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Eeveil. Robert Fortune, too dwarf 

 in habit. Reine des Violettes, colour 

 flies. Triomphe de l'Exposition, 

 capricious according to locality, like 

 the passe Mrs. Elliott. Gloire de 

 Santhenay, Wm. Griffiths, Due de 

 Cazes, Souvenir de Comte Cavour, 

 (Margottin's), all shy. Peter Law- 

 son, loose. Jean Touvais, ragged. 

 Souvenir de Lady Eardley, not 

 durable enough. Queen Victoria, 

 bad opener. Mareschal Vaillant, 

 Maurice Bernardin, and Olivier 

 Delhomme, bad for town districts. 

 Many more might be added, but it is 

 necessary to pause here, from con- 

 siderations of space. The same 

 reason prohibits comment upon the 

 Bourbons and Noisettes, which is of 



less consequence, as only first-rate 

 kinds of them appear at the shows ; 

 nor is it necessary to revert to " Teas," 

 the limited number of which, suited 

 for out-door culture, is so generally 

 known. 



It will be seen these strictures 

 have been confined to varieties likely 

 to appear at the forthcoming exhibi- 

 tions, and respecting which amateurs 

 are most open to be misled. The 

 favoured few, however, who enjoy 

 the enviable possession of true rose 

 soils and unexceptionable climates, 

 and with whom space is no considera- 

 tions, may revel at pleasure in all 

 kinds of roses, good, bad, and in- 

 different. W. D. Pbioe. 



Homerton, May 19. 



A SELECTION OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWO VARIETIES 

 OF BEDDING GERANIUMS. 



In the April number of the Proceedings 

 the Royal Horticultural Society is a Re- 

 port by the Floral Committee on Bedding 

 Geraniums grown for trial at Chiswick 

 last year. The whole number of varieties 

 now reported on is 245, out of which the 

 Committee have selected 61 for 3 marks, 

 which are equivalent to first-class certifi- 

 cates, and 41 for 2 marks, or second-class 

 certificates, making in all 102 varieties, 

 which they consider of the highest merit. 

 It follows that no fewer than 143 of the 

 varieties commonly entered in catalogues 

 or competing fur places there, are consi- 

 dered by the Committee to be of inferior 

 quality, and therefore not worthy of being 

 cultivated. Amongst these 143, however, 

 are many that deserve some distinction, 

 and a few that certainly equal — all points 

 consideied — some of those that have first 

 or second marks. Nevertheless the report 

 is a valuable one, and the 102 varieties 

 it recommends are certainly among the 

 best that are known. We have added an 

 asterisk, thus *, to those varieties that 

 are eminently adapted for pot culture. 



Sekies I.— Plain-leaved Varieties. 

 1. Flowers scarlet. 

 First-class. — Eleanor, Faust, Lndy 

 Rokeby, Little Major, Punch, Tientham 

 Scarlet, Waltham Pet. 



Second-class. — Achilles. 



. Flowers cerise or rosy scarlet. 

 First-class. — Ladv Middleton.* 

 Second-class. — Visitor. 



3. Flowers rose-pink. 

 First-class.-Chrlstlne* Rose Queen. 

 Second class. — None. 

 Series II — Zonate Varieties. 

 1. Floivers scarlet. 

 First-class. — Adonis,* Amiral Protet,* 

 Attraction,* Clipper, Garibaldi (W.North), 

 Martin Giveau,* Victor Emmanuel, Vivid, 

 Volciino. 



Second-class. — Cheshire Hero, Com- 

 missioner, Cottage Maid, Emperor of the 

 French, Harry Hieover, Lucien Tisserand, 

 Persian, Princess of Prussia,* Red Riding 

 Hood, Rev. J. Dix. 

 2. Flowers cerise, rosy scarlet, or rose. 

 First-class. — Hector, Herald of 

 Spring,* Lord o; the Isles,* Monsieur 

 Martin, Nora,* Roi d'ltalie,* Umpire. 



Second-class. — Aspasia, Beauty, Bon- 

 nie Dundee, Cecilia, Comte de Morny * 

 Effective, Francois Chardine, Giralda, 

 Paul Labbe, Pink Pearl. 



3. Flowers salmon or flesh colour. 

 First-class.— Aurora,* Princess Mary, 

 St. Fiacre. 



Second-class. — Auricula, Fan ty, Prince 

 of Hesse, Rosamond,* Souvenir du 8 Juin. 



