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piles n wonderful progress that has been mad 
last few years in ksi = of oe se an 
hibition a pir -grown speci ee the n 
varieties. The flowers of th the Z 
e Nosegay varieties 
us trusses that they require only 
to be seen to sm appreciah 
the remarks m e by Dr. 
ters at the meeting, that the Aeons section Sa the 
th at might 
which encou r 
should be afto: ‘ied for, with him, I believ 
that much could be i 
I am of ‘opi inion that it is to these varieties of the 
Cape species that we shall have to look for our future 
a ae, aes Rs 
e | smallness of both, provided there is pipro 
habit as en the best bedders. 
es of the Pelargonium family. 
as are many matters connected with our subject 
that — = taken in hand by the Society with 
advant: Serep ampao of the Zonals, so- ] 
requires gene: for 
state of the Nose egay sectio oe oF m alm 
i marcati 
> 
roved 
ost im ssible to 
not al sar for Sti a res 
withou ee ñe. As for th 
positively r ridiculous; ; 
not mu scarlets. 
pr: the question, Whose fancies? 
“ “Fancies ” 
sg Nt AIRE EH 8 
et 5 sae 
These trials, peer seat afford ample opportunities 
He? tage circulation to make their 
iscuss the novelties, and, sine se 
previous prt in the best possible arrange 
the prizes other arieni fer the rx wher year. 
John Deny; Stoke Newin. 
poten Sele kd 
THE OLD bce AT KEW. 
(Continued from p. 
o4.) 
THE Myrtle, Myrtus communis, is too well known 
to need an 
It i 
substi nd that will afford us the delight 
of ah aI y apëcišiei of Myrtle in full bloom? Its 
glossy fol hite deli 
flowers are any shru claim 
be even half-hardy. But then some people object 
to tender subjects on account - i tly ap- 
pearance muffled up in winter, is is 
properly protected, -e 
agai is meeeg a oo beauty Tost 
here are a great n 
jhana localities in or south of 
appears to be hardier 
form. Taki a Ga ictionary to ascertain 
the date of its introduction into England, we are 
certainly rath the information that 
bedders, for the perfect the florists’ “French” to some varieties raised in England, 
class of Zonals are not adapted for bedding purposes, | Surely there is room for improvement here, as much 
_ and Mr. Pearson and Mr. Fr ho i as S ine flowers 
2 also broached a matter relative 
> nm 
to expose such lovely trusses of flo 
~ thehouse at Chiswick, upon a variety named 
‘Turner, to the buffets of our ungenial 
also many of Mr. Pearson’s other varieties that are in 
the beds, and flowéring in the house too, and I think 
conservatory with me that ificent fi 
decoration, but that his mapay has 
‘Se hag are for other species to be cultivated to 
ur first meeting I 
ies cultivation of the Zonals at Chiswick, which I 
e yaja i ere 
ve in 
cad its imig are less sho 
rubra owy. 
nagyris foetida is Rg) pinon plant with 
yellow flowers, r south of Europe. Itis of no 
value as an orn sitet eran and its seed: ich 
greatly resemble Finkak are poisonous. Itis 
botanicall as of 
an ait aiaa 
stamens, 
O geen a seg tance 
y Lr ad and rges its flowers. ahs ‘Christe 
mas u This is one of aet good 
things eins me) from China by Mr, F 
he next planti t stl speaking, a relimbe in fact 
the genus i emat which it belongs, offers very 
few erect ; and nearly all the species 
same remark might be applied to the entire 
Renunculacess, for it presents more d 
e than any of those t 
