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Duke of Fife. Very deep pink on white ground. 
Embassy. White, blotched crimson on upper 
petals. 
Gloire de Tours. Bright scarlet, shaded maroon. 
Extra fine. 
Mabel. Red shaded maroon, lower petals 
lighter. 
Mad. Meillez. Rosy pink, overlaid with maroon. 
Mad. Thiebaud. White w'ith pink band and 
white margin. Very free bloomer. One of the 
best. 
Mad. Vibert. Rose overlaid with deep maroon. 
Milton. White, upper petals blotched dark 
crimson. 
Mrs. Harrison. Similar to Mad. Thiebaud, but 
more double; petals fringed toward base. 
Myra. Dark crimson, shaded black on upper 
petals. 
Prince of Pelargoniums. Crimson flushed ver¬ 
milion. 
Princess Beatrice. Creamy white, upper petals 
blotched dark crimson. Semi-double. 
Princess Maud. Carmine bordered white; upper 
petals blotched maroon. 
Queen Victoria. Vermilion margined white, up¬ 
per petals blotched maroon. 
Striata Elegans. Flowers large, magenta-rose, 
flecked or barred with elegant blue mauve. 
Variegated. Rose striped crimson. 
P. hortorum. COMMON GERANIUM. S. Africa. 
A constant source of wonder to visitors is “the 
way geraniums grow in California.” Certainly con¬ 
ditions seem ideal for this magnificent class of 
plants. Considering their freedom from enemies, 
adaptability to climate and wonderful profusion of 
bloom even with little or no care, it is not surpris¬ 
ing that they are such favorites. They like plenty 
of sun and very little water during blooming period. 
Alice of Vincennes. Single; rosy pink, bordered 
and shaded rosy red, center white. 
Alphonse Riccard. Semi-double; large; bright 
vermilion scarlet. 
Beaute Poitevine. Semi-double; salmon pink. 
Fine. 
Braunte. Semi-double; scarlet. 
Columbia. Single; bright scarlet. Large and 
very fine. 
Gertrude Pearson. Single; rosy pink, white 
blotch on upper petals. 
Gettysburg. Single; magenta. 
Hecla. A fine light red; single. 
Henry Bonnie. Double; white. 
Jacquerie. Single; rich crimson scarlet. Splen¬ 
did bedder. 
Jean Viaud. Single; bright rosy pink with dis¬ 
tinct white eye. Clusters very large. 
L’Aube. Single; shell pink. 
La Favorite. The best double white. 
Mad. Guilbert. Double; deep pink. 
Mad. Hoste. Double; crimson shaded scarlet. 
One of the best bedders. 
Mad. Jaulin. Double; delicate pink with white 
margin. 
Mad. Landry. Double; salmon shaded orange. 
Fine. 
Marquis de Castellane. Double; two distinct 
shades of orange scarlet. 
Marquis de Montmart. Double; deep carmine 
purple. 
Marshal McMahon. Leaves green and bronze. 
Miss Frances Perkins. Double; bright pink. 
Mrs. E. G. Hill. Single; beautiful salmon oink. 
Extra fine. 
P. peltatum. IVY GERANIUM. Leaves usually 
smooth. Flowers variously formed. Make good 
climbers, especially fine for covering fences or walls. 
Beauty of Castle Hill. Double; deep pink with 
dark blotches on upper petals. Very free bloomer. 
Chas. Monselet. Double; fiery red, upper petals 
have dark blotches. 
Garden’s Glory. One of the best climbing sorts. 
Very full and double. Clear, bright scarlet. 
Mission. A remarkably beautiful and free- 
blooming variety, extensively grown around the 
old mission grounds at Mission San Jose. Flow¬ 
ers are semi-double, shell pink with a faint lav¬ 
ender tone, shaded carmine. The upper petals 
are marked with deep wine-color stripes. Leaves 
are ivy-like, with very sharp lobes. It is a won¬ 
derfully free bloomer and at a little distance 
appears a solid mass of lovely pink. 
PENTSTEMON 
P. cordifolius. CALIFORNIA SCARLET HON¬ 
EYSUCKLE. Slender, woody plant growing about 
six feet tall. Leaves small, serrate. Flowers in 
terminal clusters, nearly two inches long, tubular, 
brilliant scarlet, shaded orange. Needs the support 
of a stake. 
PETUNIA 
P. hybrida. Well-known half-shrubby plants of 
very free blooming habit. The fragrant, trumpet¬ 
shaped flowers are single and double. Colors range 
through white and various shades of red and pur¬ 
ple. In bloom all summer. 
PHLOX 
Handsome herbaceous perennial. Cultivated va¬ 
rieties are forms of P. paniculcita (P. decussata ). 
Attain a height of two feet or more, the upper 
part of plant comprising the large panicle of 
showy, salver-shaped flowers. Colors range 
through various shades of red, pink, purple and 
white. 
Albion. Pure white with faint red eye. 
B. Comte. Brilliant, rich French purple. 
Colibri. Flesh pink, carmine center. 
Eclaireur. Bright, rosy magenta, lighter center. 
Eugene Danzenvillier. Lilac, white center. 
Jeanne d’Arc. Pure white. Late flowering. 
Le Mahdi. White, carmine center. 
Mad. Paul Dutrie. Delicate lilac rose. 
Mozart. Pink, red center. 
R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy carmine with 
claret eye. 
Selma. Delicate pale rose with red eye. 
Siebold. Bright scarlet. 
Sunshine. Cerise red with lighter center and 
crimson eye. 
Vesuvius. Red with bright purple eye. 
Von Lassburg. Pure white; individual flowers 
unusually large. 
Musa ensete. Abyssinian Banana 
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