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E. dichromum amabile, Ionopsis panieulata, Odontoglossum Alexandres, 

 0. citrosmum, 0. cordatum, 0. grande, 0. Insleayi, 0. luteo-pur- 

 pureum, 0. membraceum, O. phalcenopsis, 0. pulchellwm, 0. Rossi 

 superbum, O. triumplians, Oiwidium crispum, Pleione lagenaria, 

 and P. WallicM. 



SELECT ZONAL AND VARIEGATED PELARGONIUMS. 



BY JOnN WALSH. 



[HE list of zonal and variegated pelargoniums has swollen 

 to such an inordinate size, that it is not by any means 

 an easy task to criticise fairly on the new varieties when 

 introduced to public notice, or to make out the best 

 selection possible of the older sorts according to the 

 purposes for -which they are required. It is very easy to make out 

 a list of good kinds ; but it is another matter to make a selection 

 which shall include the very best, and the best only, in the several 

 classes. For my part, if I did not possess unusual facilities for 

 becoming well acquainted with the best of new kinds before they 

 are put in commerce, and for thoroughly testing them afterwards, I 

 should shrink from the task of offering advice on such an important 

 matter ; and even now I approach ic with a considerable degree of 

 diffidence. In all the classes, with the. exception of the white- 

 edged and golden-leaved, several new varieties, possessing consider- 

 able merit, are now offered for the first time, and for the assistance 

 of buyers of novelties, it will, perhaps, be desirable to dispose of 

 them first. 



Amongst the Golden Zonals, first place must be given to 

 Macbeth, a grand variety in the hands of Messrs. Bell and Thorpe, 

 of Stratford-on-Avon. The leaves are of splendid form, stout, and 

 massive, and the colour is heavily laid on ; indeed, it is the nearest 

 approach to perfection we yet have seen, and well deserved the first- 

 class certificate conferred upon it by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society when first exhibited. The Rev. R. Benyon, in the hands of 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, of the Wellington Road Nursery, 

 is wonderfully brilliant in colour, although hardly so perfect in form 

 as one could wish, and must be added to the most select list, for it is 

 a grand bedder, and in every way a most desirable acquisition. 

 Miss Goring and Mrs. Grieve, which are both in the hands of the last- 

 mentioned firm, are also very desirable. The leaves of each are of 

 fine form, and the colours are sharply defined and wonderfully rich 

 and brilliant. The first-named is also most valuable for winter 

 decoration, as the rich vermilion zone retains its brilliancy through- 

 out the whole year. Ettie Beale, now being sent out by Messrs. 

 Carter and Co., of High Holborn, deserves mention, as it is well 

 entitled to a place amongst the most select. Mr. Butter, which 

 has been exhibited several times by Mr. C. Turner, is of a different 

 type to the preceding ; and for those who care more for form than 



