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not- excepting even Purple Nosegay, so Indian Yellow contains the 

 largest proportion of yellow, not excepting even Harry Hieover or 

 Orange Nosegay, which last (another of the novelties) is perhaps the 

 next best approach to yellow. 



Passing to another class of colours, there are two gems of rare 

 beauty to claim the admiration of cultivators in 1SG5. Mr. Salter, of 

 Hammersmith, has Beawte de Suresne, a nearly large-flowering zonale, 

 but with a little of the pinched petal character of the nosegays. In 

 respect of colour it may be classed with Christine, Helen Lindsay, and 

 others, but -it outshines them all, the colour being rich rose pink, with 

 a faint lilac shade, and a touch of white at the base of the top petals. 

 In the same section occurs Madame Barre, which is in the possession 

 of Mr. Bull, of King's Road, Chelsea, a grand example of style and 

 colouring in geraniums. To say that this is destined to supersede 

 Christine as a bedder is to play the prophet, and playing the prophet 

 is, you know, a mere performance. But Madame Barre has qualities of 

 the* highest order, and will be one of the most beautiful for pot and 

 specimen culture, and is at least likely when distributed to drive Chris- 

 tine out of the field in all places where progress is the order of the day. 



In the section to which I have in my geranium papers applied the 

 term "painted," there is a charming new variety called The Clown, 

 raised by Mr. Windsor, of Highgate. The name is most appropriate, 

 for the colouring reminds one of the peculiar white and vermilion 

 devices by which we recognize the face of a clown anywhere without 

 need of any glimpse at the spotted uniform and grotesque legs. The 

 Clown geranium is, however, most refined in character and colouring, 

 the petals are broad, and smooth, and overlapping, and the colour is 

 white, with vermilion stain at the base, forming what may be called a 

 yermilion eye to a fine white flower. 



Among the variegated-leaved varieties, the finest of the season is 

 Luc;/ Grieve, one of a large batch which will be sent out by Messrs. E. 

 G. Henderson and Son, of St. John's Wood. It is a tricolor in the 

 style of Mrs. Pollock, but surpassing that justly popular variety in the 

 richness of its colours. Meteor (Saltmarsh), Captain Meade (E. Gr. 

 Henderson), and Golden Sceptre (Downie and Co.) are beautiful tri- 

 colors that are likely to become popular, but they are not to be included 

 in a selection of the gems of the season. Golden Nugget (B. S. Wil- 

 liams) is a remarkable variety of the Cloth of Grold section, the leaves 

 are of immense size, and very richly and distinctly coloured. 



It may be unfair to place Mr. Bull's double-flowering varieties any- 

 where but at the head of the list. The fact is I have not seen them, 

 and I can only do as others will do, that is, rely on Mr. Bull's descrip- 

 tion of these " extraordinary novelties." As we have had from him a 

 ■whole series of the finest known zonales, Paust, Marvel, Brilliancy, 

 Eleanor, Dr. Lindley, etc., etc., it is but consistent that if a race of 

 doubles is to be established, Mr. Bull should have the honour of its 

 inauguration. The names of the three double-flowering varieties are 

 Marechal de Clianjloard, Aur/uste Ferrier and Triomplie de Gergoviat. 



Among the large residue of varieties that will have to take their 

 place in the round of scarlets, there are four that merit the immediate 

 attention of all practitioners of bedding. The first is Little Treasure, 



