THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



ing narrow-leaved forms ; the leaves dark bronze, 

 margined with narrow bands of scarlet ; from Mr. 

 William Bull, Chelsea : and to Begonia Calypso, a 

 dwarf habited variety, having erect spikes of semi- 

 double pink-coloured flowers; from Messrs. John 

 Laing and Co., Stanstead Park Nursery, Forest Hill. 



In addition, First-class Certificates were awarded 

 by the Pelargonium Society to the following new 

 Pelargoniums of the show or large flowering section, 

 viz., — Invincible, orange-carmine lower petals, with 

 heavy dark pencillings and handsome dark lip petals : 

 Symmetry, orange-salmon lower petals, with slight 

 blotch on each ; large dark lip petals ; extra fine : 

 Dauntless, salmon-pink lower petals tinted with orange, 

 and dark lip petals : Marmion, orange pink lower 

 petals, dark lip petals; of large size and excellent 

 quality : and Criterion, dark crimson with bold white 

 throat ; all from E. B. Foster, Esq., Cleever Manor, 

 Windsor : to show Pelargonium Amethyst, purplish 

 magenta lower petals veined with dark, and large bold 

 dark petals : also to Fancy Pelargoniums, Insulaire, 

 lower petals stained purple on a pale ground ; chestnut- 

 maroon upper petals, and bold white throat, very fine 

 and distinct : Jannette, violet-rose lower petals, chest- 

 nut maroon lip petals, large white throat very fine : 

 and Placida, large purplish-rose flowers, each petal 

 having a nice edge of white, flowers of great size and 

 first quality ; all these came from Mr. Charles Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough. To the following fine new 

 varieties of the Zonal Class : — Titania, lively crimson 

 with a white eye, finely formed pips : Manfred, very 

 bright pale soft scarlet, the pips very smooth and of 

 the finest form : Sunbeam, rich orange scarlet, of 

 perfect form and very striking : and Madonna, pale 

 bright pink, finely formed pips and very smooth ; 

 these came from Dr. Denny, Stoke Newington. Also 

 to Zonal Fanny Catlin, a vigorous growing variety, 

 bearing large but somewhat crowded and compressed 

 trusses of orange-salmon coloured flowers. 



New types of Pelargoniums, and especially of the 

 Cape species, were but poorly represented ; and it is 

 matter for regret so little is being done in the way of 

 producing new hybrids. A fine new hybrid, Ivyleaf 

 named La France, came from Mr. Jean Sisley, Lyons, 

 France; showing flowers greatly resembling those of 

 the nosegay pelargonium in shape, but pinkish-salmon 

 in colour. There is just the danger these hybrid ivy- 

 leaved types are becoming identical with the nosegay 

 section. 



NEW DOUBLE IVY-LEAVED PELAR- 

 GONIUMS. 



The activity of the French florists has been shown in 

 a remarkable manner by the production of many fine 

 varieties of Double Ivyleaf Pelargoniums. We are 

 informed by the Gardeners' Chronicle that English 

 gardeners aie mainly indebted "to M. Victor Lemoine 

 of Nancy, and M. Jean Sisley of Lyons for these. They 

 have worked well — carefully and successfully — and we 

 have entered into the heritage of their labour." A 

 collection of these new double Ivyleaved Pelargoniums 

 appeared at the meeting of the Pelargonium Society 

 on June 18th, and we made notes of the following as 

 well deserving cultivation : — Elfrida, dark rosy lilac, 

 flowers large and fully double : A. F. Barron, delicate 

 lilac blush, the flowers large and full, and to all ap- 

 pearance the most double of all the new types : Kon- 

 ing Albert, rosy-lilac, very soft and attractive in ap- 

 pearance, with small dark spots or blotches near the 

 centre : Lucie Lemoine, blush, flushed with delicate 

 pink, very pretty, but not so fully double as some 

 others : Mdlle. Adrienne Barat, blush, flushed with 

 pale lilac, and has a charming delicacy of tint : Sarah 

 Bernhart is a double form of the old white Ivyleaf, 

 and as it is the nearest approach to a pure white, it 

 is, apart from other excellent properties, all the more 

 desirable : La France, also very pretty, like A. F. 

 Barron, but with rather more colour, though not quite 

 so double : Madame Perle, pinkish-lilac, very delicate, 

 pretty, and fully double : and Madame Emile Galle, 

 delicate blush, with slight purple markings, very 

 pretty and distinct, but a little thin in the flowers. 



These double Ivyleaved Pelargoniums make charm- 

 ing pot plants for the conservatory display, but they 

 require a little growing to get them into size. The 

 plants want to be grown on for two years, not cutting 

 them back or stopping them very gently indeed, and 

 in this way they make a good free growth. They do 

 not want a great deal of root room after size is made, 

 but a little confinement at the roots when this is 

 brought about drives the plants into bloom. During 

 winter the plants need to be kept rather dry at the 

 roots, and in a rather warm — but not too warm — at- 

 mosphere, then the branches become well ripened, and 

 it is when in that condition that they flower best. 



