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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The following selected varieties are now oflered for sale at the 

 general nurseries, and may be obtained at a very reasonable price : — 



Albiflora. 



Antagonist (Knight's). 



Beauty of St. John's Wood. 



Brompton Hero. 



Captain Darley. 



Cerise Unique. 



Cherry Cheek. 



Collins's Scarlet. 



Commander-in-Chief. 



Compactnni superba. 



Cottage Maid. 



Eclipse. 



Fair Helen. 



Fireball. 



Fire Queen. 



Frogmore (improved). 



Gem of Scarlets. 



Globe (compacta). 



, scarlet. 



Hartwick's Sui'prise, 



Hendersonii. 



Honeymoon, 



Huntsman. 



Hydrangaeflora, fine. 



Ivery's Scarlet. 



Judy. 



King (Rickard's). 



Lady Agnes Byng, fine. 



Lucia-rosea. 



superba. 



Magnum Bonum, fine. 



Master Squires. 



Miss Arnott. 



Mrs. May lor. 



Nimrod. 



Perpetual (Glendinning), fine for 



winter flowering. 

 Prince Albert. 



of Wales. 



Princess Royal. 

 Prizefighter (improved). 

 Punch, very fine. 

 Queen (Rigby's). 



of Summer. 



Rosea florabundum. 



Rosy Morn. 



Royalist. 



Scarlet compactum. 



Shrubland, superb. 



Symmetry. 



Ted worth horse-shoe. 



Tom Thumb. 



, improved. 



's Bride. 



, General, 



, Master. 



Trentham Scarlet. 

 Vivid. 



Winchester, scarlet. 

 Zonale (white flower). 



We have inserted the above that our readers may know how exten- 

 sive the assortment now is, and a general collection of them is well 

 worth possessing. Tliey can be procured readily and at little cost, 

 are easily cultivated, readily increased, and kept without diflficulty. 



For many years we liave had in our collections of Geraniums two 

 varieties, named the gold and silver edged, the former having bright 

 rosy-red flowers, and the latter of a lilac colour, but the markings on 

 the leaves were not very distinctive, and the flowers of inferior form, 

 having very narrow petals. Attention has recently been paid to im- 

 prove this very interesting section, and now we have varieties with 

 beautiful variegated foliage of both the gold and silver edged kinds. 



The following are the best kinds, and whether grown in-doors or in 

 the open beds they are alike beautiful : — 



Golden Beautf, or large-leaved golden 1 Both have scarlet 



GoLBEN MULTiFLORA, or Icsscr-lcaved golden f flowers. 



Lee's New Steipe. The leaves have a broad edging of white, and 



