pink; large. CHARLES DARWIN, deep purplish-crimson, semi- 
double. CHARLES LALANDE, intense crimson, flowers and 
trusses medium-sized. DR. JACOBY, h, shaded white. 
EDOUARD LEQUIN, magenta-red; very showy. F. V. RASPAIL, 
deep scarlet, tine large pips; compact habit. GUILLON MAN- 
GILLI, magenta-scarlet, top petals orange-scarlet, semi-double, 
trusses very large; a very showy variety, one of the best. HENRY 
CANNELL (Thorpe), scarlet, semi-double; excellent truss and 
habit. J. C. RODBARD, orange-scarlet, large. JEWEL, pure 
scarlet, flowers small, resembling the blossom of a double Haw- 
thorn, trusses small and neat; distinct, and useful for button- 
Fic. 69. TRUSS AND SINGLE FLOWER OF DOUBLE ZONAL 
PELARGONIUM (JEWEL). 
holes and bouquets (see Fig. 69). La CANDEUR, white, double. 
LE CYGNE, pure white; fine form, and very compact habit, one 
of the best. Louis BUCHNER, pale salmon ; good form. MADAME 
A. BALTET, nearly pure white; free habit. MADAME THIBAUT, 
magenta-rose, upper petals marked white; very free-flowering, 
compact habit. MAGENTA KING, magenta, fine large flowers and 
trusses. MARIE LEMOINE, soft carmine, large flowers and 
trusses ; dwarf and free. M. PASTEUR, deep crimson, large, well 
formed. ROI DES VIOLETTES, rich violet-purple, large and 
double. WONDERFUL, orange-scarlet, semi-double „ A sport 
from the single variety VESUVIUS, the habit of which it retains, 
Variegated-leaved Pelargoniums. 
These need no separate descriptions, as there is so little variation 
in the different varieties, of which a sufficiently extensive selection 
is given: 
Golden Tricolors. EDWARD RICHARD BENYON, FLORENCE, JOHN 
DOWNIE, LADY CULLUM, MACBETH, MARIE STUART, MRS. 
POLLOCK, PETER GRIEVE, SOPHIA DUMARESQUE. 
Silver Tricolors. DOLLY VARDEN, Eva Fish, LADY DOROTHY 
NEVILLE, LASS O’GOWRIE, MINNIE WARREN, MRS. CLUTTON, 
Mrs. LAING, Mrs. R. B. POSTANS, PRINCE SILVERWINGS. 
Golden Bronze. BLACK DOUGLAS, GOLDEN HARRY HIEROVER, 
GOLDEN SUPERB NosSEGAY, MARECHAL MACMAHON, MODEL, 
THE SHAH. 
Silver Variegated. FLOWER OF SPRING, LITTLE TROT, MANGLES’ 
ARIEGATED, Miss KINGSBURY, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. 
Yellow Leaved. CREEDS SEEDLING, CRYSTAL PALACE GEM, 
ROBERT FISH. 
Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums. 
Single-lowered. BEAUTE DE Lyon, purplish-scarlet, large trusses ; 
bold foliage. BRIDAL WREATH, pure white ground, small 
— eye; bushy, half-trailing habit; very pretty. DUKE OF 
INBURGH, pale rose, upper petals veined ; gg oy cr 
leaves, yellowish-green with white margin ; free, trailing habit. 
Gem, blush-white, crimson spot on upper petals ; compact, up- 
right-growing habit. INNOCENCE, large white flowers, shaded 
lilac ; free, trailing habit, free-flowering. La FRANCE (hybrid), 
beautiful t rose, trusses and flowers very large; free habit, 
extra fine. L’ELEGANTE, large white flowers; plant of free, 
growth, with variegated leaves. MASTERPIECE, rich 
Mmagenta-crimsong trusses of immense size, with large flowers. 
3 W 2 n — istinct ST. 
; upright-; it, very bright an net. . 
GEORGE, light . 5 of medium size, with broad petals; 
of vigorous growth and floriferous habit. WILLSII, bright rose; 
Plant of half-trailing habit, free-flowering and showy; one of the 
oldest varieties. 
Double and Semi-Double Flowered. ABEL CARRIÈRE, soft magenta, 
Maroon in upper petals, flowers of extra size and finest form. 
A. F. BARRON, Iilac-rose, flowers large and very full; short- 
Jointed and free habit. €aNDEUR, almost pure white, flowers very 
double; free habit. ComMTE H. DE CHOISEUL, flowers very large, 
full, of a most pleasing shade of colour. COMTESSE H. DE CHOI- 
SEUL, beautiful satiny-rose, light margin; a fine variety. CONGO, 
ilac, centre rose, light edges, of finest form and substance ; effec- 
tive. EMILE LEMOINE, rich orange-scarlet shade, pips very large, 
semi-double; extra fine and distinct. GENERAL GORDON, beau- 
tiful shade of deep rosy-cerise ; distinct. GLOIRE DE Nancy, 
deep rosy-lake, large trusses, medium-sized flowers ; very distinct. 
