PELARGONIUM. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. PELARGONIUM. 705 



particularly is this the case since their 

 crossing with the Zonal varieties, which 

 has produced many beautiful sorts useful 

 for outdoor culture. As to treatment, it 

 may be said to be in nearly all respects 

 identical with those of the Zonal varieties, 

 with the exception of being somewhat 

 more tender, and requiring a little more 

 warmth in winter. 



Among other Pelargoniums few are 

 suitable for outdoor culture, or for bed- 

 ding, their growth in the open air, in even 

 light or poor soil, being too luxuriant. 

 Each section will now be considered 

 separately, and the varieties that succeed 

 when planted out will be mentioned. 

 There are, however, so many varieties of 

 Zonals, and the older varieties are so 

 often superseded by others that are not 

 always improvements, that it will only be 

 necessary to give a short list of sorts 

 .really known to be good. It must, how- 

 ever, be borne in mind that some sorts 

 succeed in certain soils and situations 

 which are by no means successful in 

 others. 



The following are a few of the many 

 Zonal varieties suited for outdoor culture 

 or for massing in the flower garden or 

 elsewhere : Anna Pfitzer, Ball of Fire, 

 Corsair, Culford Rose, Distinction, Dr. 

 Orton, Fire King, Harry Hieover, Henry 

 Jacoby, Havelock, Jenny Dodds, John 

 Gibbons, King of the Bedders, Master 

 Christine, Mrs. Lancaster, Mrs. Turner, 

 Mrs. Miles, Mulberry, Newland's Mary, 

 Vanessa, Vesuvius and its salmon- 

 coloured variety, Violet Hill, Nosegay, 

 White Perfection, White Princess, and 

 White Vesuvius. 



The bronze Zonal varieties are as well 

 suited for bedding-out as the green-leaved 

 kinds, being in all respects as vigorous. 

 Their flowers vary in colour. The bright 

 golden ground colour and rich leaf zones 

 of some of them, however, show to greater 

 advantage when the blooms are removed. 

 The following are a few of those that may 

 be considered the best bedders : Black 

 Douglas, Bronze Beauty, Bronze Queen, 

 Crown Prince, Gilt with Gold, Golden 

 Harry Hieover. 



There are also some useful bedding 

 varieties with yellow zoneless leaves, such 

 as Crystal Palace Gem, Golden Christine, 

 and Robert Fish ; while Happy Thought 

 is a singular variety, each leaf having a 

 large disc of a creamy-white colour, while 

 the margins are green, but it is inclined to 

 grow rather too robust in rich soils. 



Though the variegated Zonals, or 

 golden Tricolors, do not succeed equally 

 well as bedding plants in all kinds of 



soil, the following varieties will, with 

 ordinary care, generally give satisfaction : 

 Mrs. Pollock, Sophia Cussack, Sophia 

 Dumaresque, Beautiful Star, Victoria 

 Regina, Edward Richard Benyon, Mac- 

 beth, Lady Cullum, Peter Grieve, William 

 Sandy, Prince of Wales, and Howarth 

 Ashton. 



The drawback as regards the silver 

 tricolor sorts, when planted out in the 

 open air, is the circumstance of the central 

 or green portion of the leaves expanding 

 faster than the white or coloured margins 

 of the same, so that the centres of the 

 leaves become somewhat puckered. The 

 following are among the best for this 

 purpose : Italia Unita, Lass o' Gowrie, 



Pelargonium "Pretty Polly." 



Eva Fish, Maxwell Masters, Lady 

 Dorothy Neville, and Miss Farren. 



Among silver-margined zoneless sorts, 

 Mangle's Variegated, a very old variety, 

 is still useful, together with Silver Chain, 

 Flower of Spring, Mrs. J. C. Mappin, 

 Princess Alexandra, and Waltham Bride, 

 the three last having pure white flowers. 



Of the Ivy-leaved sorts, and their hybrid 

 varieties, the following are useful as 

 bedding plants : Album grandiflorum, 

 Duke of Edinburgh, 1'Elegante, Bridal 

 Wreath, Willsi roseum, Dolly Varden, 

 and Emperor. 



Comparatively few of the Cape species 

 or of their hybrid varieties are of much 

 use as bedding plants : a few, however, 

 are sometimes used with pretty good effect. 

 Some of these are Diadematum, Lady 

 Mary Fox, Lady Plymouth, Pretty Polly, 



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