| All over the country, geraniums flaunt their | | | | or fancy geraniums), not to mention a few |
| red and scarlet, rose, pink, and white blooms | | | | oddities of cactus and climbing types.The |
| with a gay abandon that few other plants can | | | | zonal geranium is characterized by dark |
| rival. In boxes on city fire escapes and | | | | circular markings on the rounded green |
| rooftops, in window boxes on suburban and | | | | leaves. Double types dominate the trade and |
| country houses, in tubs and pots on terraces | | | | are offered by florists in the spring for |
| and patios, and in hanging baskets of the | | | | planting in gardens and window |
| porches of summer cottages, they are beloved | | | | boxes.Variegated geraniums, with leaves that |
| and cherished plantsIt needs sun to bloom; it | | | | are often brilliantly colored, are attractive |
| tolerates shade, where it is usually handled | | | | even out of bloom. Set among green-leaved |
| as a foliage plant. What it resents is too | | | | geraniums and other foliage plants, pots of |
| much moisture and a rich diet. Kept too wet, | | | | the variegated plants add color and |
| the leaves turn yellow; given a heavy soil, | | | | pattern.The trailing, ivy-leaved geraniums |
| one high in nitrogen plants go to foliage and | | | | are among the most profuse flowering when |
| flower sparingly.Even if you choose no other | | | | grown under favorable conditions. They |
| plants, you could have a varied potted garden | | | | dislike shade and high humidity and thrive |
| of single and double zonal, fancy-leaved or | | | | best in climates with warm days and cool |
| variegated, scented-leaved, ivy and Lady or | | | | nights, as in California. |
| Martha Washington geraniums (also called show | | | | |