Plate 108. 



IVY-LEAVED PELAKGONI l" MS, PB I XCESS 

 TIIYRA AND GRAND DUCHESS MARIA. 



Every section of this family has received the careful attention 

 of the hybridizer, and the wonderful transformations effected 



have surpassed the expectations even of those who were most 

 enthusiastic in the matter; what further changes ma\ be made 

 we cannot say, but it is e\ ident that this flower must more than 

 ever he a favourite for out-of-doors work, as it has stood the 

 intense drought and heat of the past summer so much better 

 than most of our bedding-plants. 



The old Ivy-leaved Pelargonium, with its thick, leathery 

 Leaves and its small and insignificant flowers, is well known. 

 In how many a cottage window have wo seen it on the quaint 

 little trellises on which it was trained, bidding defiance to dust 

 and heat and thriving vigorously ! it has also been much used 

 for basket and trailing work generally, but the successful efforts 

 of Mr. Bull and others are evidently tending to making it valu- 

 able as a pot plant, and bringing its flowers up to the size of 

 some of the larger-flowered sections ; and as it is very useful for 

 brackets, for trailing over the sides of large vases, or for edging 

 of large beds, any improvement will be hailed with satisfac- 

 tion. 



The two varieties figured in our Plate were raised by Mr. W. 

 Bull, of the King's Road, Chelsea, from whose establishment 

 have issued so many of our finest Pelargoniums, and were se- 

 lected by him from hundreds of seedlings. Princess Thyra 

 (Fig. 1) is a deep flesh-colour, the upper petals somewhat 

 darker than the lower one, and marked with four deep pink 

 serrated bars. Grand Duchess Maria | Fig. 2) has the flowers of 



