Plate 392. 

 TRICOLOR PELARGONIUM, STAR OF INDIA. 



Of all the flowers of the present day. there is hardly one 



perhaps so popular, so universally admired, and so generallj 

 grown as the tricolor-leaved Geranium, Mrs. Pollock; while 

 the varieties that are from time to time put forward will soon 

 create so much confusion, as to make weeding out an abso- 

 lute necessity. Thus we have now before us two catalogues, in 

 one of which we find forty new varieties, ami in another eleven, 

 varying in price from one to three guineas, and of necessity 

 many of them presenting so great a similarity to one another 

 that only the eye of a very practised connoisseur would be able 

 to distinguish them. Besides, there are few firms of any emi- 

 nence who have not had one or more of this favourite class to 

 send out, so the kinds will soon be numbered by hundreds. 



Among those varieties which we have seen this season, Rol- 

 lisons' Star of India, which we now by their permission figure, 

 seems to us to be one of the best. The colouring of the foliage 

 is good, and the habit of the plant excellent. It partakes more 

 of the character of Sunset than of Mrs. Pollock, the edges of 

 the leaves being deeply cut, and the surface considerably more 

 smooth, while the colouring is richer than either, the bright 

 crimson flame which breaks in and through the deep maroon 

 band being excessively rich. The golden edge of the leaves is 

 very decided, and the green in the centre light and distinct. 

 Messrs. Rollison inform us that the habit of the plant is verj 

 free, and this we should gather from our own plants, which are 

 long-jointed and branching. 



We have found in the cultivation of this very beautiful class 

 of plants, that they delight in a rich friable soil, in plentj of 

 light and air. the aun seeming to bring out the brilliant \ oi 



