Plate 327. 



DOUBLE IVY-LEAVED PELARGONIUMS . 



We are indebted to Mr. A. F. Barron, the Superintendent of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Gardens at Chiswick, for the examples from which Mr. Fitch's sketch was taken. 



Of late years much attention has been paid to the improvement of the Ivy-leaved 

 Pelargoniums, and the French florists in particular have originated the fine double varieties 

 seen in London during the past year ; and special mention should be made of M. Victor 

 Lemoine, of Nancy ; and M. Jean Sisley, of Lyons. Elfrida (fig. 1) is one of the darkest 

 coloured ; the prevailing hue, rosy-lilac, deepening almost to pale purple as the flowers age. 

 Mddle. Sarah Bernhardt (fig. 2), represents a very fine double form of the ordinary white 

 Ivy-leaf Pelargonium, and is fully double and very attractive. In point of colour La 

 Fiancee (fig. 3) is intermediate between the two ; having pretty rosy-pink flowers, which 

 take on a deeper tint with age. 



These Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums should be grown in vigorously until the plants become 

 pot-bound, and then they bloom freely. But little pruning is required ; and in fact the 

 plants can be well grown with but little trouble. They are well deserving the attention of 

 all lovers of useful decorative plants. 



Plate 328. 



SWEET-PEA 6 BUTTERELY.' 



This is a charming addition to the many varieties of Sweet Peas now cultivated in 

 gardens. The flowers are white, the upper petals being suffused on the interior with delicate 

 blue, and all the petals margined with the same. It has a very pleasing delicate beauty, 

 and it is an excellent addition to the pale-coloured Sweet Peas, of which we have but very 

 few. 



Butterfly is in all probability a sport from the white Sweet Pea, and having been 

 selected with great care till the blue tint became fixed, it now comes perfectly true from 

 seed. It was recently distributed by Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Beading. 



A favourite mode of growing the Sweet Pea is to sow a line of mixed varieties, in a 

 piece of well-manured ground, and so make a hedge or screen of it, staking the plants as in 

 the case of garden Peas, and watering well when necessary. Such a hedge supplies a great 

 quantity of cut flowers, and a handful of Sweet Peas makes a really charming bouquet. 

 The plants should not be allowed to seed, as the production of seed pods lessens the harvest 

 of bloom. A pod or two can be left here and there. Selecting the best varieties for the 

 purpose, a half pint of seed will suffice to sow a long line. 



