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Pelargonium continued. 



pink ; large. CHARLES DARWIN, deep purplish-crimson, semi- 

 double. CHARLES LALANDE, intense crimson, flowers and 

 trusses medium-sized. DR. JACOBT, peach, shaded white. 

 EDOUARD LEQUIN, magenta-red ; very showy. F. V. RASPAIL, 

 deep scarlet, fine large pips; compact habit. GUILLON MAN- 



GILLI, magenta-scarlet, top" petals orange-scarlet, semi-double, 



s; a very showy! ' .... 



I-double; excellent tras 

 _e-scarlet, large. JEWEL, pure 

 scarlet, flowers small, resembling the blossom of a donble Haw- 



trusses very large 

 CANNELL (Thorpe), 



. very showy variety, one of the best. HENRY 

 rpeX scarlet, s^ni-double; excellent truss 

 habit J. C. RODBARD, orange-scarlet, large. JEWEL, 



thorn, trusses small and neat ; distinct, and 



for button- 



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Fio. 69. TRUSS AND SINGLE FLOWER OF DOUBLE ZONAL 

 PELARGONIUM (JEWEL). 



holes and bonqnets (see Fig. 69). LA CANDEUR, white, donble, 

 LE CYGNE, pure white ; fine form, and very compact habit, one 

 of the best. Louis BUCHNER, pale salmon ; good form. MADAME 

 A. BALTET, nearly pure white; free habit MADAME THIBAUT, 

 magenta-rose, upper petals marked white ; very free-flowering, 

 compact habit. MAGENTA KING, magenta, fine large flowers and 

 trusses. MARIE LEMOINE, soft carmine, large flowers and 

 trusses ; dwarf and free. M. PASTEUR, deep crimson, large, well 

 formed. Roi DBS ViOLETTES, rich violet-purple, large and 

 double. WONDERFUL, orange-scarlet, semi-double; a sport 

 from the single variety VESUTIUS, the habit of which it retains. 



Variegated-leaved Pelargoniums. 



These need no separate descriptions, as there is so little variation 

 in the different varieties, of which a sufficiently extensive selection 

 is given : 

 Golden Tricolors. EDWARD RICHARD BENTON, FLORENCE, JOHN 



DOWNIE, LADY COLLUJC, MACBETH, MARIE STUART, MBS. 



POLLOCK, PETER GRIEVE, SOPHIA DUHARESQUE. 

 Silver Tricolors. DOLLY VARDEN, EVA FISH, LADY DOROTHY 



NEVILLE, LASS O'GOWRIB, MINNIE WARREN, MRS. GLUTTON, 



MRS. LAING, MRS. R. B. POSTANS, PRINCE SILVERWINGS. 

 Golden Bronze. BLACK DOUGLAS, GOLDEN HARRY HIEOVER, 



GOLDEN SUPERB NOSEGAY, MARECHAL MACMAHON, MODEL, 



THE SHAH. 

 SUcer Variegated. FLOWER OF SPRING, LITTLE TROT, MANGLES' 



VARIEGATED, Miss KINGSBURY, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. 

 Yellow Leaved. CREED'S SEEDLING, CRYSTAL PALACE GEM, 



small 

 DUKE OF 



Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums. 



Single-flowered. BEAUT DE LYON, purplish-scarlet, large trusses ; 

 bold foliage. BRIDAL WREATH, pure white 

 pink eye; bushy, half-trailing habit; very 



EDINBURGH, pale rose, upper petals veined ; large *arimted 



leaves, yellowish-green with w 



GEM, blush-white, crimson spot on upper petals ; compact, up- 



hite margin ; free, trailing habit 



right-growing habit INNOCENCE, large white flowers, shaded 

 lilac ; free, trailing habit, free-flowering. LA FRANCE (hybrid), 

 beautiful light .rose, trusses and flowers Tery large ; free habit, 

 extra fine. L'ELEGANTE, large white flowers; plant of free, 

 trailing growth, with variegated leaves. MASTERPIECE, rich 

 magenta-crimson, trusses of immense size, with large flowers. 

 MRS. H. CAN. NELL, deep mauve-purple, large trusses. NEMESIS, 

 scarlet ; upright-growing habit, very bright and distinct. ST. 

 GEORGE, light rose ; flowers of medium size, with broad petals ; 

 of vigorous growth and floriferous habit. WILLSII, bright rose ; 

 plant of half-trailing habit, free-flowering and showy; one of the 

 oldest varieties. 



Double and Semi-Double Flowered. ABEL CARRIERE, soft magenta, 

 maroon in upper petals, flowers of extra size and finest form. 

 A. F. BARRON, lilac-rose, flowers large and very full ; short- 

 jointed and free habit CANDEUR, almost pure white, flowers very 

 donble ; free habit COMTE H. DE CHOISEUL, flowers very large, 

 full, of a most pleasing shade of colour. COMTESSE H. DE CHOI- 

 SEUL, beautiful satiny-rose, light margin ; a fine variety. CONGO, 

 lilac, centre rose, light edges, of finest form and substance ; effec- 

 tive. EMILE LEMOINE, rich orange-scarlet shade, pips very large, 

 semi-double; extra fine and distinct GENERAL GORDON, beau- 

 tiful shade of deep rosy-cerise ; distinct. GLOIRE DE NANCY, 

 deep rosy-lake, large trusses, medium-sized flowers ; very distinct. 

