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Viscaria oculata coccinea nana — very 
line. 
,, deep scarlet, 
pink. 
,, ,, alba Dunncttii. 
„ cardinalis. 
,, picta. 
hybrida — very fine, varioLLs. 
cocli-rosa, 
„ „ alba. 
nana. 
,, h^^brida. 
Saponaria calabrica. 
Silene pendula. 
„ pseudo-Atocion — rather tender. 
Clarkia pulchella flore-pleno — very fine 
double. 
Nemophila insignis. 
maculata. 
Nemophila stricta. 
,, marginata. 
diseoidalis. 
Gilia capitata. 
E I itoca Wran gel ian n . 
Leptosiphon, several varieties. 
Campanula pentagona. 
Chryseis crocea. 
„ alba. 
Collinsia bicolor. 
„ b;irtsi£Efolia — very dwarf and 
pretty. 
Centaurea cyanus — very fine. 
albo-Citrulea. 
Xeranthemum annuum. 
Calliopsis tinctoria. 
cardaminifolia. 
Sphcnogyne speciosa aurca. 
The above are the most important of those which survived the winter, 
and these all proved to be exceedingly pretty. The Viscarias were espe- 
cially beautiful, as were the Neinophilas and the Centaurea cyauus. A 
few plants of the double-flowered Clarkia were also remarkably fine. 
Pelaegok'iums. 
The Chiswick collection of Pelargoniums comprised in 18G9 about 850 
varieties, and a very considerable display was made by these during the 
summer and early autumn months. Of the novelties, as usual, many were 
received too late and in too weakly a condition to give very satisfactory re- 
sults, and hence the number of new varieties certified was but limited. 
Attention was, however, directed to the reduction of so unwieldy a collec- 
tion by the elimination of inferior or superseded varieties, and accordingly 
the sorts which are named below under the respective heads were struck 
out. 
Scarlet Selfs. — In this group a variety named Rainbow, one of the 
semi-nosegays, a very free bloomer with orange-scarlet flowers, was suffi- 
ciently meritorious to attract considerable notice. The following were 
discarded : — 
Atrosanguineiim. Governor, Punch. 
Chief Justice {n *). Little David. Scarlet Christian {n). 
Edith. Little Major. Surpass Orange Nosegay 
Euiu'ce. Lord Lyons, {n). 
Fame {n). Orange Girl («). Thor (w). 
Vulcan (w). 
Scarlet Zonals. — In this very extensive group the following varieties 
were certified : — 
Vesta (First-class Certificate). A very free dwarf-growing variety, with 
dark-zoned lobate leaves, and deep scarlet semi-nosegay flowers in abun- 
dant trusses of moderate size. Received from Mr. W. Paul. 
Vesuvius (First-class Certificate). A variety of dwarfish compact habit, 
* The letter (n) indicates nosegay or serai-nosegay varieties. 
