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C. INTBIUIEQU. — BInsh white, with crimson or pnrple lip ; flowoia 

 largo ; plant tall, from 12 to IG inches high. April. Brazil. 



C. Mosst.i:. — Lilac orrosj flowers, crimaou piirplo lip, very variahlo. 

 Jnly. Veuoznela. 

 C. Skinnkui. — Bright rosy pnrple flowers. Angnst. Costa Rica. 



The Cattloj-as may be grown ia pots, raising the compost 

 well above tbo rim, and keeping the plants elevated. 



CtKLiABAUKiiiASA. — -White, scontoj llowersin spikes. Juno. Jamaica. 

 It succeeds in a shallow bastet, the compost being raised considerably 

 if it be grown in a pot. 



•CoiLoavN]-: chistata. — Uacemes of largo white flowers, pendent, 

 with orange-streaked lip. Nepanl and Khasiya. 



•C. MACULATA. — Flowers white, lip spotted with cnmsou. Antumn 

 —October and November. Kbaaiya. 



•C. lAOENvnu. — Pnrple, with white, blotched with rose and crimson. 

 Blooms iji winter. Khasiya. 



•C. PR.Kcox. — Rosy purple, marked vith white on the lip. October. 

 Nepaul. 



The last three s liould have a compost of equal parte of peat 

 and fibrous loam, and one put old cow dung or leaf mould, 

 and silver or river sand, draining well, but not 60 much as for 

 the majority of Oiebids ; placing four or more bulbs in a 6 or 

 7-inch pot. Thoy should be potted as soun as the bloom ii 

 over, as the young leaves push immediately from the same 

 sheath. Place tha plants in a po.?ition near the glase, watering 

 moderately at first, and until the leaves have grown consider- 

 ably, then water abundantly. When the pseudo bulbs are fully 

 formed cease watering, allowing the foliage to turn yellow and 

 die. Keep them near the glass, and dry and cool. Attention 

 should be paid the bulbs occasionally to see that th»y remain 

 plump ; if so do not give water, but if they shrivel supply a 

 little to cause them to swell again, being careful not to have 

 the soil long wet, or they may be started prematurely into 

 growth. In potting, the bulbs should be placed just on the 

 surface of the soil. Cattioya Aclandiie succeeds in the usual 

 compost of chopped sphagnum, fibrous peat, charcoal, and pot- 

 sherds. Be careful that water do not lodge in the heart of the 

 young leaves ; admit air freely, finish off the growth early in 

 autumn, and in winter keep dry and cool. 



CoMPARETTLV r.u.CATA. — Flowers rose-colonred, on spikes. May. 

 Mexico. Grow in pots, raising the jdant high in the centre of the 

 pot. It succeeds in baskets. 



♦CYMBmmii ALorFOLiDM. — Pendent racemes of purplish flowers, 

 with black markings. September to March. East Indies. It may be 

 grown in a pot, in fibrons loam and peat, with a few pieces of charcoal 

 and crocks, providing good drainage. It also succeeds in a basket, 

 and bears the heat of a stove and the cool dry air oi a greenhouse 

 equally well. 



C. EBDBNEUM. — Flowcrs white, orange-streaked lip, borne on erect 

 spikes. May. East Indies. 



C. Mastebsi. — Flowers white, occasionally blotched with pink. 

 August. East IntUes. 



•C. SINENSE. — PurpUsh brown. China. 



The Cymbidiums succeed in pots, the plant being raised high 

 in the centre of the pot. — G. Abbey. 



variegated on account of having two shades of colour upon the 

 surface of their leaves, the Green Zonala are also, from the 

 same circumstance, entitled to eimilar distinction. 



At present there is, I think, something like uncertainty as 

 to the most fitting terms to apply to the various sections of 

 Pelargoniums. We have the term "Tricolor" and "Varie- 

 gated Zonal" indiscriminately applied to the same class of 

 plants. Undoubtedly, the latter appellation is the more correct 

 of the two ; but the former term having a prior claim, as it 

 were, upon the public mind, it might be unwise to try to alter 

 it. I5ut with regard to the Bronzo section, I think it is some- 

 what di£ferenl, and they are alluded to as " Bronze Zonals," 

 " Gold aud Bronze Zonals," and " Bicolors." In my opinion 

 the first-mentioned term is the moat appropriate, the second 

 is unnecessarily long, and the third — viz., Bicolor, ought to be 

 applied to zonelesa variegated varieties, such as Flower of the 

 Day and Golden Chain. We should then have : — 



, . f Golden Tricolor Mrs. Pollock section. 



gal Silver Tricolor Italia Unita ditto. 



-< ^ 1 Golden Bicolor Golden Chain ditto. 



^ '-^ V Silver Bicolor Elower of the Day ditto. 



