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rose, a fine dark flower ; Llewellyn, rich deep crimson, with dark maroon upper 

 petals, a fine glossy flower ; Marion Wilkie, pale rosy pink, with dark spots on 

 top petals, and white throat, large and showy ; and Regent, lower petals bright 

 crimson, dark top petals margined with bright carmine, fine shape and substance. 



Probably the grandest lot of Fancy Pelargoniums ever sent out is announced 

 by Mr. Turner this autumn. They form a batch of six varieties, all of Mr. 

 Turner's raising, and every one has received a First-Class Certificate ; they are : 

 — Agrippa, white, with large pale lilac spot on top petals, and smaller spots on 

 the lower petals, very free, of fine form, and quite distinct ; East Lynne, lower 

 petals white, heavily marked with crimson-purple, top petals bright crimson 

 shaded with violet, large white throat, and fine shape ; Excelsior • a fine dark rose 

 self-coloured flower, with large white eye and margin, very smooth, and finely 

 formed, altogether first-rate ; Lady Carrington, soft pale peach lower petals, the 

 top petals suffused with pale pink, clear white throat ; Leotard, a very fine bright 

 cherry-rose self-flower, with large white centre and margin of the same, a flower 

 of great substance and smoothness ; and Marmion, an equally fine flower with 

 the foregoing, bright deep rose shaded with purple, clear white throat and 

 narrow edge of the same, large and bold. In point of habit it may be truthfully 

 said of each of these fine fancy flowers, that they are vigorous growers, and yet 

 compact in habit. The foregoing, with Princess Tech, Brightness, Fanny Gair, 

 and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, of last year's batch, will give an entirely new character 

 to the exhibition stage. It is to be hoped that ample opportunity will be offered 

 in the future for seeing these grand new kinds worthily represented at the great 

 flower shows, the whole of which are surely not to be entirely lost to us. 



The new Zonal, Nosegay, and Variegated Pelargoniums have been touched 

 on as they have put in appearance. They are comparatively few in number as 

 compared with last year, and it is well there should be an occasional respite from 

 the almost continual recurrence of forms cast after the same fashion. But one 

 new Variegated Zonal Pelargonium has put in appearance having any claim to 

 high character, namely, Mary James (James), and this was seen in a very young 

 state. In the class of Hybrid Nosegays, grand additions have been made, 

 especially in point of form, so much so that the line of demarcation between a 

 Nosegay and an ordinary Zonal Pelargonium will soon be altogether obliterated. 



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)F the new Iresine Lindeni I forward a few leaves to show its colour and 

 markings [ — beautifully coloured and well developed, about 4 in. long]. It 

 was planted out in an exposed place in the last week of June, in common 

 garden soil, without any preparation whatever, and it has grown with 

 great vigour, and withstood all kinds of weather admirably. I planted around it 

 some of the bronze Pelargonium, Beauty of Calderdale, and this little batch of 



