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NEW SEEDLING PELARGONIUMS. 
skill, if he would grow up good specimens for 
show. Another plant has always heen an old 
favourite of ours, and in the present rage for 
cut flowers we marvel that it is not as com- 
mon as mignonette ; we allude to Daphne 
indica odorata, one of the most beautifully 
scented subjects we possess, and one that will 
last in bloom a considerable period. We are 
sorry to see plants of such real merit neglected 
so much, and there is no excuse for it when 
we seize upon worse things with such avidity. 
Many of the new plants are really not worth 
the room they take ; but we ought to make 
some distinction between florists and botanists, 
for the latter take an interest in subjects 
which have not a single point of merit to re- 
commend them to the florist. In botanical 
collections all things are admissible, from 
grass and chickweed to the oak ; and a new 
weed would be as acceptable to the Botanical 
Societies as a hew rose would be to the florist ; 
but for the florist there must be a good pro- 
portion of flower, and the flower must have 
some pretensions, either by its quality or its 
size, as well as its colour. A rich perfume 
will, in the absence of these, retain for a plant 
a place in conservatories and greenhouses ; 
but many subjects may be found in old esta- 
blishments, far superior to popular plants of 
the present day, but neglected until they have 
lost their character, and almost their lives. 
They, nevertheless, do outlive all sorts of 
cruelty, and occasionally give a few blooms, 
which are cut off" for the visitors, or to send 
into the house with a bunch of other blooms of 
some kind ; and few, if any, persons located 
in these neglected places take the least delight 
among the plants under glass, and perhaps 
never set their foot in any of the plant hospi- 
tals about the place. Young gardeners should 
look to this ; they should begin propagating 
some of the old things, apply to them all the 
skill they are master of, to produce them in 
the best possible state, and they w r ill have the 
pleasure of beating many of the more costly 
and less valuable subjects that are sought with 
so much avidity by those who are eager to 
carry with novelty what they cannot command 
by skill in their profession. 
NEW SEEDLING PELARGONIUMS. 
In the following descriptive list of the new 
seedling Pelargoniums which have been 
shown at the London exhibitions during the 
season, the colour of the lower petals and 
centre is first indicated ; next the colour and 
marking of the upper petals ; this is followed 
by an indication of size and quality. Some of 
these are described in the Annals of Horti- 
culture, 1846, p. 455 ; a comparison of the 
descriptions there given will show in what the 
flowers have varied : — 
Acheron (Beck), 1847. — Deep rose purple ; 
upper petals with a dark cloud, and irregular 
rosy edge ; size large ; form good. 
Alice (Beck), 1846.— Blush ; upper petals 
w r ith a motley cloud, edged with blush ; me- 
dium size ; form good. 
Ann (Beck), 1847. — Rose pink, blotchy, 
with white centre ; upper petals with dark 
maroon cloud, and narrow edge of pink ; me- 
dium size ; form good. Obtained a certificate 
at the South London Flori cultural Society. 
Atlas (Hoyle), 1847. — Rosy purple, paler 
in centre ; upper petals with a dark cloud 
and even margin of rose ; size large, rather 
loose ; form indifferent, the lower petals too long. 
Aurora's Beam (Beck), 1847. — Deep rose 
red. with white centre ; upper petals with a 
dark cloud, and irregular edge of rose ; size 
large ; form excellent, and of good substance. 
Not enough in bloom at Royal Botanic So- 
ciety, but highly commended, which it well 
deserved. 
Avenger (Thurtell), 1846. — Blush with pink 
veins ; upper petals with a dark irregular 
cloud, laced wuth an even narrow belt of pink; 
size large : form good. 
Belle of the Village (Hoyle), 1847.— Pink 
with white centre ; upper petals with dark 
cloud and narrow even edge ; size large ; form 
good. 
Bellus (Miller), 1847. —Purplish rose; 
upper petals with a dark cloud, edged with 
rosy purple ; small. 
Benvenuta (Hoyle), 1847. — Light red; 
upper petals with a dark blotch and broken 
veins ; size large ; form reflexed when fully 
open. 
Brilliant (Beck), 1847. — Light vermilion 
red ; upper petals irregularly clouded, and 
with a broad margin of vermilion ; medium 
size ; form good. 
i?rcZZ/a«* (Topping), 1847.— Bright scarlet- 
red ; upper petals same colour, with a dark 
spot ; size large ; form moderately good, flat, 
with broad petals. Obtained a certificate at 
the Horticultural Society : chiefly valuable on 
account of its colour. 
Cavalier (Beck), 1846. — Light red ; upper 
petals clouded and veiny, with a brilliant edge 
of scarlet ; size large ; form good, a little un- 
even. Obtained a first prize at the Horticul- 
tural Society. 
Centurion (Beck), 1846.— Light rose, with 
dark blotch, and white centre ; upper petals 
with a dark cloud, and irregular edge ; size 
large ; form good, rounded and compact. Ob- 
tained a second prize at the Horticultural 
Society. 
Chanqrion of Devon (Topping), 1846. — 
Blush with rosy veins ; upper petals with a 
veiny irregular maroon cloud, margined with 
blush ; size very large ; form rather loose. 
