34 Cultivation of the Pelargonium. 



Art. VI. On the Cultivatioti of the Pelargonium,^ with a De- 

 scription of Several New and Fine Seedlings. By Edward 

 Beck, Esq., Worton Cottage, Isleworth, near London. 



It is with much pleasure that we announce to our readers, 

 that we have been able to secure the assistance of Edward 

 Beck, Esq., one of the most successful amateur cultivators of 

 the Pelargonium, as an occasional correspondent of our Mag- 

 azine. Mr. Beck has been particularly successful in the pro- 

 duction of new varieties of pelargoniums, and his seedlings 

 of the last three years have annually carried off the first prizes, 

 at the Exhibitions of the London Horticultural and Royal 

 Botanic Societies of London, for this most beautiful but far 

 too lightly prized flower by our amateur cultivators. 



Mr. Beck has also been one of the most successful cultiva- 

 tors of roses in pots, which have recently been made objects 

 for prizes by the London Horticultural Society, and his gar- 

 dener, Mr. Dobson, obtained the highest prize for the best 

 twelve varieties. But so wedded to the cultivation of the 

 pelargonium is Mr. Beck, that he has offered his whole stock 

 of roses, the finest collection in pots in the kingdom, for £50, 

 and he states, to use his own words, that " I find if I am to 

 be as successful as I desire, I must not undertake too much, 

 or something will be neglected, so I make every thing subser- 

 vient to pelargoniums. I grow some choice orchids, but they 

 are, at times, shamefully neglected, though we often show them 

 in my slate articles* very creditably, and now and then pick up 

 a prize." This is the true way to acquire great results, for 



* Mr. Beck is aa extensive manufacturer of slate pots, which are finely adapted 

 to large Camellias, oranges, &c., and they may be obtained at the annexed prices in 

 London : — 



We hope some of our extensive cultivators will import a few and try them. 

 We intend to do so. They are far better looking than the unsightly tubs generally 

 seen. — Ed. 



