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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ August 28, 1866. 



Enchantress. — Purple and crimson shaded, scarlet blotch 

 on upper petals, very smooth and glowing ; trusses plentiful, 

 and thrown well above the foliage ; habit fine ; leaves plain. 



Fairy Queen. — Rosy red ; trasses fair size, and abundant ; 

 flowers large and smooth ; leaves slightly zonate. 



Glory of Waltham. — Intense scarlet, trusses large and com- 

 pact, resting immediately on the top of the foliage ; leaves 

 plain, pale green. The finest of Nosegay Pelargoniums. 



Indian Yellow. — Orange scarlet, with a strong glow of yellow ; 

 trusses of fair size, and very abundant ; leaves darkly zonate. 



Le Grand. — Crimson scarlet, shaded with purple ; of large 

 size and great substance. 



Lilacinum. — Lilac ; trasses large and compact, and rising well 

 above the foliage ; leaves plain ; habit dwarf and close. 



Madame Bane. — Bright rosy pink, white eye ; leaves plain. 

 Naiad. — Purple, crimson blotch ; leaves plain. Very distinct 

 and beautiful. 



Orange Nosegay . — Bright orange ; trusses fair size, and very 

 abundant ; leaves plain. Very effective. 



Purple Queen. — Reddish purple ; trasses very abundant ; 

 leaves slightly zonate ; habit very dwarf. Suited for edgings. 

 Saint George. — Chestnut, shaded with blackish scarlet ; 

 trusses very large and compact ; flower-stalks stiff, and rising 

 nicely above the foliage ; leaves plain. One of the best. 



Salmon Nosegay . — Salmon ; trasses and flowers large, smooth, 

 and abundant ; leaves plain. One of the best and most 

 effective. 



Stella. — Bright crimson ; trusses large and abundant ; leaves 

 zonate. 



Sir Joseph Pdxton. — Bright orange ; trusses large and abun- 

 dant ; leaves zonate. Very effective. 



Tillage Maid. — Bright deep pink, with a large white blotch 

 on upper petals, the colours clearly defined, not running into 

 each other ; habit dwarf and compact ; leaves darkly zonate. 

 Very beautiful. 



Waltham Nosegay. — Carmine and scarlet shaded ; trasses 

 and flowers large, smooth, and compact, rising well above the 

 foliage ; leaves plain ; habit first-rate. One of the most 

 effective. 



Waltham Seedling. — Dark crimson ; trusses large and abun- 

 dant ; leaves zonate. Very effective. 



Wood Nymph. — Pale reddish pink; leaves pale green, slightly 

 zonate. Distinct and pleasing. 



2, I now come to speak of the " Zonales," which are gene- 

 rally best under glass ; and although the Nosegays are alike 

 beautiful, and sometimes more beautiful under glass, we can- 

 not say that the Zonales as a rule are equally beautiful in 

 the open ground. These Zonales, like the Nosegays and their 

 allies, possess one great advantage over the fancy, French, and 

 Other Pelargoniums, which it will be well to bear in mind — 

 namely, that they may be had in bloom at any season, or, 

 indeed, all the year round, if kept under glass ; whereas the 

 others are only a month, or at most six weeks, in condition. 

 And here I am glad to find that I am in unison with the " one- 

 idea " men. I acknowledge form as one important and de- 

 sirable quality, and only object to it when it is used to ignore 

 other qualities equally, and for special purposes more, important 

 than itself. 



Of varieties best suited for decoration under glass, the follow- 

 ing are the best according to my judgment : — 



Bcaute. de Suresne. — Deep rosy pink, white eye ; trusses 

 large ; form fine ; leaves zonate. 



Blue Bell. — Very soft, bluish lilac; colour new, and lovely; 

 truss large ; form fine ; leaves zonate. 



Bride. — White, with large crimson eye; of fine shape, and 

 great substance ; leaves zonate. One of the best of the light- 

 coloured varieties for out of doors. 



Cardinal. — Full scarlet; truss large; form fine; leaves 

 plain. 



Charles Eouillard. — White, shaded with salmon ; flowers 

 good shape ; truss compact ; leaves darkly zonate. Good out 

 of doors. 



Clipper. — Scarlet ; flowers very large ; form fine ; habit good ; 

 leaves zonate. One of the best. 



Dame Blanche. — White, slightly tinged with pink; leaves 

 darkly zonate. Very pretty and distinct. 



Dr. Lindley. — Scarlet ; trass and form fine ; habit good. One 

 of the best for in-doors, forming a beautiful round-headed 

 standard. 



