KEPORT ON PLANTS GllOWN FOR TRIAL AT CHI8WICK, 1873. 57 
XYII. Keport on Plants Grown for Trial at Chiswick, 1873. By 
Thomas Mooee, F.L.S., Floral Director E.H.S. 
The subjects specially examined by the Floral Committee durinpj 
the summer of 1873, for the purpose of ascertaining the merits of 
the novelties submitted for trial, were Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, 
Pentstemons, and Phloxes. The Pelargoniums, with the exception 
of the salmon-coloured and white varieties (which according to the 
previous instructions of the Committee were grown in pots), were 
tried as bedding plants, the Fuchsias as decorative pot-plants, and 
the Pentstemons and Phloxes as border flowers. As in former 
Reports the mark indicates the highest quality, and the award 
of these marks is thus regarded as equivalent to that of a First- 
class Certificate. It should also be explained that the names of 
persons given in parentheses, after the name of the variety, indicate 
the donors of the plants, who are not necessarily, or in all cases, 
the raisers. 
Pelargoniums as Bedding Plants. 
Oolden-vmriegated Zonals {Golden Tricolors). 
Of the older sorts Amy Richards^ Louisa Smithy and Macbeth 
proved to be varieties of first-class merit, and to be the three most 
distinct of the stronger-growing sorts, whilst Florence was the best 
in the dwarfer group. The following sorts were tried for the first 
time as bedders : — 
Beautiful for Ever (E. G. Henderson) Bright shining foliage, 
with broad very bright red zone, and very little green ; a very 
good variety. 
Col, Loyd Lindsay (E. G. Henderson) Leaves flat, rounded ; 
zone bright rosy-red, of moderate breadth, Avith even golden 
margin ; moderately vigorous. 
Comitess of Mmiskillen (E. G. Henderson) Leaves large, 
the centre greyish; the zone rosy-red, irregularly vandyked, 
with broad edge of creamy yellow ; habit vigorous. 
Madonna (E. G. Henderson) Leaves with broad zone of deep 
bronzy red, and narrow edge of yellow ; bold and good. 
Oriental (E. G. Henderson) Flat foliage, with broad zone of 
very bright red ; a moderate grower, and very effective. 
Feter Grieve (E. G. Henderson) Leaves large, flat, with fiery 
orange-red zone, and broadish margin of yellow ; telling. 
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