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duced in excellent condition and in considerable quantity, thirteen 

 stands of nine blossoms each having been staged. Prizes were 

 awarded to, 1st, Mr. Edwards of Hollo way ; 2d, Mr. King of Can- 

 terbury ; 3d, Mr. Crook, Honorary Secretary of the Society ; and 

 4th, Mr. Venables. 



First prize seedling, May Queen (Crook), a promising rose ; 

 this gentleman also exhibited three byblcemens of first-rate quality. 

 The best bloom produced was, by universal assent, attributed to the 

 Aglaia of Mr. Edwards, than which it was impossible to have pro- 

 duced a finer. The Vivid of Mr. Crook was also a superb specimen. 



FANCY PELARGONIUMS. 



This class of flowers has latterly been raised into considerable im- 

 portance ; and from the improvements effected by superior cultivation 

 and raising new varieties from seed, they have become a very attrac- 

 tive feature of our large exhibitions. Dwarf and delicate in habit, 

 and most profuse bloomers, they form, when well grown, perfect 

 nosegays in themselves, and are consequently much admired, par- 

 ticularly by the ladies. 



In another part of this Number will be found a notice of them 

 as exhibited at Chiswick ; and with a view to assist our readers in 

 making a selection for cultivation, we subjoin a list of some of the 

 best varieties, adding from our Note-book such novelties as have 

 come under our observation during the present season. It is a great 

 mistake to imagine, as some have done, that they will displace the 

 stronger varieties. Like all matters of taste, some will cultivate one 

 sort, some will prefer the other; many, that have the means, will 

 cultivate both. It is singular that in either class there exist shades 

 of colour which the other does not possess ; and it will be interest- 

 ing to attempt the infusion of the brilliancy of some of the older 

 varieties into the Fancies, and the delicacy of the lilac shades into 

 the former. 



In appending the following list, we have to return our thanks to 

 those extensive growers of this class of Pelargoniums, Messrs. Am- 

 brose and Gaines, both of Battersea, Nurserymen, for a quantity of 

 cut blooms sent in handsome trusses for our inspection. Would 

 that their example was more generally followed, and that their 

 brethren in business used our work more extensively as a medium 

 of communication with the flower-loving and purchasing public ! It 

 is worth their while to bear in mind, that our circulation this year 

 (1849) will be little, if at all, under Fifteen-hundred copies a month ! 

 Our aim is Four-thousand. 



Reine Francaise. 

 Jenny Lind. 

 Empress. 

 Formosa. 



Ne-plus-ultra. 



Rubra. 



Picturata. 



Defiance. 



Hero of Surrey. 



Statiaskii or Ytolinskii. 



Quercifolia superbt 

 Captivation. 

 Delight. 

 Magnifica. 



