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two feet high, and is a very free bloomer. A charming variety ; con- 

 trasts beautifully with the scarlet crimson, &c. 



Salvia amabile. — A handsome plant ; the flowers in bud have the 

 appearance of spikes of lavender, but when expanded the blossoms are 

 a fine sky-blue, with a white eye. 



Tree Carnations. — We well remember in our early days being 

 gratified by obtaining a plant of the crimson-flowered Tree Carnation. 

 This kind was then common in the greenhouses in Yorkshire. Now, 

 however, we have in this country twenty other kinds, all of which are 

 very handsome, and highly merit cultivation. The following are 

 offered to the public at a moderate price : — Attila, scarlet flake. Cas- 

 sandra, rose. Gertrude, lavender, mottled with white. Incomparable, 

 deep rose, striped with crimson. Jupiter, crimson. La Sermi, blush- 

 white, mottled with rose. Vestatie, scarlet. Le Zephir, purple. 

 Madonna, mottled rose and crimson. Nonpareil, blush-white. Pro- 

 serpine, large crimson. The Baron, white, mottled with rose on the 

 edge. Titus, dark crimson. Tom Pouce, blush, striped with rose. 

 Union, white, striped with crimson. 



This charming class of Carnations bloom in-doors both summer and 

 winter, and are beautiful ornaments. 



Self-coloured and Clove-scented Carnations. — Abbess of 

 St. Clair, blush. Fireball, scarlet. Negro, dark purple. Parsee 

 Bride, deep yellow. Purity, white. Queen of Denmark, rich red. 

 Magnificans, rich crimson. 



Heliotropiums. — H. Bertha Frapo : the flowers are of a darker 

 colour than Voltairianum. Corymbosum : the plant grows from nine 

 inches to a foot high, and forms a compact bush ; the flowers are white, 

 tinged with sulphur ; they are produced in large corymbous heads, and 

 have a most lovely appearance; they are powerfully fragrant. It 

 ought to be grown in every greenhouse, room window, and flower-bed. 

 All who see it fall in love with it. Bernedianum, flowers a dark blue, 

 shaded with violet. Lilacina, lilac and blush, distinct and pretty. 



THE PROGRESS OF THE PELARGONIUM. 



{Continued from page 149.) 



BY ORION. 



In the -last article an error was made in stating that there were only 

 three nurserymen about the year 1838 who were celebrated for the 

 culture of Pelargoniums. It appears Messrs. Colley and Hill, of 

 Hammersmith (a firm long defunct), contributed collections to the 

 exhibitions, and obtained several prizes. There were also other 

 growers ; but the chief part of the trade was centered in the parties 

 named. 



The year 1839 was not productive of much improvement, though 

 several decided novelties first appeared, among which were Oliver 

 Twist, a small orange-scarlet flower, sent out at one guinea; the still 

 much admired Jehu, at one guinea, now ranking with those termed 



