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THE FLORIST. 
of the Pelargoniums deserve notice. Among those contributed by 
Mr. Hoyle was a seedling of 1847, named Crusader, a flower of fine 
form, stout, and clear colours, and President, a free blooming variety, 
and a constant, clear, and high-coloured flower,—the blooms are 
rather small. From Mr. Beck there appeared a variety named 
Loveliness, a very attractive flower, having a clear white centre, deep 
rosy pink bottom petals, with dark top petals, leaving but a narrow 
rim of rose. Another, named Promise, in which a warm salmon 
colour prevails, united to good form and substance; Jessica, a fine 
high-coloured seedling, and Picta, a stout flower of fine form, with 
rich velvety top petals, and a deep rose or cherry colour in the under 
petals. Messrs. Veitch and Son exhibited Topping's Brilliant, a 
seedling of 1847, which proves to be a constant variety, approach¬ 
ing to scarlet. Among the Fancy Pelargoniums, several were 
shewn:— Jenny Lind, a light and lively coloured flower; and De¬ 
fiance, a dark mulberry-coloured variety, with a bright narrow rim 
of rose round each petal, appeared to be the best and most distinct 
among the new sorts. A Pink, named Captain Tysson, raised by Dr. 
M‘Clean—a stout flower of fine form and good marking, promises to 
be a good variety. 
