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ground, and a broad band of rosy-pink across the upper petals. An 

 excellent bedding variety. 



P. Cerise Unique (of the so-called Scarlet Geranium Class). — We 

 noticed it this last month, and, in addition, have to recommend it as an 

 excellent bedding one. The leaves have a light-green centre, with a 

 brown horse-shoe mark, edged off with dark green. The flowers are 

 large, fine form, of a rich cherry-scarlet colour. Of medium growth. 



P. Judy. — Large flowers, fine form, pretty salmon- scarlet, producing 

 a beautiful effect in a bed. Punch, with its magnificent trusses, of 

 large fine-formed rich scarlet flowers, is an excellent bedding one. Tom 

 Thumb and Compactum : we need say no more than each are excellent. 



P. Flower of the Day. — This popular variety, with its green leaves, 

 edged broadly with white, is a tolerably free bloomer ; the flowers of 

 good size and form, of a salmon-scarlet colour ; does very well in a 

 small bed. The plants should be of good size before turning out, and 

 then they do not run into too much foliage, the old wood pushing less 

 vigorous shoots, but a freer supply of flowers. Messrs. Lee having 

 specimens of a large as well as small size out in the open ground, we 

 perceive the above result. 



P. Golden Chain and Golden Chain superbum. — These are hand- 

 some in a bed, even without a flower. Like the Flower of the Day, 

 the plants should be of good size before turning out, so that they have 

 one or two years' old wood ; and the shoots from such not being too 

 vigorous, bloom more freely than young robust ones. 



Fuchsias.— There is a large bed of mixed light and dark flowered 

 varieties ; but thus arranged they have not a good effect : each section 

 ought to be in separate beds, or grown as single bushes, remote from 

 each other, in which manner they display themselves the best. 



In the greenhouse the following superior varieties were in bloom : — 



F. Diadem de Flora. — Tube an inch and half long, white. Sepals 

 flesh colour, with a green tip. Corolla rosy-crimson, which is well 

 shown, as the sepals reflex back, so that when the blossom is expanded 

 it is three inches and a-half across. A fine variety. 



F. Prince Arthur (Nicol's). — Tube an inch and a-half long, stout, 

 white. Sepals white, reflexing well. Corolla large, of a rich rosy- 

 crimson. A very superior variety; ought to be one of every collection. 



F. General Oudinot. — Tube long, rose colour. Sepals rose, tipped 

 with green. Corolla large, a rich crimson-red. When the flower is 

 fully expanded it is four inches across. Very showy. 



F. Don Giovanni. — Tube and sepals of a bright scarlet colour, the 

 latter reflexing well, and fully exhibits the rich violet-coloured corolla. 



F. splendens. — The flower is only of medium size. Tube and sepals 

 of a very bright scarlet, the sepals reflexing very much, fully exhibiting 

 its fine blue corolla. It. is exceedingly pretty. 



F. serratifolia nmllifiora. — The flowers are smaller sized than the 

 original species, but of similar colours, viz., tube rosy-pink, with green 

 ils; corolla orange. It is a free bloomer, and well worth growing, 

 either in-doors or the open bed. 



F. striata (Storey's). — The flower is of medium size ; tube and sepals 

 red; corolla crimson, beautifully striped with rich purple. The sepals 

 reflexing well, the striped corolla is fully exhibited. 



