THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
2 GO 
his Ethel in lilac pinks, it seems difficult to improve upon them. But they will 
bo improved upon notwithstanding, for indefinite expansion is the- universal law. 
As one of our most eloquent of modern preachers has remarked :—“Throughout 
the earth, the gospel preached by nature to man is that of growth. This is the 
gloriOus marvel, that is ever with us. Seed-grain climbing to waving harvest; 
acorn springing up to towering oak ; black coal crystallising to diamond, and 
flint gathering the heat of the earth, till as opal it meets the dawn with tints 
pure as its own, on every lowliest grass-blade and leaf is written the story of 
Ascension.” 
It is well to describe a few of the leading pink varieties, and let me state at 
the outlet I should always grow a plant or two of Mrs. William Paul , for its 
delicate hue of soft pink ; and Blue Bell, for its tint of violet not yet surpassed. 
I am thinking of these as varieties for pot-culture, and all my notes will be 
written from that stand-point. Christine, Master Christine, Amaranth, &c., all 
having loose flowers and narrow petals, I exclude from my selections. I com¬ 
mence with Pose of Allendale (Denny), clear pink, fine pip, excellent truss, and 
good habit of growth, a very useful decorative variety; Mrs. Turner (Pearson), 
lilac-pink, very fine-rounded pip, and nobletr uss, extra fine, for exhibition ; Lucy 
(Pearson), fine rich pucy-pink, large bold pip and truss, very bright and effective ; 
Miss Blanche Story (Pearson), very bright soft pink, most pleasing in shade, fine 
pip and large truss ; Lady Emily (Pearson), rich clear pink,, a most winning glow 
of colour, fine pip and truss, and free habit; Mrs. F. Barnaby (Pearson), violet- 
pink, very charming in hue, good bold truss ; Mrs. Flytche (Pearson), a pretty 
hue of colour, but rather loose in the petal, a charming bedding variety ; 
Florence Durand (Pearson), deep lilac-pink, very fine truss, a fine exhibition 
variety when well grown ; Beauty of Dulwich (Smith), clear soft pink, flowers of 
good substance, fine pip and bold truss ; Mrs. Musters (Pearson), deep lilac-pink, 
very fine when well grown; Le L,ord Maire (Lemoine), lively violet-pink, a very 
pleasing hue of colour, but inclined to come a little rough on the pip ; Mrs. 
Augusta Miles (Pearson), very rich pale rosy pink, glowing in colour, and very 
fine ; Robert Evans (Pearson), pink, much suffused with rose, very fine; Matilda 
(Pearson), pale glowing pink, fine pip and truss.. I have reserved for the last in 
this section a few of Mr. Pearson’s new varieties, being of superb quality, and it 
may be remarked that Mr. Pearson appears to be a long way ahead of con¬ 
temporary florists in the matter of producing pink-flowered Pelargoniums. His 
newer varieties are L/ady Byron , rich clear pink, very fine pip and splendid truss, 
a grand show variety; Lucy Bosivorth , beautiful clear soft pink, very large 
rounded pip and splendid truss, extra fine ; Ethel , very rich deep lilac-pink, very 
fine bold pip and large truss, extra fine. 
The salmon-coloured flowers show a steady improvement, and now that some 
of Mr. Pearson’s new varieties are becoming striped, they are taking on a certain 
amount of distinctness of character. Not that striped flow*ers are altogether new, 
but the Continental varieties with striped flowers are rather poor in quality ; and 
any advance in this direction will be cordially welcomed. Some of the best types 
produced at the Pelargonium Society’s meeting were as follows :— Nobby (Gatlin), 
pale salmon, with carmine stains round the eye, fine pip, and good truss; Mrs. 
Catlin (Gatlin), soft salmon, paler towards the margin, bright carmine centre, fine 
pip and truss ; Pollie King (George), a very chaste and attractive variety, pale 
salmon, good form; 'Venus (F. and A. Smith), a very pretty shade of salmon, 
but small truss ; Maud (Pearson), salmon-carmine, blotched with faint red, white 
