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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOG1ST. 



flowers_ tubular, two-lipped, scarlet, an inch, and a half long, and streaked on the face of the 

 limb with crimson. 



Oxalis valdiviana.— Messrs. Veitch & Son : Bronze Medal, June 11. — A free-flowering 

 and showy, dwarfish, tufted plant, with numerous short branched stems, smooth trifoliolate 

 leaves, and bright yellow flowers. 



_ Pansy (fancy) aurea marginata.— Messrs. Downie, Laird, & Laing, Sydenham and 

 Edinburgh: First-class Certificate, May 21.— A fancy variety of good form, pale yellow 

 ground, banded with violet purple ; the petals perfectly encircled with the ground colour. 



Pelargonium Ardens.— Mr. -Wiggins, Isleworth : First-class Certificate, June 11.— 

 Posy carmine, slightly spotted lower petals ; a purplish throat ; and dark maroon upper petals 

 margined with carmine rose. 



Pelargonium Bellatrix.— Mr. Wiggins: First-class Certificate, June 11.— Clear car- 

 mine rose lower petals; a purplish throat; and maroon-clouded upper petals, the maroon 

 somewhat dashed with crimson towards the outsides, and narrowly edged with carmine rose. 



Pelargonium Belle op the Ball.— Mr. Nye, Clewer Manor : First-class Certificate, 

 May 21. — Scarlet marbled with carmine ; the throat pure white ; the upper petals very deep 

 maroon, with a perfect margin of the same colour as the lower petals. Fine habit. 



Pelargonium Butterfly.— Mr. Wiggins : Second-class Certificate, June 11.— Spotted ; 

 the lower petals carmine rose with deep black-shaded spot ; the upper ones very dark maroon. 



Pelargonium Caliban.— Mr. Wiggins: Second-class Certificate, June 11.— Spotted; 

 the lower petals pale blush lilac, with a dark maroon spot in the midst of a large veiny blotch 

 of deep purplish-crimson ; the upper petals with a clouded maroon spot, becoming purplish- 

 crimson towards the edges, and margined by the blush lilac ground colour. 



Pelargonium Canopus. — Mr. Wiggins: First-class Certificate, June 11.— Carmine 

 rose lower petals ; distinct white throat ; the upper petals of a carmine rose slightly dashed 

 with crimson, and marked with a small black spot. 



Pelargonium Censor. — Mr. Nye : Second-class Certificate, June 11. — Bright rose ; the 

 upper petals of a darker shade of the same, with a dark spot and good edge. 



Pelargonium Colossus. — Gr. W. Hoyle, Esq., Beading : First-class Certificate, June 11. 

 — Salmon rose with dark blotch ; the upper ones maroon, distinctly edged with rose ; the 

 throat pure white. 



Pelargonium Conflagration. — Mr. Nye : First-class Certificate, May 21. — Subdued 

 deep rose colour, with dark spot on the upper petals. 



Pelargonium Cynosure. — Tvir. Wiggins: Second-class Certificate, June 11. — Clear 

 carmine rose ; the throat white ; the upper petals with a small marcon spot bordered by 

 clouded crimson, the extreme edge being carmine rose. 



_ Pelargonium Esperance. — Mr. Wiggins: Second-class Certificate, June 11. — Blush 

 white ; the upper petals crimson maroon, with a narrow blush white edge. 



Pelargonium Eurydicb. — Mr. Wiggins: First-class Certificate, June 11. — Pure 

 pearly white ; and the upper petals deep sanguineous crimson, with white margin. A most 

 desirable variety. 



Pelargonium Illuminator. — Mr. Nye : First-class Certificate, June 11. — Bright 

 orange scarlet, faintly spotted on the lower petals ; the upper ones rich dark maroon with an 

 orange scarlet margin. 



Pelargonium Improvement. — Mr. Nye: First-class Certificate, May 21. — Kosy 

 marbled with crimson ; the upper petals dark, clearly and finely margined with bright rose ; 

 the throat white. 



Pelargonium International — Mr. Bull : Second-class Certificate, June 26. — Spotted, 

 rose shaded with orange, and marked with uniform dark spots ; the upper ones dark maroon 

 bordered with orange scarlet. 



Pelargonium Landseer. — Mr. Nye : Second-class Certificate, June 11. — A spotted rose, 

 marbled with scarlet; the upper, maroon with a roughly-defined edge. 



Pelargonium Lord Palmerston. — Gr. W. Hoyle, E<q. : First-class Certificate, June 11. 

 — Purple rose, with a shaded throat, and dark maroon upper petals margined with rosy 

 purple. It was considered an improvement in its class. 



Pelargonium Merrimac- — Mr. Nye: First-class Certificate, June 11. — Deep rose, 

 strongly veined on the lower petals ; throat white, the upper petals dark shaded maroon, edged 

 with rose. 



Pelargonium Monitor. — Mr. Nye : Second-class Certificate, June 11. — Spotted deep 

 rose with dark spot; the upper petals dark maroon irregularly edged. 



Pelargonium Nymph. — Mr. Wiggins : Second-class Certificate, June 11.— Blush; the 

 upper petals marked with a dark maroon cloud. 



Pelargonium Oriana. — Mr. Wiggins : First-class Certificate, June 11. — Pinkish-blush, 

 paler at the base ; the upper petals with a clouded maroon spot, which passes into orange red, 

 and is unequally edged with delicate pinkish-rose. Considered to be first-rate of its class. 



Pelargonium Begin a eormosa. — Mr. Wiggins: First-class Certificate, June 11. — A 



