Plate 41. 



DOUBLE ZONAL PELARGONIUM— JEWEL. (Laxton.) 



There lias not been for some years any great advance in the class to which this flower 

 belongs ; flowers of various shades of red and rose have indeed been raised, but they have 

 shown but little improvement on those already in cultivation, the form of the flower and the 

 style of colour being very much the same ; now, however, we hope that something different 

 has been obtained. We hear of a new double-white, raised by that well-known amateur, 

 M. Jean Sisley, of Lyons, which has passed for distribution in England into the hands of 

 Mr. Wm, Bull, of Chelsea; and in Jewel, an English flower, we have what we believe to be 

 a very distinct variety. 



Mr. Laxton, of Stamford, is well known for his skill as a hybridizer, and the horti- 

 cultural world is indebted to him for some fine varieties of peas and other garden products, 

 and when paying a visit to his garden, on the occasion of the Stamford Show in September 

 last, we were particularly struck with the very distinct character of Jewel, its great 

 peculiarity being its form ; in colour it is a very deep shade of scarlet, but its dense thick 

 clusters of flowers are very peculiar — each individual " pip " being an exact miniature rose, 

 so that when detached it would be almost impossible to believe it to be a pelargonium ; 

 hence, when thus separated and mounted on wire, it will be invaluable for button-hole bouquets ; 

 it is also very free flowering, small plants producing fine trusses of bloom. 



We are not singular in our belief of its value, as strong testimony has been borne to it 

 from other quarters, and it has received a first-class certificate from the Floral Committee 

 of the Boyal Horticultural Society. 



Plate 42. 



TEA ROSE— CHESHUNT HYBRID. (Paul and Son.) 



The beauty and fragrance of Tea Boses are acknowledged by all lovers of flowers, and 

 have made them deservedly very great favourites ; their one defect being that as a class they 

 are deficient in those brilliant colours which made the Hybrid Berpetuals and Bourbons. 

 Nothing can be more exquisitely delicate than the various shades of yellow, primrose, peach, 

 and salmon that are to be found amongst them ; but a stand of Tea Boses always seems to 

 look faint alongside of the brilliant flowers of other classes, and hence any advance in the 

 direction of unusual depth of colour must be hailed as a boon ; such an advance we believe 

 to have been made in the flower which we now figure. 



Mr. George Faul, who has been fortunate enough to raise this flower, says ; Chesliunt 

 Hybrid was from a seed-pod of the dark pink Tea Bose, Madame de Tartas, in our rose-house; 

 the plant producing it being under an overhanging cluster on the roof of the dark Hybrid 

 Perpetual Bose, Prince Camille de Mohan, with which it was suggested it was fertilized ; 

 it is a strong, free grower, with vigorous, almost climbing habit, and free as an 

 autumn bloom." As it will be sent out during the present autumn, growers will have 

 the opportunity of testing it for themselves, and Ave shall be surprised if it do not become a 

 general favourite. 



It may be well to remark that in a season like the present, when everything has been 

 so strange and exceptional in horticulture, Tea Boses have been wonderfully fine, and 

 have continued in bloom up to a very late period, and this although we have not had that 

 warm sunny weather which is considered necessary for their success. 



