s. 
Price, 15c. each; 5 for 50c.; or more at 10c. each, by mail. 
Extra large plants , by express, 25c. each; 6 for $1.00. 
The most popular of all pot or bedding plants, combining 
fine habit, handsome foliage and great quantities of showy 
flowers. More than this, they are the easiest of all plants to 
grow and are never troubled with insects. Pine also, for 
cutting and wearing, as they do not wilt readily. The varie¬ 
ties that we offer all have very large trusses of the most per¬ 
fect flowers and of the most distinct colors. We could have , 
made our list four times as large, but we chose rather to 
offer a few only, but these extra choice ones. I 
BEST DOUBLE SORTS. 
Chopin —Enormous size, semi-double great truss, fiery 
orange scarlet. Pine bedder. 
M. Louis Pages —A compact grower with very large truss. 
Flowers large and in color a clear orange scarlet. 
Bruant -Extra large floret, immense trusses. Splendid. 
Hoff Beach —Very dark. A deep amaranth shaded purple. 
Jupiter— A grand flower of the very largest size, and of a 
glowing dark vermilion. Extra fine. 
S. A. Nutt —A massive truss of large double florets; close 
compact habit; rich dark crimson black. 
La Favorite —The best white bedding Geranium, as it does 
not turn pink in the sun. A fine pot sort also. A strong 
bloomer, and with flowers of snowy whitness. 
M ars —Immense trusses of very large flowers, of fiery scar¬ 
let rayed with violet, scarlet and touch of orange-yellow. 
Reumberta —Not a yellow, that is yet in the future, but the 
nearest approach to a yellow to be found in theGeranium. 
The color is alight yellowish orange scarlet; very distinct. 
White Swan —Very floriferous. An extra fine pot Geranium, 
covered with large trusses of snow-white flowers that are 
very double and perfect. Habit,short, jointed and bushy. 
DOUBLE GERANIUM. 
John Lewis Childs— This new and 
unique Geranium is unlike any 
other variety in cultivation. Was 
originated and named by Mr. E. G. 
Hill. Its color is a pale pearly pink, 
heavily mottled and spotted with 
crimson. The background is a good 
light color and the spots bright and 
brilliant. It is the only good spotted 
variety yet known in cultivation. 
Violet Queen— Enormous flower and 
truss of the most perfect form, and 
a prodigious bloomer. A most brill¬ 
iant and dazzling violet-crimson, 
with white rayed center. 
Mrs. A. Blanc— Another sort with 
enormous blooms, perfect and fasci¬ 
nating. Beautiful orange-pink, 
marbled white. Exquisite. 
Souvenir de Mlrande— Each floret; 
has a large creamy-white center t 
upper petals white edged with soft 
rose. Lower petals a soft bright 
salmon-rose with lighter shadings. 
Columbia— A splendid bedder ; light, 
high,scarlet of dazzling brighteness, 
two upper petals white shading to 
scarlet on the edges. 
Wonder— The flowers are the most 
intense dazzling scarlet and are 
borne in trusses of enormous size, 
measuring from 10 to 30 inches in 
circumference, with single florets 
measnring7 inches in circumference. 
F. Becker— Foliage heavily zoned; 
immense trusses of violet crimson 
blossoms rayed with glowing scarlet. 
Madonna— Very large trusses of 
lovely pale pink flowers. One of the 
most pleasing varieties. 
Mar. De Layres— A grand pure white 
sort with enormous flowers and 
truss. Finest of all single ivhites. 
V e n u s— An enormous scarlet flower of 
perfect shape. 
Colden Leaved— A Geranium with 
bright yellowish foliage and large 
scarlet flowers. A unique plant an A 
highly ornamental at all times. 
BEST SINGLE GERANIUMS. 
The following sorts are of unusual merit, large trusses, 
large florets and exquisite colors. They are the va¬ 
rieties that are so much admired at our con- 
