SEEDLING ZONAL PELARGONIUMS. 
During the past ten years many plants have been niucli iniprovcil ami 
become more useful in numerous ways, and for several seasons it was 
tliouglit probable some of them would entirely supersede our very old and 
well-tried friends of our gardens, but time and experience bave proved 
othenviee, nature seeming to have ordained it that certain plants should 
continue to be alike suitable and useful in spite of man's endeavours, and 
undoubtedly the Zonal Pelargonium still continues to be without a serious 
rival for many purposes, particularly for bedding ami winter flowering. 
So as to encourage and still further extend the usefulness and improve the 
beauty of the Zonal, and also as an inducement to amateurs and others 
to take up a most instructive and interesting branch of horticulture by 
becoming hybridizers and raisers of new kinds, we are willing to pay 
Five Founds for One Plant of any new and distinct colours. It 
must be distinctly understood they must be a decided advance on existing 
varieties, and that we possess the entire stock ; also that we agree to present 
the raiser with one plant from the first batch of cuttings struck from the 
original. There are many lovely varieties that can be purchased so as to 
commence experiments at once (see our •• Floral I’laut tluide "), or packets 
of seed can be obtained, Gd. and Is-, per packet, and guaranteed to have 
been picked from our unrivalled collection of the best kinds from all parts 
of the world. We have no hesitation in saying there is every probability of 
obtaining a variety worth the reward offered from either a (It/, or l.t. packet. 
Peas — See Sweet Peas. 
1002. Pelargonium, Fancy — The choicest. Mixed, iHt. is.aud 
2.V. per pkt. 
1003. Pelargonium, French Spotted— 2 ft. 2s. per pkt. 
1004. Pelargonium, Gold Bronze— ij ft. 2s. 6c/. per pkt. 
1005. Pelargonium, Show — The finest large flowering sorts. Mixed. 
2 ft. 2s. per pkt. 
1006. Pelargonium, Zonal ( Geraniacece ) — Without doubt we have the 
finest and best collection of Zonal Geraniums in the world — both men and 
houses are entirely devoted to their culture. One large house contained 
upwards of 600 specimen varieties, exclusively for trial and seeding. The 
number being gradually reduced to 200 of the very choicest, we can therefore 
confidently say the seed now offered is far superior in quality to any other 
yet introduced to the public, and cannot fail to bring forth some startling 
improved varieties, as it is carefully hybridised with only the very choicest 
kinds. 2 ft. 6d. and Is. per pkt. 
Pennlsetum — See Ornamental Grasses. 
1007. H.p. Pentstemons {Scrophulmineie ) — Saved from our own 
Catalogue collection, which embraces all the best up to the present, including 
every new variety, and cannot fail to produce flowers of superior quality, 
tit/, and Is. per pkt. 
PETONIA UVUItIDA NAXA COMPACTA. 
CANSKLLS’ ZONAL PELAKGONIOM. 
1008. II.P. Pentstemon Murrayanus— A beautiful rich scarlet- 
coloured variety. 2 ft. Gd. per pkt. 
Sow in March in pans, using light soil, and place in a dark frame and 
gentle heat; prick out into other pans when strong enough to handle, and 
continue to grow on freely in heat until established, then gradually harden 
off. By the end of May they can be planted out 18 inches U]>art, into good 
soil and open situation. 
1009. H.u.A. Perilla Laeiniatus Atropurpurea— Foliage much 
d irker than Nankinensix, and finely laciniated. 14 ft. 3</. per pkt. 
1 010. H.n. A. Perilla Nankinensis ( Labiatai)—A distinct and useful 
ornamental plant; leaves dark reddish mulberry ; desirable for masses aud 
Hues in flower gardens. 14 ft. 2d. per pkt. 
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