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tifully overlaid with rich lake lines. Prince Imperial, flowers large 

 and finely formed, bright rosy pink, shaded with salmon, and dark 

 blotch on top petals. Maid of Honour, an average flower, with rosy- 

 carmine top petals, with dark blotch, and pink lower petals. 

 Troubadour, the flowers of this variety are large and of rather a 

 new style of colouring ; top small maroon blotch, breaking into 

 a pinkish lake margin ; bottom pinkish salmon, and white throat. 

 Envoy, large and finely formed, top blackish maroon, with rosy 

 edge, bottom lake. Nonpareil, flowers of good form, with fine 

 broad well-made petals, top blackish maroon, with thin rosy edge, 

 bottom lilac, overlaid with rich lake lines ; distinct and good. 

 Flou-er of the Day, a bright pleasing flower, of medium size, top 

 black, breaking into veins on a lake ground, bottom clear rosy pink. 



From Mr. Beck's batch we shall not be far wrong in selecting 

 the following : — Olivia, a grand flower, top petals black, shading 

 to bright crimson, lower petals reddish lake. Hector, a finely- 

 formed stout well-built flower, top petals black, shading to the 

 richest crimson ; bottom, rich rosy crimson. Sylvia, a pretty 

 medium-sized flower, pure white, with large feathery blotch of lake 

 on top petals- Isabella, a fine large flower, though scarcely perfect, 

 top petals black with rosy crimson edge, bottom blush, overlaid with 

 pink lines and white throat. 



I shall not enumerate the whole of the splendid faucies brought 

 forward by Mr. Turner during last year, but content myself 

 with selecting the creme de la creme of his fine batch. First in 

 order we have Agrippa, a charming light flower, top petals light 

 rose in rays, lower petals faint spots on blush ground. Brightness, 

 lively rose, with white throat, distinct and pretty. Belle of the Season, 

 top petals rich magenta rose, bottom crescent-shaped, blotches 

 of the same colour on a blush ground, first-rate. Excelsior, good 

 rich magenta rose. Marmion, bright rosy carmine, with light centre, 

 rich and showy. "Mrs. Mendell, top rosy pink, bottom rose-pink 

 spots on a light ground. East Lynne, top rosy crimson, bottom 

 light rose, and clear white eye, a superbly- finished flower. Leotard, 

 fine rich magenta, with white centre and margin, large and fine. 

 Princess Teclc, medium size, but perfect in form, paper-white 

 ground, with bright rosy carmine feather on top petals, and small 

 spots on bottom, first rate. Fanny Gair, a finely-finished flower, top 

 petals rosy carmine, bottom flushed and spotted with bright rose. 



I must not omit to mention Magnet, a superb, decorative, large- 

 flowered pelargonium, raised by Messrs. Dobson. The flowers are not 

 quite so well formed as some of the best of the show varieties ; the 

 colour fiery crimson, with dark blotches on top petals. The plants 

 have a remarkably dwarf, compact, and free-flowering habit. I have 

 seen it on several occasions, both at home and abroad, and have no 

 hesitation in pronouncing it to be one of the very best early-flowering 

 decorative geraniums we have. This w r as brought out in 18G7, and 

 is, therefore, getting cheap by this time, but of the latter point I am 

 unable to speak confidently, as I know nothing about the price. 



