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months. Having been received in the spring in the shape of small plants, it was 

 decided to cultivate them in pots under glass, for which purpose these Pelar- 

 goniums seem especially useful. They were accordingly grown with much success 

 in moderate-sized pots, and bloomed remarkably well in one of the span -roofed 

 greenhouses, their healthy character reflecting much credit on Mr Barron and his 

 assistants. The accompanying notes indicate the condition as to habit and 

 inflorescence which these plants assumed, and may be regarded as recording as 

 fair a verdict on their respective merits as could be arrived at from the growth of 

 a single individual of each kind. The certified sorts, indicated by asterisks in 

 the subjoined description-list, were the following : — 

 First-class Certificates. 

 Marie Lemoine, Madame Lemoine, Victor Lemoine, Gloire de Nancy. 



Second-class Certificates. 



Sparkhill Beauty, Imperatrice Eugenie, Andrew Henderson, Victor, Wilhelm 

 Pfitzer, Memnon, Le Vesuve, Trioinphe de Thumesnil, Triomphe de Lorraine, 

 Signet. 



The following is a transcript of notes made at intervals during the following 

 season : — 



Albina. — Vigorous, with faintly-zoned leaves, the trusses small; the flowers 

 of a deep rose-pink, rather darker in colour than those of Madame Lemoine. 



Andrew Henderson**. — This variety. is of moderately-vigorous growth, with 

 faintly-zoned leaves, and compact trusses of orange-scarlet flowers very freely 

 produced. It is an ornamental variety well worth growing. 



Ascendancy. — Moderately vigorous in growth, with faintly-zoned leaves; but 

 too near Gloire de Nancy in the flowers. 



Capitaine V Her mite. — A vigorous-growing sort now superseded, with faintly- 

 zoned leaves and loose cerise-scarlet flowers. 



Conqueror. — A vigorous-growing variety, with green leaves and poor scarlet 

 flowers. 



Consul. — A vigorous-growing sort, with faintly zonate leaves ; the flowers light 

 scarlet, in a loose truss. 



Cottington. — A dwarf -growing small-leaved bedding variety, with quite the 

 habit and general character of the old Tom Thumb ; the flowers scarlet, semi- 

 double, loose, larger than those of Madame Rose Charmeux, and forming large 

 and more showy trusses. 



Delight. — Dwarf and moderately- vigorous in habit, with indistinctly zonate 

 leaves, and fair trusses of large thin flowers ; but too closely resembling those of 

 Gloire de Nancy. 



Emile Lemoine. — A variety of moderately- vigorous habit, having the leaves 

 marked by an indistinct zone, and the flowers of a cream-colour, ragged, but 

 forming dense trusses An inferior variety. 



Emulation. — A vigorous-habited green-leaved sort, with indifferent scarlet 

 flowers. 



Firebrand. — A coarse-habited green-leaved sort, with carmine-scarlet flowers 

 of inferior quality. 



Gloire dx Nancy***. — A handsome and moderately vigorous-growing variety, 

 still retaining a high position in the double class. It has green leaves, and good 

 bold trusses of well-formed, full, double, rosy-carmine flowers. This proves to 

 be also a good bedding plant. 



Imperatrice Eugenie **. — A variety of remarkably vigorous growth, which, in 

 the case of the Chiswick specimen, scarcely proved itself to be a free bloomer. 



