236 BRIEF REMARKS. 



P. grandijlorum. — A fancy variety, white ground, with large clouded 

 blotch on upper petals, and a band of crimson across the lower ones. 

 The flower is of good form, large as Statiiski, and profuse bloomer. 

 An excellent bedding one. A foot high. 



P. Unique, var. lilacina.- — The purple Unique is now a great 

 favourite, and this very neat lilac variety will be equally so. It is in 

 all respects much like the former kind, except the colour of the flowers. 

 Both varieties ought to be in every flower-garden, as well as in every 

 greenhouse, where they prove to be valuable lor blooming freely during 

 winter and the early part of spring. 



P. lucidum. — Leaves a rich green, with a lighter centre, and very 

 glossy. The plant grows about a foot high, blooms very profusely, 

 rising well above the leaves. The petals are narrow, but being of a 

 rich bright red they produce a fine show. 



P. peltatum {Pink Ivy-leaved). — This is a very pretty variety, 

 blooming very freely, and the flowers stand well above the foliage, of 

 a beautiful pink colour, and are borne in profusion. Most of our 

 readers know the old white-flowered Ivy-leaved ; that kind is often 

 grown h beds ; but there is too large a proportion of leaves to the 

 flowers, that it has not a nice effect. The foliage of the Pink is not so 

 large, and the flowers are more abundant. It is a good variety for a 

 bed. There is a light purple variety, too, which is a good one for 

 bedding, of similar habit to the Pink, and well worth possessing. 



P. Lady Mary Fox. — This is one of the general class of Pelar- 

 goniums. Flowers about two inches across, good shape, scarlet, and 

 the upper petals have a dark spot on each. It blooms freely, is of 

 medium growth, and a good bedding variety. 



P. Sidonia. — By some this pretty variety is placed among the 

 Fancies. The flowers are two inches across, flesh-coloured, shaded with 

 bright pink. The upper petals have a dark spot, and the lower ones a 

 rosy-red spot. It is of medium growth, blooms very freely, and a 

 pretty bedding variety. 



P. Moore's Victory. — This old variety has always been admired. The 

 foliage is very prettily divided and curled. The flowers are about 

 three parts of an inch across, of the richest deep scarlet colour, with a 

 black spot on eacli of the upper petals. If grown in a bed where the 

 soil is not very rich, it blooms freely ; but in all cases it is a very neat 

 handsome variety, well worth possessing. 



P. Nimrod. — The plant is the most like the old Dareyanitm of any 

 we have seen. The flowers are borne very freely, each blossom about 

 two inches across, of a rich scarlet crimson. A good bedding variety. 



P. Nutans : The Nodding. — The plant grows from six to nine 

 inches high, and the shoots have a decumbent tendency, rendering it 

 very suitable to grow at the side of a vase or raised bed, &c. The 

 flowers are an inch across, of a rich red, and the upper petals have a 

 black spot on each. 



P. coccinea. — The plant grows compact, a foot high, and blooms 

 very freely, of a rich scarlet colour, each blossom being an inch across. 

 It is an excellent bedding variety. 



P. Lady Rivers. — A fancy variety ; grows about a foot high, and 

 blooms very freely. Each flower is two inches across, having a white 





