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bright soft pink, pale throat, very free and fine habit ; Princess Teck 

 (Turner), one of the most exquisite varieties in cultivation, white, with 

 carmine spots, very smooth, and a most profuse bloomer ; Sarah (Tur- 

 ner), deep crimson, suffused with purple, white throat ; and Vivandiere 

 (Turner), rich crimson, novel and distinct, and very free and striking. 

 It will be observed that all the foregoing were seedlings raised by Mr 

 Turner of Slough. A dozen older but very useful varieties would give 

 Bridesmaid (Turner), Cloth of Silver (Henderson), Delicatum (Am- 

 brose), Edgar (Turner), Evening Star (Henderson), Madame Sainton 

 Dolby (Turner), Miss-in-her-Teens (Turner), Modestum (Turner), Roi 

 des Fantaisies, Silver Mantle (Turner), Sylph (Turner), and Victor 

 Hugo (Turner). 



The Fancy Pelargonium has this advantage over the large flowering 

 kinds, that it will stand almost any amount of heat, and open its 

 flowers freely, if the plants are properly ripened for the process. But 

 few cultivators, however, will require to do this. If a collection of 

 plants be obtained from the nursery, and they had been packed in a 

 basket to keep them from injury, it is advisable to place them in a 

 warm house or close pit for a day or two previous to potting them, 

 to induce a reaction of the roots, and restore the partly-bleached leaves 

 to their proper condition. If a collection of varieties is to be worked 

 up from cuttings, strong and healthy ones should be selected, which, 

 when cut into lengths from 2 to 3 inches long, should be inserted 

 round the edges of well -drained pots filled with a light compost, 

 having at least one-third silver-sand mixed with it. As soon as the 

 cuttings are rooted, pot them off into small pots, using a compost 

 made up of sweet fibrous loam, with an admixture of rotten manure 

 and sand, using plenty of drainage in the pots. As soon as the 

 growth has reached 3 inches in length, pinch out the centre of each 

 shoot, when they will be found to break right from the bottom of the 

 plants, which should be kept rather dry during this process. As 

 soon as the strength of the plants admits of it, tie out the side 

 shoots, and shift them into larger pots as soon as they reach the 

 outside of those in which they are growing. Pots from 6 to 8 inches 

 in diameter are large enough for the final potting, but the size em- 

 ployed must be in accordance with the purpose for which the plants 

 may be required. 



Some special instructions are requisite in the case of plants in- 

 tended for exhibition purposes. Actually, Fancy Pelargoniums may 

 be grown to almost any size, by keeping the house in which they are 

 making their growth moist and warm. Fancy Pelargoniums undoubt- 

 edly like warmth, but plenty of air should be given during the day, even 

 supposing some fire-heat is being employed, and the specimen plants 



