Since the Descriptions and Indices for our last 
Number were sent home from the press, we have re- 
ceived the first volume of the very extensive and in- 
teresting Prodromus of M. De Candolle. The learned 
author of the above work has adopted our subdivision 
of the genus Pelargonium as Sections or Subgenera ; 
but we are quite certain that we cannot do better than 
to continue them as distinct genera ; for, if we were 
to join them all with Pelargonium, it would be quite 
impossible to find names for them. We already find it 
difficult, though perhaps one fourth part of them 
are not yet described. M. De Candolle describes three 
hundred and sixty-nine; and we believe more than 
one thousand are cultivated in the collections of this 
country ; and we have been informed, by various tra- 
vellers from the Cape, that they are there without end. 
Mr. J. Niven, who was there collecting plants and 
seeds for several years, on his return informed me, that 
the shrubby species were innumerable; so much so, 
that he paid no attention to them : and we have heard 
from others, that the tuberous-rooted tribe is as nu- 
merous in other situations. Many of the latter, in- 
troduced by Mr. Niven, are now lost in our collec- 
tions, as the cultivation of them at that time was not so 
well known as at present : amongst the rest, the beauti- 
ful P. Grenvillece, roseum, and incrassatum, have, I be- 
lieve, entirely disappeared. Mr. Colvill informs me, 
that at that time he had another magnificent one, 
nearly related to those, with large panicles of golden 
yellow flowers : this was thrown down from a shelf by 
a cat when in full flower, which caused its death. 
The present beautiful plant is a hybrid produc- 
tion, and was raised in the magnificent collection of 
R. Henry Jenkinson, Esq. from a seed of D. pinnata, 
that had been fertilized by P. fulgidum. It requires 
the same treatment as the other tuberous-rooted kmds, 
and may be increased by the little tubers from the 
roots. The anthers are perfect, and it ripens seeds. 
