ODD :GERANIUMS 31 
New Life Geraniums 
This group originated with the introduction of the va- 
riety VESUVIUS in England in 1868. VEsuviUs soon 
produced a double flowered sport, called WoNnbERFUL. 
Sometime prior to 1884 Vesuvius produced another sport 
that had flaked or variegated flowers. This was called 
New Lire, and is the most interesting of the group. NEw 
LiFE soon sported again, and still does fairly frequently, 
to the form that I call PHtox New Lire. This may 
have had an earlier name, but so far I have not been 
able to discover it. About 1892, WownbERFUL, the double 
flowered sport of VEsuvius, produced a sport with va- 
riegated flowers, called DousLeE New Lire. Although 
the flowers are quite different in each, the plants are all 
the same, healthy and vigorous, but bushy and compact, 
and very free flowering. All do well both as pot plants 
and in the garden. 
DOUBLE NEW LIFE. Double. Scarlet and white 
flowers, some petals all scarlet, some all white or pinkish, 
others part scarlet, part white. Small flowers with many 
narrow petals. Very free flowering, compact plant. Fre- 
quently listed as STARS AND StrRIPEs. 50c 
NEW LIFE. Single. Scarlet flecked and striped with 
white. Occasional flowers may be all scarlet, or all 
white with a pink center, or part of a flower may be 
of one kind and part another. No two are alike. The 
flowers are of nice round form, small to medium in 
size, and freely produced in nice clusters that last a 
long time. The plant is compact and bushy, and easily 
grown. This very interesting old time variety has be- 
come very scarce. 75c 
PHLOX NEW LIFE. Single. White, sometimes 
slightly flushed pink, with soft coral eye in the center. 
Small to medium flowers of good form in nice clusters 
that last well. The plant is of the same compact, free 
flowering habit as the others. This is a sport of NEw 
Lire, the extreme extension of the “Phlox” pattern often 
seen in parts of the NEw Lire flowers. It is of interest 
not only for its origin, but also as an attractive flowering 
geranium. 50c 
VESUVIUS. Single. Scarlet. Small to medium flow- 
ers in nice clusters that last well. Plant of same habit 
as the others. This variety occasionally appears as a 
“reversion” from any of the others. The stock offered 
here is propagated from a “reversion” of DousL—E NEw 
Lire. Vesuvius is of particular interest as the original 
variety from which this group developed, but it is also 
a useful scarlet flowered variety when a compact, bushy 
plant is desired. It is not the same as the dwarf variety 
Brack Vesuvius. 50c 
Rosebud Geraniums 
In these geraniums the flowers never open wide, so that 
they resemble clusters of tiny, half-opened roses. They 
are all very double flowers, with the stamens and pistils 
replaced with many small petals. Quite likely they are 
old varieties for which the original names have been lost. 
