Plate 71 . 
CAMELLIA— PRINCESS MARY. 
In the year 18CG Mr. John Salter, who then held the Versailles Nursery at Hammer- 
smith, sent to the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society a very fine Camellia, 
for which he obtained a first-class certificate. When, owing to his nursery being required for 
the Metropolitan Railway, he had to abandon his cultures, this fine Camellia passed into 
the hands of Mr. William Bull, of King’s Road, Chelsea, by whom it has been propagated, 
and will be distributed ; for, as is well known, the Camellia requires some length of time for 
its propagation, and he has not been able to obtain a sufficient supply of it until now. 
Prhicess Mary is, as will be seen from the plate, a flower of large size, the form some- 
what open, unlike such flowers as Imbricata and Duchesse de Berri, but more compact than 
Mathotiana, and others of that character. The foliage is large, and of a beautiful dark 
green colour, and the bold character of both foliage and flowers is sure to make it a favourite. 
We know of none in its colour and character to be compared with it. 
We have so frequently alluded to the treatment of the Camellia, that it is unnecessary 
to dwell u 2 :>on it now. We would merely say, that in our opinion over potting is injurious, 
and that unless in very exceptional cases, where loam of a peculiar character is to be 
obtained, it is much better to grow them in good peat, and that the best peat we have ever 
used is that supplied by Mr. Epps of Lewisham. We can thoroughly recommend it after 
repeated trials, and have found it to answer especially well for the few Camellias that we are 
enabled to grow. 
Plate 72 . 
TRICOLOR PELARGONIUM MAGDALA. 
In our January Number we figured a very beautiful variety of the Silver Tricolor 
section of Pelargonium, Mrs. Laivy, and all who have seen it, bear witness to the accu- 
racy of our statement, that it is the best of that section. We now figure one equally 
good in character belonging to the Golden Tricolor section, belonging to Mr. Bull, of 
King’s Road, Chelsea, and which has also obtained a first-class certificate ; and we are 
inclined to give it the same position in the section to which it belongs as we gave to 
Mrs. Laivy in the Silver Tricolor class. 
We have seen lately exhibited very attractive collections of Tricolor Pelargoniums, con- 
sisting of small plants arranged in baskets, and there can be no question that this is the best 
way of showing them. It is in their young state that they exhibit the highest development 
of colouring, and when the plants become large it is difficult, from various causes, to secure 
that brightness which they have when young. We have frequently seen large plants with 
hardly any trace of the beauty that distinguished them in their youth ; and this arises from 
their being kept in too cold a place. Whatever be the cause of the strange and beautiful 
variegation that characterizes them, they require more warmth than the general varieties 
from which they have sprung ; hence no wonder there is no place where they are more 
at home than on the top shelf of an intermediate house. They colour brilliantly out of 
doors, but the warmer the season the brighter they are ; and many of the newer varieties 
will by-and-by displace Mrs. Pollock, and others which are now so much used, especially 
if, as in the case of Maydala, they combine a robust constitution with high colour. 