Duchess. — Reddish cerise ; truss very large and fine ; habit 

 close and compact ; leaves slightly zonate. One of the best. 

 Firefly.— Scarlet, shaded with blackish crimson ; trasses fair 



size, and abundant ; habit good ; leaves zonate. Good also 

 out of doors. 



Governor. — Scarlet ; flowers large ; good shape and trass ; 

 leaves plain. 



Lord Chancellor. — Reddish salmon ; trusses good size, very 

 abundant ; leaves darkly zonate, contrasting well with the 

 flowers. Quite first-rate, both in and out of doors. 



Lucius. — Yellowish orange ; flowers large, splendid truss ; 

 leaves zonate. One of the best. 



Ma Gloire. — White, centre red ; leaves darkly zonate. 



Madame We.rle. — Flowers white, centre red, colours clearly 

 defined ; flowers large ; good shape ; leaves zonate. 



Madeline. — Salmon red ; flowers large ; leaves darkly zonate. 



Mnrimac. — Rosy salmon ; leaves zonate. Good either in or 

 out of doors. 



Model. — Deep orange scarlet ; perfect shape ; trasses fair 

 size ; leaves plain. The finest of all orange scarlets. 



Mr. G. Natchet. — Light scarlet ; leaves darkly zonate. Ona 

 of the best. 



Mrs. Wm. Paul. — Soft rosy peach; flowers very large ; form 

 fine ; habit dwarf and compact ; leaves slightly zonate. One 

 of the best. 



Nimrod. — Orange ; fine form ; trass lar;e and fine ; leaves 

 zonate. One of the best for either in or out of doors. 



Nora. — Salmon rose; flowers large; good shape; leaves 

 zonate. 



Princess Liclitenstein. — Salmon pink; perfect shape; good 

 both in and out of doors ; leaves darkly zonate. 



Jiebeeea. — Cherry colour ; fine form and habit ; blooms 

 abundantly. One of the best for either in or out of doors. 



Striking. — Salmon shaded with orange ; flowers large and of 

 good form ; leaves darkly zonate. 



Virgo Marie. — Pure white ; flowers good shape, the best of 

 the whites ; leaves zonate. 



Of the double-flowering kinds, I have found Ranunculiflora 

 plenissima and Gloire de Nancy the best, but cannot recom- 

 mend either for out of doors. 



I have purposely avoided entering on the cultivation of this 

 plant, as it is so simple and so generally understood, that I 

 feared trespassing needlessly on your valuable space. I may 

 just remark, however, that a light soil, not too rich, appears to 

 me the most suitable, and when grown in pots the plants 

 should have plenty of pot room. — William Paul, Paul's Nur- 

 series, Waltham Cross, N. 



COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 



Ook late lamented friend Mr. Beaton, when he brought the 

 various uses to which the cocoa-nut fibre refuse could be 

 successfully applied into public notice, conferred a great boon 

 on the lovers of floriculture and horticulture, and no doubt at 

 the same time was the means of placing a good round sum to 

 the credit of the Patent Cocoa-nut Fibre Company ; for that 

 which was fast becoming a nuisance to them was made a fruit- 

 ful source of income by his so strongly recommending its 

 application for the various purposes of plant and fruit-growing. 

 Many readers of the Journal can remember with gratitude the 

 good effects it brought about in connection with plant-growing. 

 Now that we have lost him, it is pleasant sometimes to refer 

 back through the long files of Journals that have since been 

 published. Those who had the pleasure of knowing him per- 

 sonally can almost fancy he is present with them whilst they 

 are perusing his practical articles, which are written so clearly 

 that those who ran may read ; and amcugst the numerous 

 suggestions conceived by his fertile brain even the most learned 

 of the present day may find assistance, which will help to 

 unravel many a knotty subject, and relieve and help them out 

 of many difficulties which may beset them. 



It will be remembered that Mr. Beaton strongly recommended 

 the use of the cocoa-nut refuse for plunging plants in. I have 

 used it with great success for Pine-growing this season. It is 

 much superior to spent bark for plunging I'ines in, for the 

 following reasons : — 



1st, It does not breed any fungus. 



2nd, Where there are sufficient pipes for bottom heat it 

 will always retain a regular and uniform temperature about 

 the roots of the plants. This is a most important point. One 

 of the greatest evils the Pine-grower has to contend with in 

 using tan for his plunging material is the sudden check to 

 which the plants are subjected when the beds are renewed. 

 The roots have perhaps for some time been growing in a tern- 