 GLOIRE D'ORLEANS, rich crimson-magenta, trusses and flowers 

 medium, produced in the greatest abundance ; habit dwarf and 



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innnei - snapea ; segments in aooui lour senes, rose pt 

 obovate-oblong, acute ; stamens very numerous. Stem ta 

 shortly cylindric, Sin. to 4in. high, l^in. to 2m. in diameter, 

 constricted about the middle ; apex rounded ; mammillae sp: 



Pelargonium confined. 



short-jointed. ISIDORE FRAL, light rose, pleasing shade, flowers 

 large, very donble; one of the best JEANNE D'ARC, white 

 suffused light lavender, flowers very large and double ; an acquil 

 sition, and one of the finest varieties in size of flower. LA 

 ROSIERE, soft satiny-rose, lighter margin, flowers very doable; 

 free and distinct Louis THIBAUT, deep red, large flowers ; of 

 fine shape and substance. MADAME COCHIN, silvery - lilac 

 slightly marked with maroon on the upper petals; distinct 

 MADAME CROUSSR, rose-pink, semi-double trusses and flowers, 

 very large and beautiful ; extra fine. MADAME E. GALLE, nearly 

 pure white, very double and large ; one of the best MADAMB 

 THIBAUT, bright rose, flowers very large and exceedingly double ; 

 habit compact and floriferous, extra fine. MADAME THUVEXIX, 

 soft rosy-cerise, large, pretty shade of colour. MARGUERITK 

 JACQUOT, rosy-pink, edged silvery-blush, large and double. 

 MASSENET, bright magenta, semi-double, bold truss. M. DE 

 LESSEPS, reddish-pink, large pips ; very full, and of fine shape. 

 MRS. MOORE, white, bordered lilac and crimson. VISCOUNTESS 

 CRANBROOK, satin-rose, a beautiful shade of colour, very double ; 

 dwarf, and short-jointed. 



PELECYPHOB.A (from pelelcyphorog, hatchet- 

 bearing ; referring to some fancied resemblance in the 

 tubercles to a hatchet). Hatchet Cactus. OBD. Cartece. 

 A monotypic genus, very nearly allied to Mammillaria. 

 The species and its variety require a sandy soil, good 

 drainage, and very careful supplies of water. Propagated 

 most readily by seeds, which germinate freely in moderate 

 heat; offsets are seldom produced. See also Cactus. 

 P. aselliformis (woodlonse-like). jt. white, rose, borne near the 

 summit of the stem, lin. to liin. in diameter, consisting of 

 several series of sepals and petals, numerous stamens and stigmas. 

 Stem short, cylindrical, covered with mammillae or tubercles of 

 a flattened form ; at the apex, and in the place of the spines of 

 the Mammillarias, are two rows of flat, horny scales, which over- 

 lap, like the tiles of a roof. June. h. 4in. Mexico, 1843. Green- 

 house. The specific name refers to the rows of scales, which 

 have been compared to the scaly back of a woodlouse. (L IL 

 vL 186.) 



P. a. concolor (one-coloured). JL IJin. in diameter, clustered 

 towards the top of the stem ; perianth tube short, free, naked, 

 funnel - shaped ; segments in about four series, rose - purple, 



" i tufted, 

 . often 



. apex rounded ; mammillae spirally 



arranged, vertical, $in. long, woolly in the axils ; spines minute 

 pungent Mexico. (B. M. 606L) 



PELEXTA (from pelez, a helmet; referring to the 

 shape of the back sepals). OBD. Orchidece. A genus 

 consisting of seven or eight species of stove, terrestrial 

 orchids, natives of tropical America, from Brazil to the 

 "West Indies and Central America. Flowers mediocre, 

 arranged in a sometimes dense, sometimes elongated and 

 loose, sub-sessile spike; back sepals erect, connate with 

 the petals in a narrow galea; Literal ones linear; lip 

 affixed to the base of the peltate column, erect, linear, 

 canaliculate, the base produced into a spur -like lamina; 

 column short. Leaves either radical and long-stalked, 

 or few and many-sheathed at the base of a simple stem. 

 The species are not very ornamental. For culture of 

 those given below, see Goodyera. 

 P. setaeea (bristly). JL, perigpne greenish, about lin. long; 



divisions linear, setaceous-acuminate ; lip lanceolate, acuminate, 



ciliated; spur half -free, filiform, curveo. I. elliptical, pointed, 



long-petioled, 3in. to 6in. long. h. 1ft to 2ft West Indies, 134! 



(B. M. 34C3, under name of A'eottia ealcarata.) 

 P. spirantholdes (Spiranthes-like). JL greenish, with a white- 



vanegated Up, disposed in a loose spike, 2in. to Sin. long ; lip 



dilated at the summit into a roundish, bilamellate blade. 



1. elliptical, pointed, long-petioled, 4in. to 5in. long. A. 1ft to 



3ft West Indies, 1823. (B. R, 985.) 

 P. trlloba (three-lobed). fi. green, disposed in elongated, loose, 



many-flowered spikes ; sepals acute, the lateral ones recurved ; 



lip trilobed at apex. L oblong, acute, shorter than the petioles. 



Brazil, 1870. 



PELICAN FLOWER. A common name for Aris- 

 tolochia grandiflora. 



PELIOSANTHES (from pelios, livid, and anthos, a 

 flower; alluding to the colour of the flowers of some 

 species). SYKS. Bulbospermvm, Teta, OBD. Hasmodo- 

 racece. A genus comprising about eight species of stove, 

 perennial herbs, with short, horizontal rhizomes, natives 

 of the East Indies and the Malayan Archipelago. 

 Flowers greenish or lurid violet, rather small, disposed 



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