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Of Hybrid Nosegays, which have been making great strides of 

 late, the best Scarlets are, — 



Dr. Muret, Sunshine, 



Erailio Castelar, Wellington. 



Jessica, 



Rose, — 



Caven Fox, Lawrence Heywood, 



Cherry Lips, Mrs. Masters. 



Florence Durand, 



Pink,— 



Christine Nilssou, M. E. Buenzod, 



Delight, Mrs. F. Buruaby, 



Lady Belper, Pink May Queen. 



It has been questioned whether much farther improvement is to 

 be expected in these various classes ; it may be slower than in the 

 past few years, but I think in the hands of such careful growers 

 as Dr. Denny, Mr. Pearson of Chilwell, Mr. George, and many 

 others, it is sure to come. We may never see a more dazzling 

 scarlet than Jean Sisley, a plant of better habit than Orbiculatum, 

 or of finer foliage than Mme. Werle ; but, until these various ex- 

 cellencies are all combined, by careful breeding, in one variety, I 

 think it safe to say that the limit has not been reached. 



Bedding Pelargoniums. 



It has been the custom in England to separate those suitable 

 for bedding from those best adapted to pot culture, and I suppose 

 with good reason ; but if desirable there, I do not think it so here ; 

 they use largely the narrow-petalled nosegay section, of which 

 Waltham Seedling and Violet Hill are types, keeping the round- 

 flowering zonals and the superb hybrid nosegaj^s for cultivation 

 under glass. Doubtless these two kinds, with Vesta, Star of Fire, 

 and many others, will make a more brilliant show in some one 

 week of the summer than any other class, but in our climate it is 

 at the expense of the rest of the season. I prefer to use kinds 

 less free but more constant in their flowering, of which the flowers 

 are perfect in form and color, and have found that some of the 

 best for pots are also the best for bedding. 



Orbiculatum, Sir John Moore, Coleshill, Wellington, Douglas 



