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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
NEW SHOW PELARGONIUMS OF THE PRESENT YEAR. 
@ WELVE First-Class Certificates have been awarded to Show Pelargoniums 
during the year 1871,—a pretty sure indication that they are exceptionally 
f good. In 1869, but eight First-Class Certificates were given to Show 
Pelargoniums, and in 1870 seven only. Of the twelve so awarded during 
the present year, one, Charlemagne, received this award at the hands of the Floral 
Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1870, so it may be said to have 
obtained double honours ; and the high-class quality which characterized this 
variety in 1870 has been again present without any abatement whatever. 
As usual, Mr. Foster’s flowers have received the greatest number of Certifi¬ 
cates. Alphabetically arranged, they are seen to be the following :— Achievement, 
lilac-rose lower petals, with large maroon blotch on the upper petals shaded off 
to the edge ; and margin of pale lilac; a fine large flower, with a bold white 
centre ; extra fine quality, and good form. Ccesar, a very bright-coloured flower 
of fine form and substance ; lower petals crimson, painted with darker veins ; dark 
maroon top petals, with edge of bright crimson ; extra fine. Charlemagne, soft 
salmon-peach lower petals; small maroon spot on top petals, with broad margin 
of pale carmine-rose; bold white throat; flowers of splendid form, and large 
bold truss. Conquest , bright rosy-scarlet lower petals; large maroon blotch 
on the top petals, with margin of purple ; a bright and showy flower of fine 
quality. Blue Bell, lower petals light bluish-purple; black spot on top petals, 
with edge of pale purple ; white throat; a novel and very attractive flower. 
Chieftain, rose lower petals; deep maroon blotch on top petals, with shaded rose 
margin, and bold white throat ; a flower of superb form and fine quality. 
Pompey, orange-carmine lower petals, with shaded maroon upper petals, and 
margin of rich orange; large clear white centre ; large in size, richly coloured, 
and of the finest form. Prelate, lower petals maroon dashed with purple ; glossy 
black upper petals, and narrow purple margin and white throat; flowers bold and 
fine. Poyal Bride, lower petals an exquisite shade of soft salmon pink, maroon 
blotch on dark top petals, with margin of pink; large white throat; a very 
beautiful flower of fine quality. Rubens, rosy-purple lower petals, large glossy 
maroon blotch on top petals; a medium-sized, but very pretty flower. 
Of Mr. Hoyle’s flowers, the same award was made to Zephyr, having heavily- 
painted crimson lower petals, and rich black top petals, with a very narrow 
margin of crimson; a richly painted flower of fine substance and quality. 
Imperator, another of Mr. Hoyle’s raising, was a rich dark flower, the lower 
petals maroon, with black top petals, and a narrow edge of lively crimson. A 
fine flower of Mr. Beck’s production was also rewarded by a First-Class Certificate, 
namely, Ada, having dark top petals, margined with bright rose, and deep pink 
lower petals, with white throat; free-blooming, and flowers of fine quality. 
A Second-Class Certificate was awarded to a forcing Pelargonium named 
