Keywords: Beautify your homes (16162289058).jpg 14 Miss Ella V Baines The Woman Florist Springfield Ohio <br> DOUBLE AND SINGLE GERANIUMS <br> The following wonderful new Geraniums were exhibited at the convention of the Society of American Florists <br> and attracted more attention and were more admired than any other novelties on exhibition there <br> GERANIUM ROSEBUD <br> r The Premier Set of Double Geraniums <br> PRICE 8 cents each; any eight for 50 cents <br> Centaur The new mammoth Centaur Double Geranium is <br> the best large flowering double pins Geranium in cultivation <br> Any one seeing a'specinien truss cannot fail to become enthus- <br> iastic over it pronouncing it the largest and finest Geranium in <br> cultivation <br> Clara Kisker Large trusses of well expanded flowers of a <br> bright scarlet toned and flamed with a rosy salmon and a flow- <br> er of most expressive appearance and one that will be much ad- <br> mired by all <br> Beauty Poitevi tie Very large semi-double flowers borne on <br> immense trusses free bloomer either as a pot plant eras a bed- <br> der It has no equal of the color which is a brilliant salmon <br> very clear on the borders This might well have been called <br> ' Salmon Brnani ' as it is identical in every way but color <br> White Swan In whiteSwan we have one of the finest dou- <br> ble white Geraniums ever introduced and unlike other double <br> white Geraniums it is suitable for bedding and flowers as pro- <br> fusely as the best single varieties They are borne in large truss- <br> es and are spotless snowy white retaining their pure whiteness <br> even in the heat of Summer <br> Bruant Color of the flower is a light vermilion red of a most <br> pleasing shade The flowers are absolutely perfeetinshape con- <br> tour and makeup; trusses exceptionally large and borne in <br> immense spherical balls often measuring eight inchesm diame- <br> ter it does finely in the open ground and is perfectly reliable <br> as a bedding Geranium of the highest merit <br> Tour Eiffel Color bright orange scarlet somewhat in the <br> way of the variety Bruant it is a strong vigorous grower mak- <br> ing a distinct place for itself in us class Semi-double <br> Gertrude Color of the flower a clear bright salmon with <br> center and outer edges touched with while and with soft shadings <br> of carmine velvety in texture and of the most beautiful semi- <br> double form I have measured trusses of bloom on this variety <br> ten inches in diameter It is simply superb A fine bedder <br> Crimson Velvet This is the darkest and richest Geranium <br> grown It is very bright dark deep rich velvety maroon <br> very dark and rich and at the same lime very bright An excel- <br> lent bedder and pot plant One that must find its way into every <br> collection Simply superb <br> Rose Bud As double as a Tuberose and the only Geranium <br> in the world that makes beautiful buds It is truly a wonder in <br> the Geranium family <br> Sir Walter Scott Color beautiful vinous rose with distinct <br> white center Produces line individual florets <br> Fire Brand Color dazzling flame scarlet fine prominent <br> truss flowers large and of great substance An excellent bed- <br> der and pot plant <br> Emile de Girardiu Of a deep soft rose rather than pink <br> but fresh and bright The blossoms are perlect in form and <br> borne well and clear above the foliage The long beds of it seen <br> in the Chicago parks with edgings of ’ ’ Gulden Bedder Colens <br> formed the most beautiful Geranium planting I have ever Seen <br> and the combination is delightful <br> SPECIAL OFFER The Premier Set of Double Geraniums <br> for only 80 cents <br> GERANIUM BLANCHE MOULAS <br> The Premier Set of Single Geraniums <br> PRICE 8 cents each; any eight for 50 cents <br> John Good Truss of enormous size and quite globular in <br> form stem long and rigid A grand improvement on Lady <br> Koseberry color being a clear salmon lightly edged with white <br> Beauty of Richmond Intense orange scarlet very dazzling <br> with large w hue eye flower perfectly circular and of immense <br> size Foliage lightly zoned A seedling from Beautv of Kent <br> Extremely fine <br> Gettysburg Bright crimson maroon of beautiful shade <br> flower very large and of fine form An extra beautiful dark va- <br> riety <br> Monsieur Poinsiguou The color is bright aurora rose <br> shaded salmon with a white eye Large trusses of splendid <br> shaped flowers <br> Bill Nve Color peach shading to pale salmon flower of fine <br> size and form A splendid grower of nice compact habit <br> M Noury A most pleasing lavender rose color very chaste <br> and beautiful with distinct marking ofwhite in center of flower <br> Dwarf and so free in bloom as to literally cover the plant <br> General Grant One of the best bedding Geraniums in cul- <br> tivation Grows freely and blooms with the greatest profusion <br> Brilliant scarlet flowers One of the very best for massing <br> Mrs F G Hill A most distinct and pleasingshade of salmon <br> with light shading in center The shading at the center is va- <br> riable however Trusses are very large and composed of im- <br> mense numbers of florets <br> Madame Alfred Mame A magnificent beddingvariety The <br> trusses are of extraordinary size the florets by actual measure- <br> ment being two and one-half inches long by two inches wide of <br> almost Pansy form The color is a soft sub-scarlet lower petals <br> shad ing to salmon in the center which lsdeeply veined crimson <br> Marguerite deLayres A grand single white plantsa mass <br> of while blooms trusses of the grandest size florets extra large <br> and of the purest white The plant is robust Grand for pots or <br> bedding It is by far the best single white <br> Lansdowne A soft deep scarlet florets large and round and <br> formed into large trusses borne with the greatest freedom <br> An ideal bedder producing a mass of soft brilliant color well <br> above the foliage which isa light bright green <br> Souvenir de Miraude It has round florets upper petals <br> cream white with a distinct rosy pink border lower petals sal- <br> mon rose streaked pure lilac A most novel color It is extremely <br> free flowering and produces fine trusses of magnificent blooms <br> Blanche Moulas A grand bedding variety of much merit <br> The flowers are large salmon beautifully bordered with <br> white A Geranium of rare beauty <br> Protee Flowers very large and freely produced in immense <br> trusses Color silvery lilac white shading changing to silvery <br> pink A splendid sort <br> SPECIAL OFFER The Premier Set of Single Geraniums <br> for only 80 cents 41878693 131125 64689 Page 14 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/41878693 1918 10 1080/00222939708680643 Ella V Baines Firm ; 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