10 BARB & SUGDEN'S SPRING SEED CATALOGUE, 



PELAEGONIUM SEED, 



RECEIVED FROM OUR " SARDINIAN CORRESPONDENT." 



VARIEGATED LARGE-FLOWERED PELARGONIUMS. 



Ovr " Saedikian CoRRESroTENT" having succeeded in ohtaining from seed an enlirelg new 

 class of variegated plants, ri:., " Large-flou-ered" Pelargoniums of the diademalum tints, of fine 

 form and hriiliant colours, with the remarkahle distinction of variegated joliagCy we shall have the 

 pleasure of offering, next season, these unique and beautiful silver-edged plants. 



The interest tli;\t attatlics to (lie raising of seedlings is much increased hj the certaintt/ of being 

 rewarded with new and ini]iriAcd varieties, esjiecially in a tiuwer so popular and beautiful as the 

 Pelargonium. To ensure the aniaicur against ilisaiipointment while in the pursuit of his interesting 

 and favourite employment, our '• Sardinian Correspondent," who is distinguished for his eminent 

 success in raising many s]'lcndi(i and novel varieties,* remarkable alike in habit and substance, has 

 saved for us seed from the very choicest of his extensive and magnificent collection, so that we feel 

 the greatest confidence in recommending it to those who are desirous of raising real novelties. 



How to Raise Plants, and to Cultivate them Successfully afterwards. 



The seed should be sown in heat, early in March, or as soon after as possible, in wide shallow 

 pans, well draincil, the coni))Ost to be lijibt and rich, composed of leaf mould, well rutted manure, 

 a little loam, and a lair ]iroporti<.n of silver sand, to be all passed through a tolcralily tine sieve. Fill 

 the pans to within an inch of the top, and carefully smooth the surface, tlien, having cut off the 

 feather from the end of the seeds, insert them, with that end upwards, at equal distances from each 

 other, this plan answering better than laying them on the surface. They should be covered a quarter 

 of an inch with the same compost, finely silted. 



As soon as the plants appear the pans should be transfen-ed to the greenhouse, placed as near 

 the glass as possible, and watered moderately with a fine syringe ; when they have made their second 

 leaf they m.ay be potted off singly into forty-eight pots, in a compost of cipial parts of loam and leaf 

 mould, with the addition of silver sand, and shaded from bright sunshine ; when they have filled 

 the pots with roots, k t tlicm be rcpctted, and kept close to the glass ; air should be given abundantly, 

 and when the weather is tavonraldc, they may be placed out of doors, in an airy situation, on a thick 

 bed of coal ashes. Leave them the re during the summer, and replace them in the greenhouse when 

 there is any fear of frost. Be careful not to over-pot them, the object being not to obtain large plants, 

 but to bring them into flower soon. 



SEALED C011ECTI0\S OF PELARGOMUM SEED. 



COLLECTION O 



Contains 1$ splendid varieties, lO aeedet each, &8. Od., of larfjre-flowered 

 Pelarg'oniunia, viz.: — 



Apollo Beck. Etna Turner, j Empress of Russia Stuart. 



Mulberry „ Lord Clyde Foster. | Grande-Duehesse Marie. „ 



Beauty of Reading Iloyle. Crown Imperial Stuart. Marquise de Chateauneuf ,, 



Rosa Bonheur „ Bird of Paradise „ I Madame Proeschel „ 



COLLECTION P 



Contains IS splendid varieties, lO seefls each, Ss. Gd., of spotted 

 l>eIarj;;'oniuais, viz.: — 



Bracelet Turner. I Victor Emmanuel Miellez. | Mr. Hooper Stuart. 



Queen of Spots j Baron I'rost Stuart. I Paul Bonnin „ 



]{eine Hortcnsc Miellez. I Frantws Evelyn „ Prince Imperial „ 



Venus de Mcdicis „ j Leon I'ilattc „ j Roi d'ltalic „ 



COLLECTION Q 



Contains 12 splendid varieties, lO seetls each, 3s. <>fl., of fancy 

 Pelargoniums, viz.:— 



Amy Turner. Circle Turner. Louise Bonnaire Stuart. 



Arabella Goddard „ i Mrs. Turner „ Madenioi.selle Rouher . . . „ 



Beauty „ j Florence Stuart Stuart. ^Lublme Bonnin „ 



Bridesmaid ,, | Julia Helen „ Prince of Wales „ 



Assortment of 30 splendid varieties of larg-e-ilowered Pelargoniums, lO seeds 

 of each, Hit. Ad. 



Assortment of 30 splendid varieties of Fanc.v Peiargroniums, 10 seeds of each, 

 l«s. Od. 



* Dried Specimens of some of these Seedlings, flowered In 1861, may be seen at our Establishment. 



