LADY WASHINGTON GERANIUMS 
Also known as Martha Washington, Show or Fancy Geraniums, and botanically as 
Pelargonium domesticum (P. hy. grandiflorum) 

BALLERINA 
This beautiful 1946 novelty is pictured here to illustrate the cut-flower value 
of the long lasting Lady Washington Geraniums. 
On the following pages we describe selected varieties from our noted collection of Lady Wash- 
ington Geraniums. Listed there are new, rare and unusual ones, as well as the best of the good old 
standard varieties. Stock of many of them is very short this year and so we suggest that if you order 
by mail, please give a second choice wherever possible, particularly when ordering late in the season. 
ABOUT WORD PICTURES 
We are giving our own description of each variety. For many collectors it is all too brief, and 
while we try to give an honest word picture, we are not infallible when it concerns color descriptions. 
Also, IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD that cultural conditions (weather, exposure to sun, 
type of soil, fertilizers, water, etc.) and time of year influence many Pelargoniums, especially the Lady 
Washington group, to such a degree that there will be found considerable variation in size, shape, 
coloring and abundance of flowers and habit of growth, not only with certain varieties or within one 
variety, but even in an individual plant. 
Please remember this when you find that your mind-picture of our word-picture disagrees with 
the actual picture of the plant in bloom. 
These comments apply not only to Lady Washington Geraniums, but also to Garden and Ivy 
Geraniums—and Fuchsias. 
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