Plate 473 . 
NOSEGAY PELARGONIUM— STANSTEAD 
RIVAL. 
Any doubts that may have existed with regard to the value 
and beauty of Nosegay Pelargoniums, are now fast disappearing 
under the influence of the new and remarkable flowers that the 
last few years have produced. Size of truss, a better form of 
flower, and increased depth of colour, all combine to add beauty 
to the blooms, while all this has been obtained without any 
sacrifice of constitution, — many of the newer varieties equalling, 
if not excelling, in this respect, the older sorts, — while for bed- 
ding purposes they are, from their profuseness of bloom com- 
bined with their other good qualities, very great favourites. 
Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Lang, of Stanstead Park and 
Edinburgh, have been the most successful growers and exhi- 
bitors, and we have again taken one of their flowers as showing 
the advance that has been made. We last year figured Robert 
Rowley, a flower which has since justified all that has been said 
in its praise ; and we are inclined to think that Stanstead Rival 
will, in a different shade of colour, be equally valued. It will 
be seen that it is of a very deep shade of crimson, and there is a 
violet purple hue shot over it, which it is impossible for an artist 
to give ; the truss is of immense size, and the plant is a very 
abundant bloomer. 
Although the chief value of the Nosegay Geranium is as a 
bedder, yet it is also very effective as a pot plant ; we have seen 
fine plants grown from cuttings, but as a rule older plants will 
