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many fine varieties now in cultivation, for the guidance of the 

 amateur and others, who may not know their general charac- 

 ter and colours : 



Advancer, a fine robust grower, of a purplish mulberry suffused with rose. 

 Argus, lilac ground, with maroon top-petals, under ones spotted with crimson; 

 good in constitution, and adapted for show or bedding. 



Cassandra, a flower of fine quality ; colour a rich crimson, with white belting. 

 Caliban, as a show-flower this must stand pre-eminent, being bold and clear 

 in its markings ; a rich mulberry, with white. 



Celestial, the finest rosy lilac yet out ; of fine habit ; should be in every stand 

 for exhibition. 



Defiance, distinct from any thing yet out ; colour a rich glossy velvet. 

 Empress, a pure white, with lilac spots ; good habit. 



Formosissimum, a plant of fine habit, and flower of fine form; colour rosy 

 crimson and violet. 



Gipsy Queen, good habit, free, good for early exhibition; colour pure white, 

 with mulberry top-petals spotted the same. 



Jenny Lind, a plant of good habit, free flowering, very early ; colour rose and 

 white, with spots. 



Lady Hume Campbell (Turner), rich crimson violet belted with white, lower 

 petals rose and white. 



Mirandum, a very distinct veined rosy salmon ; good habit ; free and early. 

 Magnum Bonum, mulberry ; fine habit and form. 

 Ner'te, very dark ; good habit, very free ; form moderate. 

 Odoratum punctatum, good dwarf habit, fitted for show or bedding ; very 

 sweet. 



Richard Cobden, very dwarf habit ; dark velvet and crimson ; fine for exhi- 

 bition. 



Resplendent, fine crimson and scarlet, with white ; good show plant. 

 Superbum, good habit, early ; purple maroon, fine form : with a number of 

 others that are showy, but of second-rate form. 



The Fancy Pelargonium has this advantage over the old 

 show variety, that it will stand almost any amount of heat, 

 and open its flowers freely, i.e. if the plants are properly 

 ripened for the process, for which a few should now be se- 

 lected, taking care that they are good healthy plants, and not 

 such morsels as are generally sent out under the name of 

 such. "When you receive them from the nursery or other 

 place, from which their transit has called for packing, it would 

 be advisable to place them in a warm house or close pit for a 

 day or two previous to potting, to induce a reaction of the 

 roots, and restore the bleached leaves to their proper colour. 

 When potted, the following compost will be found to suit 

 well (taking care to first well drain the pots with charcoal 

 and broken oyster-shells), equal parts turfy loam, peat, and 

 well decomposed cow and horse-dung, adding silver-sand 

 freely. 



