Plate 547. 



PELARGONIUMS— ROSICRUCIAN AND 

 KINGCRAFT. 



It augurs some zeal and interest in tlie culture of tlie 

 Pelargonium, to year by year either produce, or bring into 

 notice new and excellent varieties, when they meet with no 

 encouragement amongst the lovers of flowers generally, and we 

 fear, as a matter of commerce, do not pay. Yet Mr. Turner, of 

 Slough, persistently, year after year, takes up his wonted 

 position, and although the advance seems slight, yet we are 

 persuaded that it is made. "VVe know that the demand for 

 them, especially as new varieties, is not at all equal to that for 

 the Zonal class, but Mr. T. does not wish to give them up, and 

 hopes to see the day when they may yet be cultivated with the 

 same zest as before. 



From a number of new varieties we have selected the two 

 in our plate as distinct varieties. In Eosicrucian (Fig. 1), the 

 lower petals are of a deep pink colour, while the upper are 

 somewhat deeper, or bright crimson. Kincjcraft (Fig. 2), is of 

 the admired dark variety, having the upper petals nearly black, 

 while the lower are a rich deep scarlet, with a tinge of crimson. 



