OUR GERAl^IUMS 
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2216 Fifth Street, Berkeley, California 
Telephone: BErkeley 2696 
The ordinary Geraniums have shown such an 
increase in popularity in recent years, and the 
information about them has been of such mea¬ 
ger character that we have felt a need for in¬ 
formation on this increasingly popular subject. 
We are recognized as one of the largest grow¬ 
ers of these garden beauties on the Pacific 
Coast and take great pleasure in submitting the 
following information for your enjoyment and 
enlightenment. 
The original habitat of the Zonal Geraniums, 
or botanically Pelargonium hortorum, P. in- 
quinans and P. zonale, was in South Africa. 
The climatic conditions of their native habitat 
are somewhat similar both in rainfall and sun¬ 
shine to that experienced in Berkeley and other 
localities in northern California. 
There is no other plant that requires less 
maintenance care, less fertilizer and less water 
than the Geranium. There is absolutely no 
other plant which will glorify your garden with 
beautiful flowers, ranging in color from the 
purest white to the deepest dark purple shades 
for a longer period of continued bloom than the 
Geranium. In San Francisco we know of in¬ 
stances where the old favorite, Paul Crampel, 
has been growing for upwards of twenty years. 
With one pruning a year to remove the old dead 
