A view of over 10,000 Pelargonium stock plants, including the leaders for all areas. We offer the largest 
selections of commercial varieties from the largest commercial plantings. 
Pelangoutums 
LADY WASHINGTON GERANIUMS 
(Pelargonium domesticum) 
Unrooted pelargonium cuttings are wrapped 25 per bundle in sphagnum moss, and can be 
very successfully shipped to airport cities. Over 2-day shipment is not recommended. Rooted 
pelargoniums ship as well as zonal geraniums, amd over 350,000 are sent parcel post, railway 
express or airfreight. 
UNROOTED CUTTINGS shipped Sept. Ist to April Ist; $3.75 per 100, $35.00 per 1000 
ROOTED CUTTINGS available Oct. st to June Ist or later, $7.25 per 100, $70.00 per 1000 
CULTURE. Every locality has growers producing fine early-flowering Pelargoniums. It 
is only necessary to follow a few simple rules to produce splendid plants and profits. A lush 
Pelargonium will not boom; so make the plant growth early with normal plant culture. Do not 
use long-lasting fertilizers such as ‘hoof and horn’’ which might keep the plant at rapid growth 
into the flowering season. Keep the pH of the soil up to between 6.0 and /-0 eateal letimes; 
especially near budding time. GROW COOL! Night temperatures of 40 degrees will produce 
a good stocky plant. Most of the plant size will be made as it starts to bloom. Do not feed 
from ten weeks before blooming time until buds are well formed; then feeding may be resumed, 
but keep the nitrates low. However, be sure not to starve the plant of nitrogen. 
Keep the plants a little on the dry side while buds are being formed. Remember the 
causes for delayed bloom are usually all associated with lush growing, so at budding time keep 
the pH up, keep excess nitrates off, don’t force with heat, run a little dry (not arid), always 
keep on lots of light, and don’t shade: In other words, all plants will try to reproduce before 
dying. The trick is to keep a good plant, but hold conditions just a little on the severe side 
while buds are forming without injuring the plant. 
TIP—Flower shattering of modern varieties is due to removing plants from a warm 
house into cooler or drafty surroundings. Pelargoniums grown under cool conditions 
will seldom shatter. 
KEY: Numbers and letters after names (6-7, E) indicate number of petals and season of 
bloom. Continuous (C) bloomers are earliest and bloom well in the fall. Very Early (VE); 
Early (E), Midseason (M), and Late (L) varieties atl bloom within a 3 weeks variance south of 
Chicago. North of Chicago, only Continuous, Very Early and Early varieties are recommended. 
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