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C. ^eeser, Seedsman and Florist, 
Gkand Rapids, Michigan, j 
September 12, 1887.) 
I have no doubt you will be In¬ 
terested In my experience with 
flowers, especially with those you 
sent me. I would like very much 
to send you a full report of every 
one of them, but time will not 
allow me to do .so. All my Gera¬ 
niums are alive and have done 
well. I am very much pleased 
with the Roses and Geraniums. 
The Fuchsias are very slow to 
grow, but hold their own. I try 
to keep them from blooming the 
best I can. The Storm King has 
done splendidly, and has given 
four beautiful flowers. It is now 
about ten inches in height, and 
about the same in 'width. It is 
growing now better than ever, 
and it nothing happens I shall 
have a nice plant next Spring. 
I watch it very closely, as it is a 
pet of mine. I sowed some in 
March in a box, and set them out 
in a border. I have now flowers 
in abundance, and every two or 
three days I get a peck basket 
full of very large flowers. Some 
of them are three inches in diam¬ 
eter, and of a great many varie¬ 
ties. As a great many of them 
are strong plants, I will try and 
put them in a box and bring 
them in the house rather than let 
them freeze. I made a small hot 
bed last March, and sowed some 
Phlox, Pinks, Nasturtiums, Bal¬ 
sams, 'Verbenas, Stocks, Portula- 
cas and Tomatoes. All came 
very nicely, and in May I had 
nice strong plants ready to set 
out. I wish you had seen the 
Portulacas and Phloxes. They 
made a border about fifty feet 
long on each side of the princi¬ 
pal walk. They were a perfect 
show, on the sunny days. Three- 
fourths of the Portulacas were 
double, and resembled so many 
Roses. Some of them were as 
double and large as Souvenir de 
la Malmaison, and of all colors. 
The Phloxes have not ceased to 
bloom since they were only two 
Inches high, and are to-day full 
of blossoms. What made the 
admiration of every one was the 
beauty and the size of the Bal¬ 
sams. I have seen many in my 
life, but none to excel those I 
raised this year. Four feet high 
was the average, and almost as 
wide. They were all double, and 
I think of all the varieties that 
can be raised—I mean in color— 
I had not less than thirty. If I 
was not afraid of taking too 
much of your time, I would give 
you in detail the manner in which 
I treated them, but this would 
take too much space. 
A. Berard. 
Trumansburg, New York, j 
October 11, 1886. | 
I write to say that I was much 
pleased with the plants that you 
sent me last Spring, and I desire 
to thank you for the liberal man¬ 
ner in which you filled my order. 
The Phenomenal Fuchsia is very 
fine. It has bloomed once, and is 
now full of buds. 
Mrs. A. H. P. 
Dallas, Texas, j 
June 3d, 1887.) 
Though late permit me to thank 
you for the nice Geraniums sent 
me with the one thousand Roses 
ordered by my husband. The 
Geraniums are growing quite 
nicely and are very pretty and 
attractive. 
FUCHSIA, PHENOIVIC.NAL. See descripiion on preceding page. 
Mrs. j. R. J. 
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Price 60 cents each; any five for $2.00. 
Geranium, Adrien Oorret.—Very large trusses, clear orange, shaded cherry. 
Apricote.—A fine semi-double apricot-colored flower, very circular and of good out¬ 
line. A good Geranium and a new color. 
Bonne de Lambert.—Very soft rosy flesh color, florets very large and beautifully 
formed, semi-double. One of the finest ever sent out. 
Contrastle.—Flowers and trusses very large, lower petals orange and carmine, up¬ 
per and center petals clear orange, making a striking contrast of colors that Is 
very beanUfnl. 
Centaure.—Carries the largest and most perfect truss of any of the pink doubles. 
A most magnificent bedding variety. 
C. A. Knorr.—Bright lilac red, shaded lilac, with maculated red spots on upper pe¬ 
tals. A very effective and novel colored Geranium. 
Cleopatre.—Florets tinted and shaded with salmon, center salmon orange, very 
dwarf and free flowering. A decidedly pretty Geranium. 
Glorie de France,—Large round florets of waxy appearance. Colors, carmine and 
white, with carmine center, each petal delicately edged with carmine. An ex¬ 
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Le Cid.—A vigorous and compact grower with perfect habit, color brilliant red, size 
and truss all that could be desired. Admired by all who have seen it. 
Le Propliete.—One of the most magnificent double Geraniums ever grown. Per¬ 
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Jnies Lartigue.—Flowers semi-double, upper petals shaded carmine, base of petals 
violet lilac. Very free flowering. 
M. David.—Bright rosy carmine, marked white on the upper petals. A very pretty 
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