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we have seen possess the dehcacy of this : its large and 

 satiny flowers nearly hide the small and neat foliage, and 

 give the plant the appearance of one mass of blossoms. 



Dove-Eyed. — Flowers, large, of a peculiar rosy lilac, with 

 a deep and very distinct violet eye: petals large, Avell 

 formed, and cupped : umbels good size, rather compact, 

 and of handsome shape : habit, moderately vigorous : foli- 

 age thick and good. This is a variety quite as distinct in 

 its way as Gem : the peculiar dove-colored tinge of the flow- 

 er, and its fine dark eye, are entirely new, and have suggest- 

 ed a name which is strikingly applicable to this really beau- 

 tiful variety. 



Othello. — Flowers, medium size, deep maroon purple, with 

 pale purple eye : petals slightly starry but nearly flat : umbels 

 very large, full and compact : habit good : foliage small and 

 good. Feast's purple and Gazelle have hitherto been among 

 the best deep purples. This variety has much larger umbels 

 than Gazelle, and thicker petals which resist the hot sun bet- 

 ter. The habit is also stronger and the foliage better. 



Several other seedlings have been selected, but these are the 

 most distinct, though several are quite new in their way. If 

 further trial should show their merits to be worthy of a name, 

 we shall hereafter describe them. 



Art. IX. FloricuUural and Botanical Notices of New and 

 beautiful Plants figured in Foreign Periodicals ; with De- 

 scriptions of those recently introduced to, or origiiiated in. 

 American Gardens. 



Beck's Neio Pelargoniums. — It is with much pleasure that 

 we announce to amateurs of this most beautiful plant the 

 flowering, in our collection, during May and June, of nearly 

 all Mr. Beck's seedling pelargoniums, a descriptive catalogue 

 of which we have given, with his excellent article on their 

 cultivation, in our January nimiber, (p. 34.) Some of the 

 kinds are now opening their blossoms, and the improvement 

 over even what have been considered as new and fine kinds 

 is, indeed, most remarkable. All are so splendid that one 