Green Zonals All Green-leaved sorts with zonee. 



Bronze Zonals Beanty of Oulton section. 



Plain Green, or Zoneless .... Tom Thumb, &c. 



Plain Yellow, Zoneless Golden Nugget, &c. 



Some societies have adopted the system of offering prizes 

 for colleotions of " Ornamental-foliagsd Pelargoniums," and 

 this is, no doubt, intended to include the Bionze Zonals ; but 

 the term is not sufficiently definite, as it would hardly be con- 

 sistent with justice to refuse to apply this term also to the 

 foliage of many of the Greou Zonal varieties. — P. Geieve. 



CLASSIFYING COLOUKED-FOLIAGED 



PELARGONIUMS. 

 I TEUST that you will excuse me for saying that I fear your 

 answer to your correspondent "B.," at page 3G2, may prove 

 somewhat of a stumbling-block to judges at some of the ensuing 

 horticultural exhibitions. You say, "We consider Pelargo- 

 nium Model, Perilla, Beauty of Oulton, &c., or any others be- 

 longing to this section, variegated, and eligible for exhibiting 

 as variegated varieties in company with any of the Mrs. Pollock 

 section." Some few weeks previous to the Koyal Horticultural 

 Society holding their first show in connection with that of the 

 Eoyal Agricultural Society at Bury St. Kdmunds in July, 1867, 

 the question as to whether this section of Pelargoniums should 

 or should not be considered as variegated plants, and exhibited 

 as such, was discussed in the columns of the Gardeners' Chro- 

 nicle, and I think also in The Journal of Horticulture ; and 

 this question was at last set at rest by the Floral Committee 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society deciding, aud their decision 

 was also confirmed by the Council of that Society, that this 

 section of Pelargoniums could not be considered as variegated 

 plants, nor be allowed to be exhibited as such at any of their 

 exhibitions. Agreeably to this decision, many horticultural 

 societies have very properly assigned a separate class for this 

 tribe of highly ornamental plants. I do not at present wish to 

 raise the question of what constitutes variegation in the leaves 

 of plants ; but surely if the Bronze Zonals are considered as 



• METROPOLITAN PLANT DECORATION. 



In St. Margaret's Square, Westminster, opposite the Houses 

 of Parliament, the space formerly enclosed, and in which 

 Canning's statue stood, is now laid down in grass and flower 

 beds. The latter are filled with Pelargoniums and other plants 

 on the " bedding system," aud will in the course of a week or 

 two be in a blaze of colour. We hope this style of metropoli- 

 tan decoration will be extended, and every available space 

 made to contribute to the pleasure and enjoyment of those 

 who have no other means of benefiting by the soothing and 

 elevating influences that the contemplation of flowers tends to 

 induce. It would be a great additional advantage if a large 

 label were placed in each bed with the name s of the plants of 

 which it is composed. For instance; "Etbejca, edged with 

 Lady Plymouth," " Waltham Seedling, edged with Cerastinm 

 tomentosum," or whatever the arrangement may be. The 

 thing would then be instructive as well as ornameuta!, and 

 may have an educational tendency, prompting many to the 

 study of these subjects who otherwise may have given little 

 heed to them. 



An attempt has been made to enliven Trafalgar Square, by 

 the introduction cf standard Bays in tubs. There were some 

 half dozen ranged against the Pall Mall wall last year which 

 made such a miserable appearance, they looked as if they were 

 shrinking from public gaze. This year a few more have been 

 added to the number, which appear to have given confidence 

 to the former inhabitants, and induced them to venture out 

 among the fountains. Though the numbers make these plants 

 a little more conspicuous than they were last year, they have, 

 nevertheless, a very insignificant effect. Why not stand some 

 of them upon the Pall Mall terr.ice, on a level with the National 

 Gallery ? Set one opposite each of the triplet piers in that 

 balustrade, and they would not only show themselves, but help 

 to relieve the mass of masonry formed by the National Gallery 

 and the terrace together. They are lost where they are, and 

 look as if they were ehvioking into their tubs terrified lest 

 the Nelson Column should fall and annihilate them. 



It is a relief to turn from these terrified Bays to Mr. 

 McKenzie's stately Planes on the Thames Embankment, all of 

 which are pushing forth their summer verdure. Already a 

 thin green line may be distinguished from the boats on the 

 river, or frcm the bridges. Ere long this will be more apparent, 

 and then the first impression, though a slight one, will be ob- 

 tained cf what will in the future be one of the no'olest lines of 

 trees in any city. 



A Laeoe Paulownia iiirEEiALis is now in full flower in the 

 garden of Mrs. Egerton, Giesford Lodge.'near Wrexham. It 

 was planted ia 185-i, and flowered last year as well as this year. 



