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NEW SHOW PELARGONIUMS. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
0 rapid and so great have been the improvements effected in the Show Pelar¬ 
gonium, that one is often tempted to think we have reached the ultimate 
point of perfection, and yet year by year our great raisers, notably the late 
Mr. Hoyle and Mr. Foster, put before us novelties which are admitted to 
be acquisitions. Two of those exhibited during the blooming season of 1874 we 
now figure, from specimens communicated to our artist by Mr. Charles Turner, of 
the Royal Nurseries, Slough. They are remarkable for their distinct character 
and fine quality, and were both raised by Mr. Foster. 
Constance, the variety represented by fig. 1, is a charming variety, possessing 
a beautiful soft and delicate shade of rosy-pink, the upper petals being marked 
with a small black, slightly-feathered spot, shaded with orange, which runs out 
over the ground-colour so as to give it a flush of brilliancy ; the under-petals are 
in ground-colour like the upper, but without spots; and there is an open, clear 
white eye. It is a large smooth flower of exquisite form, and was awarded a 
First-class Certificate at South Kensington. 
Crown Prince (fig. 2) is remarkable for its vigorous, free-flowering, and stocky 
habit. The lower petals are of a richly-painted crimson; while the top petals 
are of a blackish-maroon, with a bright crimson edge ; the eye being large and of 
a clear white, finely contrasting with the crimson shading on the lower petals. 
We believe both these varieties will be sent out by Mr. Turner during the 
present spring.—T. Moore. 
THE CULTURE OF WALL-FRUITS. 
Chapter I.—Introductory. 
HE practice of growing fruits of different sorts in Orchard-houses would appear 
to be gradually increasing, and very deservedly so, for it is an extremely 
interesting mode of culture, yielding valuable results, inasmuch as it 
serves to prolong the season of choice fruits. The Pyramid and Bush- 
culture of Fruit-trees is also being extensively practised, and is found to be quite 
a boon to amateurs with small holdings, being useful also to the professional 
gardener in large places, as yielding an auxiliary supply. Notwithstanding this, 
Wall-fruit culture must always be carried on to a very large extent. We cannot 
afford to dispense with the shelter afforded by walls to the different crops in the 
kitchen garden, and the walls must be utilised. It must, too, be remembered that 
the flavour of well-grown stone-fruits of all sorts, on walls, is in every case equal, 
in man}’ - cases superior, to that of Orchard-house fruits. With regard to Pears, 
I am inclined to believe that, taking one with the other, the chances are about 
equal, both size and flavour being considered. These, should, however, be swelled 
out of doors during summer, the pots being plunged in the open garden, but the 
trees then need an enormous supply of water. 
3rd series.—VIII. D 
