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board ; leaving them in the soil is, however, preferable. During the 

 season of growth begin with 50 3 , and as they progress increase the 

 heat to 70°, or higher, in bright sunny weather. 



It is not desirable to grow a very large collection. Half a dozen 

 sorts will be quite sufficient for ordinary purposes ; but, for the 

 benefit of those of our readers who prefer more than that number, 

 we will name a dozen, which wall include the best at present in 

 cultivation. 



In the front rank we must place Mxoniensis, the subject of our 

 plate. This is a hybrid, raised at the Exeter Nurseries from G. 

 zebrina and 0. refulgens. 



Alba lutescens grandijiora. — Large, delicate, cream-coloured 

 flowers. 



Cerise d'or. — Cerise and yellow. 



Cinnabarina. — ■ Bright vermilion, yellow throat ; handsome 

 foliage. 



Donckelaarii. — Pine scarlet. 



G. purpurea macrantlia. — Scarlet, light throat ; green velvety 

 foliage. 



Lutea punctissima. — Beautiful bright yellow, spotted with ver- 

 milion. 



Charles Maes. — Bright carmine ; throat golden-yellow, spotted 

 with carmine. 



Son. Mrs. Fox Stranrjways. — Bright buff, or nankeen, slightly 

 flushed with red ; handsome foliage. 



Madame Van Houtte. — Bright rose tube; white lobes, striped 

 and spotted with carmine. 



Refulgens. — Orange-scarlet, yellow throat ; rich crimson velvety 

 foliage. 



Zebrina splendens. — Bright scarlet; throat yellow, beautifully 

 spotted with red. 



RAISING NEW VAEIETIES OF ZONAL GERANIUMS. 



Chapter II. 



|0 obtain good seed you must have good flowers to begin 

 with. Tou may take choice of two plans : you may 

 save your seed as it comes, and make a sheer risk of 

 what it will produce ; or you may fertilize artificially, 

 and, to a very great extent, determine beforehand what 

 sort of flowers you will have. In either case the grower of seedlings 

 should not have one inferior sort in the garden, for the pollen of 

 inferior sorts is usually very potent, and it travels and accomplishes 

 its work of fertilizing with a persistency characteristic of the wilder 

 forms of vegetation, to which it approximates in character. Let us 

 suppose an amateur wishes to begin properly. Then I should 

 advise him to purchase a small collection, such as the following : — 

 Zosals.— Leonidas, James Crute, Richard Headley, Dr. McDon- 



