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PELARGONIUMS (Seedlings, 1849). 
Ajax (Hoyle).— Upper petals very dark, with a fiery crimson 
margin ; lower petals a light purple. A first-rate formed flower. 
Cecil (Hoyle).—Upper petals scarlet, with a large dark spot; lower 
petals a light scarlet. The centre of the flower is nearly white. Of 
first-rate excellence. 
Rosa (Hoyle).—Upper petals a large dark blotch, edged with 
crimson, shading off lighter to the margin; the lower petals crimson ; 
centre of the fower a pure white. It is a very showy variety, but the 
margin of the petals is slightly notched. 
Duesma (Beck).—Upper petals very dark, with a fiery crimson 
margin; lower, pink, slightly veined. Very good form. 
Macready (Beck). —Upper petals dark velvet, with crimson edge; 
lower, rosy-crimson ; flower, a white centre. Very good form. 
Lord Gough (Hoyle).—Upper petals a large dark blotch, with a 
scarlet-crimson margin; lower, purple; flower, a light centre. Of 
first-rate excellence. 
Crusader (Hoyle).—Upper petals a large dark blotch, shading off 
with scarlet-crimson, slightly veined; lower, a fine rosy-scarlet ; 
flower, a light centre. Of first-rate excellence. 
Nandee (Hoyle).—Upper petals black, with a purple margin; 
lower, pink; flower, a white centre. A beautiful variety. 
May Queen (Hoyle).—Upper petals a dark blotch, shading off with 
crimson, and the margin very light; lower, flesh-colour, with white 
margin ; flower, white centre, but the edges are notched. Very showy. 
Apollo (Whomes). —Upper petals a large dark blotch, with a 
crimson margin; lower, rosy-pink ; flower, white centre. 
(To be continued.) 
BUDDING THE RHODODENDRON. 
BY JUNIUS. 
I wAveE lately visited the fine collections of Rhododendrons, &c., 
exhibited at King’s-road, Chelsea, by Mr. Waterer, and those at the 
Regent’s-park Garden; also Mr. Smith’s, of Norbiton near Kingston, 
and have been delighted with the splendid and highly interesting 
hybrids that have been raised. ‘There are flowers of almost every 
colour, as yellow, crimson, scarlet, primrose, purple, white, red, buff, 
rose, orange, maroon, &c., and these beautifully spotted, marbled, 
blotehed, &¢c., with very distinct markings. I felt anxious to obtain 
some of the most superb kinds, but found the price very high, in con- 
sequence, it was said, of the small portion of stock, arising from the 
difficulty of increasing them rapidly. Now I think this may readily 
be remedied by having recourse to budding the fine species and 
varieties upon stocks of the commoner kinds. Several years since I 
obtained a plant of the pure white, and wishing to increase it I inserted 
buds into several young stocks of the R. Catawbiense. ‘They all suc- 
ceeded, and now are fine bushes. If the method was pursued with the 
fine yellows, white, crimson, primrose, and others, we might soon have 
them at a cheap rate. I practised the following process :— 
