True Blue Geranium 
The Lester Rose Gardens 
Our True ^Blue Qeranium 
"God Almighty first planted a Garden ”— Bacon 
This is a true geranium, the result 
of hybridization, which possesses so 
many good and useful qualities that it 
should be in every garden. Most strik¬ 
ing of all is the color of its flower, a * 
brilliant heavenly blue, — no lavender 
or magenta or purple tints, — the only 
true blue geranium known. The illus¬ 
tration, from our unretouched photo- l 
graph, shows in small space the flower, 
leaf and seed, all beautiful in form; but 
the flowers are borne on long stems, in 
clusters, all through the long season 
even into winter, and their intense 
blue is delicately veined. The foliage 
which grows mostly at the base, is al¬ 
ways attractive, persisting even in cold, 
frosty weather, for the plant is per¬ 
fectly hardy and a perennial. It is an 
ideal thing for garden borders and in 
hot climate should be given a position 
of semi-shade. After thorough trials, 
under different conditions, we recom¬ 
mend it highly for all who like unusual 
plants that grow easily, bloom contin¬ 
ually and call for little care. 
Field-grown clumps, sold out. 
Year-old plants (3 for $1) each 
3 5c. 
Seed, per packet, 2 5c. 
Lester Photo 
Showing the Leaf , Seed, and Flower of our TRUE BLUE ^ ^ >;> 
GERANIUM, which bears its intense heavenly-blue 
flowers all summer long. 
The Useful Species Qeraniums 
We have a nice collection of these useful, hardy, perennial geraniums, which in habit and form 
resemble our Blue Geranium illustrated above. They are useful both as hardy border plants which always 
keep themselves tidy and attractive or planted as single specimens throughout the garden where they 
always add an attractive note, for they are little known. They seem quite immune to disease and pest, 
are easy to grow, and like any ordinary garden soil. We offer these colors separately: 
WHITE, (G. pratense album) with very large, beautiful veined flowers on long stems; a strong 
grower. 
PINK, (G. endressi), profuse bloom of brilliant pink. 
LAVENDER, (G. sylvaticum), flowers are a delicate silvery-lavender-blue. 
DEEP RED, (G. sanguineum), with strikingly bright dark red flowers. 
Strong field-grown plants, 2 to 3 years old, of any of the above four kinds, each 5 0c. 
A thing of Beauty is a joy forever; 
Its Loveliness increases; it will never 
Pass into nothingness. 
—Keats. 
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