THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



SEPTEMBER 1st, 1845. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



PELARGONIUMS— 1. HEIDOS (Hoyle's). 2. DESDEMONA (Beck's). 



The original species of Pelargoniums were, with but a small number 

 of exceptions, entirely introduced from the Cape of Good Hope — 

 amounting to upwards of 200 species — and many of them are 

 regarded with esteem, being adorned with gay-coloured flowers, and 

 invariably having fragrant foliage. They, however, possessed none 

 of the regularity, richness of colour, or delicate shades, which so 

 greatly distinguish those varieties that are now, during a long 

 season in the year, the most captivating ornaments the cultivator pos- 

 sesses: thanks to the zeal of the skilful hybridizer, who has so 

 transferred the loose and simple garb of this stranger from a foreign 

 clime, to the uniform and beautiful dress of our present family; 

 whose colours are not only novel and of singular beauty, but of every 

 gradation of tints and depth which one can well imagine. 



The two varieties represented in the accompanying embellishment 

 we have not so distinguished, because they possess all the most 

 desirable qualities of a first-rate flower, but on account of their com- 

 bining with several good points in shape, a novelty and distinction 

 of character which will render each an attractive object, either in col- 

 lections at exhibitions or in the greenhouse. Both kinds will, we 

 believe, be offered for sale in the ensuing season : Heidos is a seedling 



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