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BEDDING PELARGONIUMS. 
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The other three have the flowers of a rich crimson or bright red, T. Van 
Volxemii having the tube elongated, while in T. manicata and T. Buclianani 
that part of the flower is but slightly developed. Our present subject will 
require to be cultivated in the stove. T; M. 
BEDDING PELARGONIUMS. 
HE past summer did not prove a favourable one for the experimental 
growth of new varieties of Pelargoniums with the view to ascertain 
their qualities as bedding plants. The newer sorts are frequently sent 
out as small weakly plants, and such as these when received somewhat 
late in the season, do not become sufficiently established to show their 
