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heat, and they can he sown in summer as soon as 

 ripe, which is the best plan, or in the early spring. 

 In order that they may germinate successfully, the 

 seeds when sown should be placed in a temperature 

 of 50° to 60**, and they will soon germinate, and 

 when they are large enough to handle should be 

 potted off singly into small pots, or be placed fom* 

 or six in a five-inch pot, and when large enough 

 potted ofE — using a fine, light, sandy soil — in forty- 

 eight-sized pots. In this size of pot the plants should 

 be allowed to flower. "When seed is sown in August 

 the plants will not fiower until early summer follow- 

 ing ; when sown in spring the plants will bloom the 

 game season if grown on into size with attention. 



Selectioxs op Pelargoniums. 



Large-Jiowevcd or Show Varieties. 



Ambassador, 



Amethyst, 



Brilliant. 



Claribel. 



Confessor, 



Comet. 



Despot. 



Duke of Norfolk. 



Fortitude. 



Illuminator. 



magnate. 



Decorative and 



Captain Baikes (double) . 



Carl Klein (doublej. 



Decorator. 



Digby Grand. 



Dresden China. 



Dr. Iditsters. 



Duchess of Edinburgh. 



Edward Ferkii^. 



Formosa. 



Gold Mine. 



Kington Beauty. 



Maid, of Honour. 



Margaret. 



Martial. 



Outlaw. 



Pericles. 



Betreat. 



Eoyal Eeview. 



Sunbeam. 



The Baron, 



Vetertiii. 



Virgin Queen. 



Spotted Varieties. 



Lady Isabel. 

 Lucie Lemoine. 

 Maid of Kent. 

 Marie Lemoine. 

 Mrs. John Hayes. 

 Prince of Novelties 



(doable). 

 QueenVictoria (double), 

 Triomphe de St. Mande. 

 Venus de Milo (double). 

 Volante Natlonale. 



Bridesmaid. 

 Cloth of Silver. 

 Countess of Dudley. 

 East Lynne. 

 Ellen Beck. 

 Fanny Grair. 

 Indian C^ef . 

 Lady Carrington. 



Fancy Varieties, 



Miss Groddard. 

 Mrs. Alfred Wigan. 

 Mrs. Haxt. 

 Mrs. Langtry. 

 Nelly Fordham 

 Pilgrimage. 

 Prmcess Teck. 

 The Shah. 

 Vivandifere. 



Zonal and Nosegay 



Alarm. 



Bayard. 



Charles Schwind. 



David Thomson. 



Dr. Denny. 



Dr. Orton. 



Dreadnought. 



Ferdinand de Lessepa. 



Future Fame. 



Guinea. 



John Gibbons. 



Lady Byron. 



Lady Sheffield. 



Lizzie Brooks. 



Iiord Nelson. 



Varieties {Single). 



Lucy Bosworth 



Mr. Chandler. 



Mrs. George. 



Mrs. Holden. 



Mrs. Leavers. 



Mrs. Moore, 



Nemesis. 



Queen of the Belgians. 



Bosa Little. 



Snowdon. 



Sophie Birkin. 



Titauia. 



Vesuvius. 



White Clipper. 



Zonal Varieties (Double). 



Auguste Villaume. 

 Charles Darwin. 

 Depute La^ze. 

 Edward Lequin. 

 Emilie de Girardin. 



F. V. Raspail, 

 Guillon Mangilli. 

 Henri CanneU (Le- 

 moine). 

 Heroine. 



La Candeur. 

 Lord Mayor. 

 Louis Buchner. 

 Lucie Lemoine, 

 Madame A. Baltet. 

 Madame Lemoine. 



Madame Michael Buch- 

 ner. 

 Madame Thiers. 

 Prince Noir. 

 Eoi des Violettes. 

 Wonderful. 



Golden Tricolour Varieties. 



E. E, Benyon. 

 Florence. 

 JohnDownie. 

 Lady Ciillum. 

 Macbeth. 

 Marie Stuart. 



Mrs. Henry Cox. 

 Mrs. Pollock. 

 Peter Grieve. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 Sophia Dumaresque. 

 William Sandy. 



Silver Tricolour Varieties. 



Dolly Varden. 

 Minnie Warren, 

 Miss Farreu. 

 Mrs. Clutton. 

 Mrs. Col. Wilkinson. 



MJrs. Laing, 



Mrs. Miller. 

 Porteous. 

 Prince Silverwings. 

 Princess Beatrice. 



Gold and Bronze or Bicolours. 



Black Douglas. 

 Distinction. 

 Effective. 

 Joseph Kirkham. 

 King of the Bronzes. 

 Mardchal McMahon. 



Prince Hemy. 

 Prince of Prussia. 

 Eegnlarity. 

 Swanley Bronze. 

 White Distinction- 

 Zulu- 



Gold&i or Tellow-hand Sections. 



Creed's Seedling. 

 Crystal Palace Gem, 

 Golden Chain. 



International, 

 Bobert Fish. 



Ivy-leaved Varieties (Double). 



Abel Carriere. 

 Alice Crousse. 

 Comte H. de Choiseuil. 

 Docteur Ox. 

 Gloire d'Orl^ans, 

 Isidore PeraL 

 Jeanne d'Arc. 

 Konig Albert. 



Madame Crousse. 

 Madame £. Galle. 

 Mdlle. Wouters. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 Souvenir de Charles 



Turner. 

 Vesta. 



Ivy-leaved Varieties {Single). 



Argus. Mon. de Boringe. 



Diadem. Mon. Dubus. 



Li France. Mrs. H. CanneU. 



Masterpiece. | Progress. 



Pentstemon. — This is one of the most useful 

 and showy of hardy perennials, and it is a plant 

 that has heen marvellously improved of late years. 

 It is a plant of foreign introduction, and the name 

 is derived irompentey " five," and stemon, " a stamen '' 



four fertile and one abortive stamen. It has no 



common name other than that which heads this 

 article. 



The Pentstemon represents a. large genus of her- 

 baceous perennials, very ornamental and among the 

 prettiest of summer-flowering plants. Some of the 

 species are of a sub-shrubby habit, but they are 

 rarely grown now, having given place to a large lot 

 of fine plants in the shape of seedlings raised from 

 F. CobtBU, P. Eartwegiiy P. t/mtianoides, and others, all 

 of which can be increased by means of cuttings and 

 seeds. The original P. Bartwegii produced flowers 

 of a kind of dullish crimson-purple, but seedlings 

 from it have developed many shades of colour, 

 from white to the deepest crimson and purple. 



