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NEW AND FIKST-EATE PELARGONIUMS. 



" Magnificent ;" Mr. Hoyle, Reading, of great notoriety ; Messrs. 

 Veitch, of Exeter j and several other cultivators, whose names are not 

 so often before the Floricultural public. The summary of the whole 

 returns place the following as the " state of the poll :" — 



Twelve Pelargoniums, most perfect for bloom. 

 Crusader (Hoyle's) received . . 10 votes. 



Emily (Beck's) .... 9 

 Gipsey Bride (Foster's) ... 8 

 Constance (Foster's) , . .6 



Magnificent (Foquet's) ... 6 

 Delicatissima (Beck's) ... 6 

 Brilliant (Topping's) . 6 



Gulielma (Beck's) .... 6 

 Virgin Queen (Arnold's) . . 5 



Field Marshal (Symons's) . . 5 



Prince of Orange (Hoyle's) . . 4 



Salamander (Gaines') ... 4 

 Cuyp (Beck's) .... 4 

 Alonzo (Foster's) .... 4 

 Ajax (Hoyle's) and Rosa (Beck's), two new varieties only just sent 

 out, number 5 each, but they have not yet been sufficiently tested by 

 general growers. 



As it is well known that varieties producing the most perfect flowers 

 are in general very ill suited for exhibition and general purposes, as 

 Crusader, Delicatissima, Cavalier, Mount Etna, &c, for examples, I 

 thought it would be a guide for amateurs and those who grow for 

 exhibition, &c, to ascertain the most constant varieties, such as can be 

 best depended [upon for good habit and freedom of bloom ; and the 

 following is the summary : — 



Twelve Pelargoniums best suited for general and Exhibition 



purposes. . 



Constance (Foster's) received . . 7 votes. 



Magnificent (Foquet's) ... 7 



Gulielma (Beck's) .... 7 



Pearl (Drury's), very old . . 7 



Centurion (Beck's) ... 6 



Forget-me-not (Lyne's), very old . 6 



Negress (Garth's), ditto . . 6 



Alonzo (Foster's) .... 6 



Star (Beck's) .... 5 



Emily (Beck's) .... 5 



Conspicuum (Foster's) ... 5 



Virgin Queen (Arnold's) . . 4 



Mont Blanc (Story's) ... 4 



Orion (Foster's), very old . . 4 



Ariel (Foster's) .... 4 



Hoyle's Ocellatum and Ajax received four votes each, but being 

 new varieties they are not yet sufficiently tested, though they certainly 



