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of Kent (white, rosy centre), Gloire de Paris (crimson, dark centre), 

 Madame Legras (purple and white striped), Uranus (blue and white 

 eye), and a dark crimson variety raised here some time ago ; it has a 

 small truss, dwarf, compact, and is an immense bloomer; it is well 

 suited for beds near trees or shrubs, being the very opposite of Defi- 

 ance in habit. I have no objection to new kinds; but before they are 

 introduced to the flower-b,eds their adaptability should be proved in 

 the kitchen-garden. Of Petunias I would have only two kinds ; Shrub- 

 land Rose, being very compact and lively, a white under any name, 

 as they are all coarse growers, and ought only to be used in mixed 

 mass beds, with Salvia patens, Calceolaria amplexicaulis, and Tom 

 Thumb Geranium. 



Scarlet Geraniums may consist of either Tom Thumb, Dwarf 

 Shrubland, or Trentham scarlet ; these are all dwarf and good. For 

 coarse growers and large trusses, flowering more abundantly towards 

 autumn, take Compactum and Globe. Others may consist of Purple 

 Nosegay, White Ivy-leaved, Pink Ivy-leaved, and Manglesii ; the 

 last is a beautiful variegated sort, the flowers are scanty and poor, 

 but planted as an edging to a bed of scarlets, or mixed with an equal 

 quantity of Robinson's Defiance Verbena, the vivid scarlet of the 

 one resting on the foliage of the other, produces a charming effect. 

 Another excellent kind is a sport from the cup-leaved Scarlet, a very 

 profuse bloomer of glowing crimson colour, green horse-shoe foliage, 

 with coral-coloured stalks; we call it " Coral-stalked." I have been 

 thus minute with this as it originated here, and, I believe, is little 

 known. It forms a beautiful distinct bed. 



Calceolarias may consist of Kayii (yellow), Sulphurea elegans 

 (yellow), amplexicaulis (pale lemon), flowering profusely towards au- 

 tumn ; superba (dark brown), of excellent habit ; Shan'kleyana (yel- 

 low and red), or Kentish Hero, of similar colour. Sultan and 

 Kentish Hero, I think, should be grown in pots, their flowers being 

 large, and often being full of water, are apt to break down. Helio- 

 tropium corymbosum, Lantana Sellowii, a very beautiful free-blooming 

 shrubby plant, with rosy colour and white eye, are suitable for very 

 small beds. Portulacca Thellusonii is a delightful annual for edgings 

 or narrow strip beds ; Lobelia procumbens, and Erinus occulata. 

 Many other things might be added, but the foregoing, when arranged 

 with good taste, will prove all that is desirable for the amateur to 

 grow, being a selection rather than a collection. 



Timothy Verbose. 



PELARGONIUMS. 



There has been no mention made of what are early-blooming varie- 

 ties, or the reverse, since 1849 (Vol. II. p. S06), and from the 

 number of varieties sent out since that time, some information under 

 this head may be acceptable. 



The sorts which are good in May, and not so fine later in the 



