CXVIU 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
rather slender ; sepals li in., spreading ; corolla 1^ in., conical, 
light lake-red, showing scarcely any contrast with the sepals. 
Nabob. Dwarf, free, and of good habit. Flowers medium size ; 
tube I in. ; sepals 1^ in., spreading ; corolla I in., rather ex- 
panded, dark dull lake-red. 
EEPOET ON BEDDING PELARGONIUMS. 
By Thomas Moore, E.L.S., Floral Director. 
In the trial of Pelargoniums, which took place at Chiswick in 
1872, the Floral Committee, as on previous occasions, reviewed 
the entire collection, which was an extensive one, and, as before, 
discarded certain varieties which were considered by them to be 
superseded by better sorts. In the followdng notes, which indicate 
the general behaviour of the several sorts throughout the season, 
these discarded varieties are indicated, as also those to which marks 
of merit were awarded. These marks have the same value as in 
former Reports; that is, *** is equal to a First-class Certificate, 
and a smaller number indicates proportionate inferiority. The 
varieties are arranged in series distinguished first by the leaves, 
and then by the colours of their flowers, those falling under the 
respective subdivisions being arranged alphabetically. The name 
following that of the variety is that of the donor, not in all cases 
the raiser. 
Series I, Plain geeen-leayed. 
§ 1. Flowers scarlet. 
1. Ascendant (Bull). Bright scarlet ; free-flowering, and a good 
grower. 
2. Commodore Nutt. Very intense scarlet, the darkest of all ; 
compact, dwarf, and free ; trusses and flowers small, but of 
good substance. Worth growing. 
3. Fleanor (^vXi) . Pale scarlet; very free and good. Previously 
certificated (***). 
4. JProsperine (W. Paul). Crimson-lake, very bright, shaded 
with vermilion on the lower part of top petals ; very free and 
compact. Not a good bedder, but fine for pots ; worth growing 
for colour. 
5. Fmch (Eraser). A fine old well-known variety, now super- 
seded by No. 6. Frcviously certificated (***). 
