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son ; Peach Nosegay, dark lilac, is particularly lovely, and 

 Village Maid, which is of a clear deep pink with a large 

 well-defined white spot on each upper petal, is a very 

 decided advance on Helen Lindsay and Mrs Whitty ; 

 Mrs Wm. Paul; for size and form, is conspicuous among 

 the light pinks. Alexandra and Dr Hogg are the best 

 among the bluish purples. Perhaps the greatest gain 

 among Beaton's hybrids and their descendants, is the 

 multiplicity of rose colours of various shades colours 

 previously unknown among Zonals ; Monte Rosa, Naiad, 

 Zephyr, Dryad, Amy Hogg, Celestial (very lovely), Wood 

 Nymph, and Tiara are beautiful in this class. Indian 

 Yellow is still alone as a yellowish orange, and Salmon 

 Nosegay is a distinct and pleasing colour, prolific and 

 showy. Among the various shades of carmine and cherry- 

 colour, Duchess, Banneret, Minstrel, Rebecca, and Waltham 

 Nosegay are pre-eminent. Of orange, Nimrod, Sir Joseph 

 Paxton, Prince of Orange, and Orange Nosegay are the 

 best. Of scarlets, we select Cardinal, Waltham Pet, and 

 Dr Lindley. And lastly, of blood-crimsons, remarkable 

 for depth and solidity of colour, there are Ossian, Crimson 

 Queen, and St George. Here are 34 varieties selected 

 for perpetuity of flowering, and described as ,they now 

 are, which it will be readily conceived is not exactly 

 as they appear out of doors in summer. But though 

 different they are equally beautiful, many of them even 

 more beautiful. The rain having ceased, I end my so- 

 journ in this Pelargonium house by gathering a bouquet 

 of the flowers, adding thereto a few leaves of the plain 

 green, the black zone, the red zone, the gold, and the 

 silver, which the above or others in company with them 

 furnish. While doing so I have been brushing against 

 Shrubland Pet (Beaton's again), and the house is filled 

 with odour. I add a few leaves of this, and walk off with 

 a bouquet fit for a princess. Meeting a great amateur 

 gardener in my way, he supplies me with a practical 

 deduction from the principles revolving in my mind by 



