This beautiful plant differs from all the others of 
this section with which we are acquainted by its very 
short nectariferous tube. It iis generally supposed to 
be the offspring of P. Beaufortianum, with which it 
agrees pretty well in habit but that has a nectarife- 
rous tube twice as long as the calyx, and if it is a mule 
that has been produced by that plant, we cannot at all 
conceive what was its other parent. It may be a dis- 
tinct species. The nearest to it of any we find described 
is P. gloriomm of Link's Enumeratio. We have been 
acquainted with it in the collections about London for 
several years, where it has always passed under the 
name of the Princess Charlotte's Geranium: we have 
also seen it enumerated in some foreign catalogues as 
a variety of P. Beaufortianum. It is certainly a very 
desirable plant, but is rather more tender than some of 
the others, and suffers more from too much wet than it 
does from cold. The best soil to make it thrive is a 
mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand, and the pots to 
be well drained with potsherds. Cuttings strike root 
freely, if planted in pots and placed on a shelf in the 
greenhouse. 
Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. 
Colvill last summer. 
