162 ON LATE FLOWERING AND EARLY FORCING PELARGONIUMS. 



with a white margin ; lower ones white with a rosy-purple bar ; centre 

 of flower white ; second rate. 



Prince Albert. — Upper petals a rich dark crimson with white 

 margin ; lower ones white with a veined bar of purple ; at the centre 

 of each petal a dark spot ; very good form and handsome flower. 



Princess Royal, — Upper petals rosy-purple with white margin ; 

 lower ones M'hite with a very distinct rosy-purple bar ; second rate. 



Orator. — Upper petals, very dark with a white margin ; lower 

 ones white with a very distinct dark spot at the centre of each ; second 

 rate. 



Cleopatra. — Upper petals very dark, with a narrow margin of 

 white ; lower ones white, with a rosy crimson bar ; second rate. 



Ne plus Ultra. — Upper petals dark with a white margin ; lower 

 white, with a broad bar of rosy-purple ; centre of flower white ; second 

 rate ; a very free bloomer. 



Belle Maria. — Upper petals a dark maroon with a very clear 

 white margin ; lower petals white with a purple spot on each ; second 

 rate. 



Gaiety. — Upper petals dark velvet with a white margin ; lower 

 petals white with purple spot ; second rate. 



Ada. — Upper petals rosy-purple with white margin ; lower, white 

 with purple spot ; good form. 



GiPST Queen. — Upper petals, dark velvet shaded with crimson, 

 and a white margin ; lower, white, a slight spot of purple ; second rate. 



Formosissima. — Upper petals crimson-purple with white margin ; 

 loAver ones white witli a broad veined bar of purple ; second rate. 



Brunette. — Upper petals dark maroon, with M'hite margin ; lower 

 ones flesh colour with a dark spot at the centre of each; good form. 



Caliban. — Upper petals maroon with white edge ; lower ones 

 white with a bar and spot across the middle ; third rate. 



RicuARD Cobden. — Upper petals dark maroon, with white margin ; 

 lower white with a broad veined bar of purple ; centre m hite ; third rate. 



Belle Maria. — Upper petals dark maroon, with a clear white 

 margin ; lower petals white with purple spot. 



Flush. — Upper petals rosy-salmon tinged with purple, margin 

 lighter ; lower ones white with rosy purple bar ; centre light ; third rate. 



The above new seedlings were exhibited by sundry persons, but no 

 prizes were offered for this class of flowers. As some, if not all, of 

 the above will be offered for sale next season, we deemed it right to 

 give the particular colours and merits of each, as a guide to any of 

 our readers desirous of purchasing new varieties. 



REMARKS ON LATE FLOWERING AND EARLY FORCING 



PELARGONIUMS. 



Mr. H. Rosier, of Brookland's Nursery, Blacklieath, writes in the 

 Magazine of Botany for June 8th, " that if cuttings of Geraniums 

 (Pelargoniums) which have been forced and the wood partially ripened, 

 be put off by the middle of June, and as soon as rooted, potted off into 

 3 or 4-inch (diameter across the mouth) pots, and treated as follows. 



