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THE FLORIST. 
SEEDLING PELARGONIUMS OF ENTIRELY NEW 
CHARACTER. 
We wish to call the attention of our readers to an article which 
appeared in the leading columns of the Gardeners' Chronicle, on 
November 20th last. As ardent admirers of all that is novel and 
beautiful, we shall be delighted to welcome any thing handsome 
that may result from following Mr. Gordon’s suggestions. Several 
years ago, on hearing that there was a yellow Pelargonium at the 
Cape of Good Hope, we wrote to a seedsman there, requesting him 
to send us both seeds and plants in duplicate by different vessels; 
but although we have had many transactions in years past with the 
party we applied to, our application has had no result. We are glad 
to hear that several intelligent and persevering seedling-raisers are 
getting many of the varieties mentioned by Mr. Gordon, with the 
intention of very fully trying what may be done in the way indicated 
by that gentleman. Those who are intending to do the same, but 
have not yet provided plants, should do so without delay ; and en¬ 
deavour to get them into fine health for the purpose of seeding from. 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 
BY A GARDENER. 
This is one of our very pretty early flowers for the greenhouse; and 
seeing it so seldom full of flowers, .and some people often telling 
me they are disappointed when they have bought plants in bloom, 
and the next season could not flower them again or so well, makes 
me tell how I succeed, and have done for four years past. I let them 
always remain in the pots, and have not shifted them these three 
years. I have had them flower well, and continue a long time in 
flower. Now they are very promising as to quantity of bloom. As 
soon as they have done flowering, the bulb gradually goes to rest; 
and as soon as the foliage is gone, I withhold water. I then put 
them away under a dry stage, but where there is plenty of air, and 
give them no more care till about September, when I am housing 
my different plants. I look at them then, and find them just about 
starting, and give them a little water. Their leaves soon begin to 
come up, and in a short time you see the little flowers forming them¬ 
selves on the crown of the ball. A mixture of two-thirds loam and 
one of peat they will do well in. 
Whatever you cultivate, let it be the best of its kind. A few choice, 
well-grown plants, whether in the borders, conservatory, or green¬ 
house, will afford more enjoyment than a mass of ill-selected varieties 
crowded to«-ether without taste or judgment. 
