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liigli, tlie shoots are readily bent down, or if they be cut in, it induces 

 the production of new shoots and a proportionate increase of bloom. 

 I saw, in October last, a large bed of plants tliat iiud been cut in, in 

 order to obtain a supply of cuttings for next season's purposes, and the 

 new shoots were theji in full bloom, and had a beautiful appearance. I 

 also saw three plants of it, which were of two or three years' growth, 

 turned out into a small bed upon a lawn, and trained up about five feet 

 high. They formed a beautiful pillar of bloom, and scarcely anything 

 I have seen in flowers this season pleased nie so mucii, the trusses of its ' 

 lovely purple blossoms standing out so very nicely beyond the general 

 foliage. It ought to be grown in every ilower-garden, &c. It is, too, 

 a charming plant for pot culture. It does well in a room, allowing it 

 air and light in sufficiency. It is easily increased by cuttings. A 

 fresh loam and well-rotted vegetable mould suits it well. 



Anais. — This charming variety has been shown in every collection 

 of fancy Geraniums in or around London the last two seasons. Its 

 lovely flowers of white ground, and bright rose in contrast, produced 

 in vast profusion, exhibit a very striking appearance, and for a small 

 bed requiring dwarfish plants from one foot to half a yard high it is 

 admirably adapted. Its unusual pretty colour is admired by all. 



Ibrahim Pacha. — This variety is of similar growth to Anais, but 

 the flowers of a very dark hue, and being so unusual in colour, contrast 

 most singularly "with light and scarlets. The plant is a profuse 

 bloomer; the upper petals are blotched with dark crimson, and tlie 

 margin a light crimson ; lower petals are lighter, banded with dark 

 crimson. 



Qtiercifolium rubra. — This pretty oak-leaved variety, whose flowers 

 are of a rich red colour, with two very distinct black spots on the 

 upper petals, is very interesting and beautiful. Its habit is dwarf, 

 growing a foot or little more high, and blooms very freely. It is a 

 charming addition for a small bed. There is a variety winch grows 

 half a yard to two feet high. The flowers are white, witli dark crimson 

 spots. The soil should not be quite so rich as for the previous varieties, 

 or it produces too great a proportion of foliage ; grown properly, it is 

 very pretty. 



Statiaskii. — This variety is a free bloomer, exhibiting the flowers 

 well. The upper petals are of a velvet-crimson, with a white margin ; 

 the lower ones blush, witii a broad band of pink across the middle of 

 each. These strikingly contrasted colours pi-esent a beautiful ajipear- 

 ance. The soil must not be too strong a loam. 



Nosegay. — This is a profuse bloomer ; the petals lilac, feathered 

 with crimson, and have a veined blotch on each of the upper ones. I 

 saw a bed of it, with an edging of Ibrahim Pacha. They produced 

 a pretty contrast, the light flowers surrounded with the rich dark 

 margin. I also saw anotlier bed of tlie Queen Victoria, flowers blush- 

 white, with a briglit rose spot in each of tlie upper petals. It had a 

 charming effect, being so profusely in flower, and iiad an edging of tlie 

 Unique. The contrast of these was very handsome. Next month I 

 sliall give an additional list of others. ^ 



