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To THK PRINCIPAL GROWERS OF PELARGONIUMS, KHOM AN ARDENT ADMIRER OK 



that beautiful tribh of plants. — Would it not be of very great benefit to the 

 principal growers to have at least three times in each year true drawings of their 

 newest Pelargoniums, figured in the Floricui.tural Cabinet ; many admirers 

 of Pelargoniums only see the list and prices, but do not buy for want of seeing 

 the flowers figured ; the expense could be (if any extra) subscribed for by the 

 principal growers, and the editor of course to bear a share. One plate will hold 

 three or four if drawn two sizes less than the flowers naturally are, and this to 

 be stated at foot of the plate. 



Pelakgonium. 



REMARKS. 



MEETING OF THE LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



REGENT STREET, on August 15. 



It was announced that the seeds lately brought over by Mr. Hartweg might 

 be obtained by Fellows, upon application being made to the Secretary. 

 Mr- Dean, gardener to J. Bateman, Esq., exhibited a collection of hand- 

 some Orchidaceous flowers, comprising a superb variety of Oncidium Lan- 

 ceanum ; the richly-coloured Vauda Roxburghii ; a fine spike of Cycnoches 

 Egertouianum, which attracted gieat attention from its having been produced 

 by the self same pseudo-bulb which last year bore a spike of C. ventricosum, the 

 latter having large pale green flowers, while those of the former are small, and 

 of a dark purplish-brown; the same plant this year produced only blooms of C. 

 Egertonianum. Cut flowers of Phaius albus, and a small species of a Cama- 

 rotis, were also exhibited by Mr. Dean, who received a Banksian medal for On- 

 cidium Lanceanum and Vanda Roxburghii. From Mr. Errington, gardener to 

 Sir P. G. Egerton, were most beautiful cut specimens of Cattleya crispa and in- 

 termedia, for which, particularly the former, a certificate was awarded ; from 

 the same person were leaves of Rhododendron ferrugineum, the under sides of 

 which were covered with galls similar to the oak-apple, a disease not at all un- 

 common upon this species, and produced by the puncture of some insect. Mr. J. 

 Robertson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, brought exceedingly well-grown plants 

 of Erica Hendersonii : the curious Brassia brachiata ; Peristeria Barkeri, with 

 a long drooping scape of rich yellow flowers ; and Galeandra Baueri ; both the 

 latter having been received from Oaxaca three months since, at which time the 

 scape of the Peristeria was nine inches long and quite blanched, but by being 

 placed for a time in the shade it arrived at perfection ; a Banksian medal was 

 awarded for the Brassia and Galeandra. From Mr. Groom, of Clapham Rise, 

 were several exceedingly vigorous plants of the highly beautiful Lilium lancifo- 

 lium punctatum. Mr. Standish, of Bagshot, exhibited four seedling Fuchsias, 

 which he stated to have been obtained in the following manner : having raised, 

 in 1842, from F. formosa elegans, fertilized with the pollen of F. corymbiflora, 

 some pretty seedlings, these again seeded freely without assistance, and gave 

 rise to the present plants, which showed that this tribe, instead of degenerating 

 like Calceolarias, and many florists' flowers, if not crossed, improved consi- 

 derably ; the seedlings were named Attractor and Colossus, which resemble each 

 other in colour, but differ in size and character, having smooth waxy crimson 

 carmine tubes and sepals, with long, large, and stout corollas, of a purple-crimson 

 colour ; President, with rose-coloured tube and sepals, has a large and stout rich 

 coloured corolla, with but little blue in it; and Candidate has a carmine tube 

 and sepals, with a stout and long corolla of a deep bluish-carmine; the flowers 

 are large, the two latter long, and large also, and the habit of all promises to be 

 good. From Messrs. Lucombe and Pince were blooms of their beautiful Fuchsia 

 Exoniensis. From Mr. Epps, of Tunbridge Wells, was a plant of his seedling 

 Fuchsia, called Monarch, bearing the greatest resemblance in form and habit to 

 the old Globosa major. Mr. R. Cooper, of Croydon, exhibited a white variety 

 of Mestmbryantheinum tricolor, the blooms of which would not expand in the 

 shade of the room. Mr. Cuthill, of Camberwell, brought four very fine plants 



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