Plate 173. 



NEW FANCY PELARGONIUMS. 



Mr. Turner, of the Eoyal Nurseries, Slough, has kindly supplied us with the materials for 

 illustrating four of his best new varieties of Fancy Pelargoniums, the colours of the blooms 

 and the first class character of the individual trusses will be best understood by a reference 

 to our Plate, and those of our readers who were present at the Midland Counties Grand 

 Horticultural Exhibition on 1st July last, will long remember Mr. Turner's magnificent 

 collection, which took the two first prizes. The grand specimen plant named Illuminator 

 shown at this exhibition by Mr. E. Fleming, gardener to E. Houghton, Esq., Sandheys, 

 Liverpool, will never be forgotten by florists. This specimen Fancy Pelargonium is engraved 

 (as an entire plant) in the Gardeners Chronicle for July 10th, where the dimensions are given 

 as 1G feet in circumference, 5 feet 3 inches across the base, 2 feet 2 inches in depth, and 7 

 feet 2 inches measured over the crown. The plant was finely bloomed, and notwithstanding 

 its long journey and gumless flowers it was staged in a very creditable condition. It was 

 unanimously awarded a silver medal as a special prize, which mark of distinction it well 

 merited. The finest collection of Pelargoniums, principally of the Zonal and nosegay type, 

 seen for many years past, was that of South Kensington on 21st July last. Here the 

 well-known plants of Dr. Denny, Mr. Pearson, Mr. George and others came to the fore, and 

 indeed it is only reasonable that the genus Pelargonium should be highly esteemed when 

 the habit and brilliant colours of the numerous species and varieties are considered. It is 

 probable, should the New Pelargonium Society prove a success, that we shall eventually 

 greatly improve both the greenhouse and bedding species of the genus Pelargonium, good as 

 the plants now are. 



Plate 174. 



ROSE— "GLAZENWOOD BEAUTY."' 



Without doubt the Eose we now figure will be differently estimated by different 

 rosarians, but its great novelty in being a distinctly-striped rose will be denied by none. It 

 is a Briar Eose (the thorns being numerous), and believed, says Mr. Woodthorpe, to be a 

 variety from Japan. At present this Eose has never been publicly shown, and the bloom 

 here figured was selected from a batch which was the first (and nearly the last) which 

 flowered. Mr. Woodthorpe, who at present holds the stock, describes the plant as very free, 

 blooming very early, semi-climbing in habit, and therefore very suitable as a pillar rose, and 

 lovely when worked on tall briars, being of a weeping habit of growth. It is named 

 Glazemoood Beaut//, after Mr. Woodthorpe's nursery, some fifty acres in extent, and not 

 far from Witham, on the Great Eastern Eailway. The soil here is naturally well suited for 

 the cultivation of Eoses, and Ehododendrons luxuriate in the loamy soil, there being some 

 enormous specimens on the place planted by Mr. Curtis, the editor of the old series of the 

 Botanical Magazine. The colour and striping, or flaking of the blooms of Glazemoood 

 Beaut)/ Eose will be best understood by reference to our figure. The ground tint is a 

 lovely yellow in the style of Gloire de Dijon, and the stripes are carmine, reminding one 

 of the coloration of some tulips. The buds are beautifully and boldly marked with crimson, 

 and in the young state (before the petals are thrown back) they present a lovely and very 

 novel appearance for a Eose. The foliage is not large, but very beautiful, all the younger 

 leaves being edged or suffused with red. The odour is very delicate, after the style of tea- 

 scented roses. The stock is in the hands of Mr. L. Woodthorpe, of Glazenwood Nursery, 

 Brad well, Braintree. 



