Plate 287. 



ABUTILON LEMOINEL 



This fine yellow-flowered Abutilon is one of a batch of seedlings raised by M. Victor 

 Lemoine, Nancy, France, and was sent to this country several years ago ; but it is only 

 recently that it has come prominently into public notice, on the occasion of its being ex- 

 hibited from the Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick, when it was 

 awarded a First-class Certificate of Merit. The flowers are of large size, dull pale yellow 

 on the exterior, the interior of a much brighter glow and slightly veined, and they are 

 produced as freely as those of Boule de Neige and other admired varieties. We saw it very 

 fine this summer growing with other Abutilons in the subtropical Garden at Heckfield Place, 

 Hants, and flowering with remarkable freedom. There are other yellow Abutilons to be found 

 in catalogues, such as Buisson tV Or, Boule cVOr, Perk d' Or, etc., and it is just possible they 

 are Lemoinei under other names. Boule d" 1 Or at least appeared to be identical with that now 

 figured. 



The Abutilons are valuable cold greenhouse plants for this season of the year, as small 

 plants bloom profusely from the points of the shoots. One of the finest of the variegated- 

 leaved forms is Darwinii tessellatum, the leaves being large and bold, and handsomely marbled 

 and blotched with golden yellow on a deep green ground. This makes a handsome con- 

 servatory plant when grown in pots. 



Plate 288. 



ZONAL PELARGONIUM " NEW LIFE." 



A few years ago some striped varieties of the Zonal Pelargonium were sent over from 

 France, but the flowers were small and jagged on the edges of the petals, and the striped 

 character imperfect and somewhat uncertain. They are still in cultivation, and in all pro- 

 bability have been used by raisers for the purpose of obtaining new varieties, but no appreci- 

 able results have as yet been placed before the horticultural public. 



The singularly distinct and beautiful variety, "New Life," now figured, is not a seed- 

 ling, but a sport from the well-known Yesuvius, one of the most popular and useful of the 

 Zonal Pelargoniums. The flowers are of a bright scarlet hue, finely flaked and striped with 

 white. It is so good and so novel, and has been so repeatedly shown in good character by 

 Mr. Henry Cannell, nurseryman, Swanley, that the wonder is, the Floral Committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society did not much sooner award it a First-class Certificate of Merit. 

 It is to be distributed by Mr. Cannell as soon as he obtains a sufficient number of orders for 

 it. 



Vesuvius appears to possess a singular sportiveness of character, as from it have come 

 the semi-double Wonderful; New Life ; a salmon-lake sport; and two brilliant flame scarlet 

 varieties, both of which are marked with distinct rays of yellow, and are advances in the 

 direction of obtaining yellow-flowered Zonal Pelargoniums. 



