THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE, 



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H'ith sap which they had no power to trans- 

 form, every stem became a bundle of water- 

 pipes or vessels filled with juices, which 

 the plant or tree had not power either to 

 appropriate or reject. In this state severe 

 frost overtook them, and they burst, as 

 water-pipes do when frozen while filled 

 with water. The stems of euonymus, 



laurestinus, cystuses, or all shrubs which 

 have been killed by frost, will, in nineteen 

 cases out of twenty, be found to be split or 

 burst ; they were too sappy, juicy, un- 

 healthy ; the frost did but give the finish- 

 ing stroke ; it would not have killed them 

 had they been dry and healthy. 



Stamford Hill, F. Cuitty. 



BBDDINa PELATiaONIUMS GROWN AT C HIS WICK, 1860. 



Thf, subjoinedreportbyMr. T. Moore, F.L.S., 

 r.R.H.S., Secretary to the Societ^-'s Floral 

 Committee, is of such obvious value and 

 importance as bearing on a class of plants 

 more extensively grown for decorative pur- 

 poses than any other, that we have thought 

 it best to present it to our readers entire, 

 instead of following our usual plan of con- 

 densation. The readers of the Floral 

 World will see by this report that many of 

 the varieties hitherto considered of first- 

 class excellence are now surpassed, and 

 must be content with a second place, as 

 compared with those that, to a certain ex- 

 tent, supersede them. 



The following is a summary of the 

 varieties which the Committee adjudged to 

 be the most desirable for cixltivation : — 



Series I. — Piaix-leated Scarlet 

 Pelargoniums. 



§ 1. Flowers scarlet : Frogmore Im- 

 proved, and Punch. Defiance and Wel- 

 lington Hero, in addition, were commended 

 for pot-culture and for training up con- 

 servatory pillars. § 2. Flowers cerise : 

 Beaute do Mcldoise,, Lady Middletou, Le 

 Titien. § 3. Flowers rose pink : Chris- 

 tina, Rose Queen. § 4. Floivers toMte : 

 The only variety of this colour was con- 

 sidered inferior. 



Series II. — HoRSE-snoE-LEATED Scarlet 



PELARaONIUilS. 



§ 1. Flowers scarlet : Baron Hugel, 

 Captivation, Lilliput, Mai-tin Gu'eau, 

 Queen of England, Scarlet Perfection ; 

 Bishopstowe, Conway's Royalist, and New 

 Globe were selected as good secondaiy 

 sorts ; while Amazon, British Flag, Com- 

 pactura, and Richmond Gem were com- 

 mended for pot-culture or pillars. § 2. 

 Flowers cerise : Frani^^ois Chardine, Mons. 

 Martin, Rubens, and Sheen Rival ; and 

 for pot culture, Paid Labbe. § 3. Flowers 

 salmon or Jlesh colour : Prince Louise of 

 Hesse ; and for pot-culture, Aurora and 

 Blackheatli Beauty. § 4. Flowers rose- 

 pink : None of the varieties in this group 



wero considered of first-rate character. 

 § 5. Flowers hlush with innJc centre : 

 Henri de Beaudot. § 6. Flowers white : 

 Madame Vaucher, and Nivea floribunda. 



Series III. — NosEaAT Pelargoniums. 

 These all have zonate leaves. The 

 best sorts were Crystal Palace, Imperial 

 Crimson, Pink Nosegay, and Red Nose- 

 gay. Of good secondai'y sorts, of lai'ger 

 growth, there were : — Bishopstowe Nose- 

 gay, Purple Nosegay, and Salmon Nosegay. 



Sei-ies IT. — Itt- leaved Pelargoniums. 

 These were all considered to be useful 

 bedding plants for various purposes. 



Series V. — Yariegated-leayed Pelar- 

 goniums. 

 § 1. Leaves golden-edijecl f Golden 

 Chain and Lady Cottenham were pro- 

 nounced to be useful varieties. § 2. 

 Leaves silver or cream-edged : Of the 

 scarlet-flowered sorts, Anuie, Alma, Bijou, 

 Burning Bush, Comitess of Warwick, 

 Julia, Perfection, Scintillatum ; and for 

 pot-cvdture, Picturatum. Of those with 

 cerise-scai'let or rosy-tinted blossoms : 

 Flower of the Day and Flower of Spring, 

 both first-class sorts. Besides the fore- 

 gomg. Lilac variegated and St. Clair, both 

 with pink fl.owers, were considered usefid. 

 varieties of secondary rank.' The varieties 

 having the whitest-edge foliage were : — 

 Alma, Bijou, Jane, Mrs. Lennox, Moun- 

 tain of Light, Mountain of Snow, and 

 Perfection. 



Series VI. — Hybrid Bedding Pelar- 

 goniums. 



The varieties of this group did not 

 succeed as bedding plants in 1860. 



In the following brief descriptions of 

 the varieties, habit and colour are the chief 

 points to which attention has been di- 

 rected :— 



Series I. — Plain-leaa^ed Scarlet Pe- 



LARG0NIU3IS . 



§ 1. Flowers -scarlet. — 1. Collinson's 



