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IXORA ODORATA. 
ami lower petals of lighl rose pink. It ob- 
tained a certiflcate at the Royal Botanic 
Society. 
Pericles, i Forster,) 1845.— Deep rose ; the 
top petals with dark clouds, shaded off to rose 
at, the margin, and the centre white : form, 
tolerably good. 
Prairie bird, (Beck,) 1845.— White, with 
a deep coloured blotch margined with white ; 
expands well. It obtained a certificate at the 
RoyaPBotanic Society. 
Prince Alfred, (Gaines,) 1845. — Rosy with 
a purplish tint ; the upper petals clouded. 
Prince Alfred, (Chapman,) 1845. — Rosy 
with dark irregular cloud. 
Pom pcji, (Beck,) 1845. — Rose pink, with 
dark cloud, and red margin to the upper petals. 
Queen of the Isles, (Beck,) 1845.— The 
upper petals are clouded with dark marone, 
shaded oft" to rose at the margin ; the centre 
is white, and the lower petals rosy, with streaks 
of darker red. 
h\il Borer, (McOnack,) 1845. — Light red, 
clouded. 
Refraction, (Robinson,) 1844. — Light pink, 
with large dark spots. 
Resplendent, (Beck,) 1844. — Interesting 
chiefly as being a light, and somewhat bright 
red, approaching to scarlet. 
Robert Burns, (Kinghorn,) 1845. — Rosy 
purple, with dark cloud. 
Rob Roy, (McOnack,) 1845. — A large thin 
flower, blush, with dark clouded top petals 
narrowly margined with blush pink. 
Rosea superb, (Henderson,) 1844. — Blush, 
with the top petals with dark cloud shaded off 
to rose, and veined. 
Rosetta, (Beck,) 1845. — Rosy crimson, the 
top petals clouded with marone. It obtained 
a certificate at the Horticultural Society. 
Rosy Circle, (Beck,) 1844. — Bright rose 
colour, with dark cloud on the top petals, the 
centre white. It obtained prizes both at the 
exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society, and 
also at the Horticultural Society. 
Salome, (Catleugh,) 1845. — Rosy purple, 
with dark cloud. It obtained a certificate at 
the Royal Botanic Society. 
Satellite, (Forster,) 1845. — Light crimson, 
with pure white centre, top petals with a dark 
clouding ; lower petals with a dash of scarlet, 
remarkable for brilliant colour. It gained a 
certificate at the Royal Botanic Society. 
Shiner, (Beck,) 1845. — Light red, with a 
small dark blotch on the top petals ; chiefly 
useful for its colour. Obtained a certificate 
at the Horticultural Society. 
Sir R. Sale, (Henderson.) — Light red, 
with the top petals marked with scarlet veiny 
blotches. 
Sunbeam, (Stains.) 1845. — Light rosy red. 
Sunset, (Beck,) 1844.— Rosy crimson, with 
clouded top petals, and rosy pink lower ones. 
It gained a certificate at the Horticultural 
Society. 
Sunset, (Hoyle,) 1845. — Light red, the top 
petals of a more brilliant red, clouded a little 
near the centre. 
Susan, (Lee,) 1844. — Blush with lighter 
centre, and dark irregular blotch on top petals. 
The Pearl, (Catleugh,) 1844.— Clear white, 
with a small crimson spot on the upper petals 
in the way of some of the older varieties ; 
this gives it a novel appearance at the present 
day, and it will be a useful flower. It obtained 
a prize at the exhibition of the Horticultural 
Society. 
Titus, (Beck,) 1845. — Rosy pink, the top 
petals clouded, and with a margin of bright 
red. 
Zillah, (Forster,) 1845. — Rosy, the top 
petals with dark cloud, and narrow margin of 
rose ; centre white ; lower petals mottled with 
rose. 
The seedlings of 1844, above referred to, 
may be regarded as having their qualities fully 
tested ; and while many may be useful in 
collections from their colour, or to afford some 
variety of kinds, there are some few which 
must be regarded as leading varieties at the 
present day. It ought not, however, to be 
inferred that those here noticed and referred 
to are all which this country affords. In many 
parts of the country there reside very enthu- 
siastic improvers of the Pelargonium, and it is 
only fair to conclude that they may have 
produced some varieties of merit. Those 
referred to in this list, however, may be re- 
garded as a fair index of the state of the 
Pelargonium in the neighbourhood of the 
Metropolis, 
IXORA ODORATA. 
(Hooker.) 
FRAGRANT 
IXORA. 
This fine stove shrub was received by 
Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of the 
Exeter Nursery, from the continent, under 
the incorrect name of Ixora Brunonis. Pavetta 
gracilis is also given as a synonyme. 
All the Ixoras are fine shrubs, ranking in 
the very first class as regards their magnificent 
blooms : the present species is by no means 
inferior to those more generally known. It 
forms an evergreen shrub, with large, opposite, 
broadly ovate leaves from six to nine inches 
long, vieing in size, and almost in firmness 
of texture, with those of the Indian Caoutchouc 
tree, (Ficus elastica) ; the lower ones are 
stalked, the upper ones sessile, or without dis- 
tinct stalks. The flowers are produced in a 
large, branching, spreading terminal panicle, 
which in good specimens is a foot or more in 
