Plate 560. 



DOUBLE PELARGONIUM— VICTOIRE 

 DE LYON. 



It is now two years since we received a communication from 

 M. Jean Sisley of Lyons, a well known and distinguished 

 amateur, in whicli he stated that he had raised a double pelargo- 

 nium of an entirely new shade of colour ; in fact, of a shade that 

 he did not believe existed amongst the class of zonals at all. 

 We have been somewhat surprised at not seeing the flower 

 more frequently exhibited, for although it is not so double as 

 some of those raised by M. Lemoine of Nancy, it is undoubtedly 

 most distinct in colour. 



The taste for the double pelargonium is, we are inclined to 

 believe, on the decline, and we cannot but regret that it should 

 be so, for they are as decorative plants most useful, and we have 

 seen them most effectively used as bedders. A good deal of this 

 decline is to be attributed to the great sameness of colour amongst 

 them, there being hardly any difference between the different 

 varieties ; in fact, we ourselves placed those of the red section in 

 a bed together, and had very great difficulty in determining the 

 separate sorts when they had grown together. 



Vicfoire dc Lyon is of a beautiful crimson colour, nearly 

 double, blooming freely, but somewhat inclined to be straggling 

 in its growth ; it is, if the taste should revive, likely to be useful 

 as the forerunner of a new section of this very useful class of 

 pelargonium. 



