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robust, and therefore especially adapted for large bushy specimens. 

 Arico differs from the whole of the precedinc^ in having flowers of a 

 bright orange hue, aud i.s alike remarkable for higb quality and dis- 

 tinctness, CannelVs Dwarf also has red orange flowers, but they 

 are of a redder tone than the preceding. 



Turning to the varieties with purple and blue-tinted flowers, 

 we have several of great beauty. Nelson is one of the best, for its 

 flowers, although not quite up to the standard, are produced in 

 splendid trusses. Mr. Chandler quite surpasses lantJie, which has 

 hitherto been the best of the " blue " geraniums, for it has better 

 shaped flowers, and the blue tint is more distinctly developed. Mrs. 

 Turner is one of the best in the section, for the colour is a glowing 

 purple-crimson. Heartsease is a little gem ; it is dwarf, and pro- 

 duces a profusion of blue-tinted flowers in neat trusses ; it should 

 be in every collection. Dr. Sharpe may be considered a first-class 

 acquisition ; the flowers are of good form, and of a glowing purple- 

 crimson. 



Amongst those with pink flowers, and of which Christine and 

 Blue Bell may be mentioned as types, we have several most lovely 

 varieties for pot culture. Master Christine still maintains its repu- 

 tation as one of the verv best for pot culture, with rose-pink flowers ; 

 it is dwarf, produces very freely fine trusses of flowers, and, properly 

 prepared, will bloom freely during the winter. Madame Rendatler 

 is very similar in habit aud colour, and the flowers are of fine form ; 

 this is, as yet, but little known, but the colour is so pleasiug, the 

 flower of such fine form, and the habit so good, that in a very short 

 period it will become very popular. Hose of Allandale is stronger in 

 habit, and has flowers of a diff"erent shade of piuk to the foregoing, 

 and is in every way first-rate. Mrs!' Musters belongs to the nosegay 

 section, and has flowers of a pleasing shade of lilac pink ; the flower 

 trusses attain enormous dimensions, and the efiect produced by a 

 fair-sized specimen is wonderfully good. Mrs. Kent is similar in 

 habit to the preceding, and produces immense trusses, but tbe flowers 

 are of a warmer tone of pink. Mrs. Solden also produces grand 

 trusses of warm rose-piidc flowers, and is wonderfully eff'ective. 



At the head of the list of varieties with white flowers having 

 a piuk centre, stands Alice Spencer, a robust grower, producing 

 immense trusses of flowers of superb quality. Remus is very similar 

 in style, but it is much smaller in every way, and exceedingly pretty. 

 £eau Villageois is also a superb variety, with pink centre. President 

 Thiers and Truth are two fine varieties with salmon-piuk flowers, 

 without a white margin, and can be recommended as the best in their 

 class, altiiough there are several others in the same way possessing 

 considerable merit. 



There are several fine white varieties ; and the best for small 

 plants is While Clipper, which, from its dwarf habit and free flower- 

 ing propensities, will, no doubt, become extremely popular for 

 bedding purposes as well as for pot culture. Beine Blanche is a fine 

 white-flowered nosegay, well adapted for large specimens. These, 

 and Madame Vauclier or The JSride, will be quite as many white 

 varieties as will be required iu any one collection. 



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