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the culture of Pelargoniums, I find one circumstance alike unnoticed ill them, 

 and every other floricultural notice that has come under my observation. 



What I allude to is a sort of tarnish, or loss of lustre on the petals (chiefly the 

 upper), presenting an appearance as a butterfly's wing when rubied., whether 

 owino- to disease or accident I cannot say. Flowers having a rich ground colour, 

 and considerable portion of the upper "petal not covered by the eye, are must 

 liable to it. Many of the flowers also have the coloured surface quite stripped 

 from the edge of the petals (also chiefly the upper), leaving a blotted white 

 membraneous margin. I have noticed these disfigurements in several collections, 

 some in houses where heat was applied ; others where there was no artificial 

 heat whatsoever ; in some, vines were grown ; in others not ; and in all, compost 

 were of different textures. I have made many inquiries as yet without any satis- 

 factory result, and I am at present trying some experiments of blowing them in 

 shade, &c. ; but, as far as I can at present form an opinion, without any beneficial 

 effect. Some kinds do not seem liable to this, though very like in general ap- 

 pearance to others that are ; for instance, the Gem is scarcely ever free from the 

 defect; Viola never suffers; white and bluish grounds are but little if at all 

 affected. Should you or any of your experienced readers or correspondents be 

 able to point out a remedy, or assign the cause, it would be of great importance 

 to the florists of this neighbourhood. 



I send a petal affected in each of the modes described ; should they carry well, 

 they may explain my meaning better than words. 



Clonmel, July 2. A N Original Subscriber. 



REMARKS. 



NOTICES OF NEW PLANTS. 



New Hybrid Fuchsias. — During the last ten years attention has been paid 

 to obtain improved varieties of the very interesting, ornamental, and beautiful 

 tribe of Fuchsias. Previous to the introduction of F. fulgens into this country, 

 Mr. Thompson, gardener to Lady Gambier, of Iver House, had been the most 

 successful in obtaining fine varieties, by cross impregnation of the Globe, 

 flowered with other different formed kinds. Since the introduction, however, of 

 F. fulgens, a new race of floral beauties has appeared, by impregnation of the 

 previous kinds by it. The first that came under our notice, and of which we 

 gave a figure, was F. Chandlerii ; we were struck with its singular beauty when 

 we first saw it, and the oftener we have seen it in bloom the better we esteem it. 

 We recently saw a plant about three feet high, with numerous lateral branches, 

 each branch having sixty or more flowers, the plant being, literally, abundantly 

 laden. The plant deserves every attention to extend its size and train it so as 

 best to exhibit its lovely blossoms to view. It deserves a place in every green- 

 house, conservatory, flower-garden, or dwelling-house window. At the Surrey 

 Zoological Gardens exhibition, on June 16th, we saw a plant of F. Standishii 

 that had been trained up to a single stem seven feet high, and had lateral 

 branches near its entire length in most profuse bloom, and had a very striking 

 appearance, amply repaying for the attention given it. The following splendid 

 new kinds are the best that came under our notice, and are deserving a situation 

 wherever practicable. 



F. mull i flora. — Flowers, both sepals and petals, of a deep fulgent red. They are 

 produced in terminal racemes of about five inches long, and about twenty flowers 

 in each. The plant was about a yard high, and was a very striking object of 



beaut)'. 



F. Builtii, a very distinct flower. The sepals are of a rosy-carmine eclour, 

 remarkably refk-xed, showing the pretry violet corolla to great advantage. It is 

 a most profuse bloomer, and highly merits a place wherever it can be intro- 

 duced. 



/•'. formosa elegant. — The sepals are of a fine bright red, and the ends recurv- 

 ing much ; exhibits the deep rich violet petals striped with crimson to full view. 

 The plant was a yard high, erect, having numerous stiff lateral branches, most 

 profusely laden with the beautiful flowers. 



/•■. pmdula terminaltit— Sepals deep red, petals purple, tinged with carmine. 

 The flowers are produced numerously. 



