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BEDDING PELAEGONIUMS AT WISLEY, 1912. 



Ninety-eight stocks were received for trial, and all were planted out 

 in fairly good soil, in a very sunny position, nearly all making excellent 

 growth, but a few showed little inclination to bloom. The trial proved 

 that there was no advance on some of the older and well-known 

 varieties, ' Paul Crampel ' being much the finest scarlet-flowered 

 bedding variety in the whole trial. 



F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 

 XXX = Highly Commended. 



Tricolor Section. 



*1. Mrs. Pollock (Dobbie), F.C.C. August 21, 1867.— A very 

 effective variety of nice bushy habit with large leaves, having a green 

 centre surrounded by an irregular zone of rich reddish brown, which in 

 turn is margined with golden yellow. The flowers are single and 

 bright carthamus red in colour. 



2. Sophia Dumaresque (Dobbie), F.C.C. September 4, 1866.— 

 Similar to No. 1, but deeper in colour. 



Leaves Variegated with Gold or Yellow. 



3. Black Douglas (Dobbie). — Habit compact and bushy; leaves 

 medium-sized, greenish yellow with a moderately broad zone of 

 reddish brown. Flowers white shading to palest orient red at the 

 base of the petals ; single. 



4. Crystal Palace Gem (Dobbie), F.C.C. 1873.— A variety of dwarf, 

 spreading, and very free-flowering habit. Leaves greenish yellow, 

 with a rather large darker green patch in the middle. Spikes good, 

 flowers single, deep carmine, very pretty. 



5. Czar (Dobbie).- — A compact and very bushy variety with large 

 golden leaves having a very wide zone of dark reddish brown. 



6. Harry Hieover (Dobbie), .C.C. 1873.— Habit dwarf and 

 spreading; leaves golden with a broad zone of reddish brown. Flowers 

 single, trusses small, bright cherry red in colour. 



7. Mar^chal MacMahon (Dobbie), XXX August 19, 1897.— A com- 

 pact grower ; leaves golden yellow with a broad brownish red zone ; 

 flowers small, vermilion red. 



Leaves Variegated with Silver or White. 



8. Arborfield Gem (Tucker). — A dwarf compact variety with small 

 leaves which are white except for the small blotch of green in the 

 centre. It is said to be a sport from * Dandy.' 



* The numbers prefixed are those by which the variety was alone known 

 until judging had been completed. 