GLOIRE ‘D’ORLEANS, rich crimson-magenta, trusses and flowers 
medium, produced in the greatest abundance ; habit dwarf and 
Vol. III. 
Pelargonium continued. 
short-jointed. ISIDORE FERAL, light rose, pleasing shade, flowers 
large, very double; one of the best. JEANNE D’ARC, white, 
S light lavender, flowers very large and double; an acqui- 
sition, and one of the finest varieties in size of flower. LA 
ROSIÈRE, soft satiny-rose, lighter margin, flowers very double; 
free and distinct. Lovis THIBAUT, deep red, large flowers; of 
fine shape and substance. MADAME COCHIN, silvery - lilac, 
slightly marked with maroon on the upper petals; distinct. 
MADAME CROUSSE, rose-pink, semi-double trusses and flowers, 
very large and beautiful ; extra fine. MADAME E. GALLÉ, nearly 
pure white, very double and large; one of the best. MADAME 
THIBAUT, bright rose, flowers very large and exceedingly double ; 
habit compact and floriferous, extra fine. MADAME THUVENIN, 
soft rosy-cerise, large, po shade of colour. MARGUERITE 
JACQUOT, rosy-pink, edged silvery-blush, large and double. 
MASSENET, bright magenta, semi-double, bold truss. M. DE 
LESSEPS, reddish-pink, large pips; very tull, and of fine shape. 
Mrs. MOORE, white, bordered lilac fand crimson. VISCOUNTESS 
CRANBROOK, satin-rose, a beautiful shade of colour, very double; 
dwarf, and short-jointed. € 
PELECYPHORA (from pelekyphoros, hatchet- 
bearing ; referring to some fancied resemblance in the 
tubercles to a hatchet). Hatchet Cactus. ORD. Cactec. 
A monotypic genus, very nearly allied to Mammillaria. 
The species and its variety require a sandy soil, good 
drainage, and very careful supplies of water. Propagated 
most readily by seeds, which germinate freely in moderate 
heat; offsets are seldom produced. See also Cactus. 
P. aselliformis (woodlouse-like).* fl. white, rose, borne near the 
summit of the stem, lin. to Iin, in diameter, consisting of 
several series of sepals and petals, numerous stamens and — 
Stem short, cylindrical, covered with mammille or tubercles of 
a flattened form; at the apex, and in the place of the spines of 
the Mammillarias, are two rows of flat, horny scales, which over- 
lap, like the tiles of a roof. June. A. din. Mexico, 1843. Green- 
house. The specific name refers to the rows of scales, which 
pare) been compared to the scaly back of a woodlouse. (I. H. 
vi. 186.) 
P. a. concolor (one-coloured). fl. l}in. in diameter, clustered 
towards the top of the stem; perianth tube short, free, naked, 
funnel-shaped; segments in about four series, rose- k 
obovate-oblong, acute; stamens very numerous. Stem z 
shortly cylindric, šin. to 4in. high, lyin. to 2in. in diameter, often 
constricted about the middle ; apex rounded ; mammille spirally 
arranged, vertical, 4in. long, woolly in the axils; spines minute, 
pungent. Mexico. (B. M. 6061.) 
PELEXIA (from peler, a helmet; referring to the 
shape of the back sepals). ORD. Orchidewn, A genus 
consisting of seven or eight species of stove, terrestrial 
orchids, natives of tropical America, from Brazil to the 
West Indies and Central America. Flowers mediocre, 
arranged in a sometimes dense, sometimes elongated and ; 
loose, sub-sessile spike; back sepals erect, connate with 
the petals in a narrow galea; lateral ones linear ; lip 
affixed to the base of the peltate column, erect, linear, 
canaliculate, the base produced into a spur-like lamina; 
column short. Leaves either radical and long-stalked, 
or few and many-sheathed at the base of a simple stem. 
The species are not very ornamental. For culture of 
those given below, see Goodyera. 
. setacea (bristl , perigone greenish, about lin. long; 
. ee 2 aa a inate ; lip lanceolate, acuminate, 
ciliated; spur half-free, filiform, curved. ¿. elliptical, pointed, 
long-petioled, 3in. to bin. long. A. lft. to 2ft. West Indies, b 
(B. N. 3403, under name of Neottia calcarata.) : 
P. spiranthoides (Spiranthes-like). fl. greenish, with a white- 
arlegated lip, i to 
e, 2in. to Sin. long; lip 
e summit into “a roundish, isla “inde. 
Vi 
dilated at 
„ triloba (three-lobed). fl. green, dis d in elongated, loose, 
8 spikes; geom acute, the lateral ones recurved ; 
lip trilobed at apex. f. oblong, acute, shorter than the petioles. 
Brazil, 1870. 
PELICAN FLOWER. A common name for Aris- 
tolochia grandiflora. 
OSANTHES (from pelios, livid, and anthos, a 
flower; alluding to the colour of the flowers of some 
species). Syns. Bulbospermum, Teta. ORD. Hemodo- 
race. A genus comprising about eight species of stove, 
perennial herbs, with short, horizontal rhizomes, natives 
of the East Indies and the Malayan Archipelago. 
Flowers greenish or lurid violet, rather small, disposed 
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