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my selection of tlie best varieties comprises:—J/rs. Huish (Pearson), shaded 
cerise-red, very fine truss ; Mrs. Vincent (Pearson), deep crimson, fine pip and 
large truss; John Fellows (Pearson), very bright orange-crimson, immense truss ; 
Rev. F. Atkinson (Pearson), dark scarlet, very fine pip and wonderful truss; 
Scilathiel (Denny), bright orange-crimson, very fine pip and large bold truss ; 
Lavinia (Denny), clear bright orange-crimson, very fine form and large truss; 
Aspasia (Denny), dull crimson, large truss; Oberon (Denny), shaded bright 
crimson, very fine pip and immense truss ; Portia (Denny), fine bright crimson, 
quality high ; Alonzo (Denny), orange-crimson, flushed with purple, fine pip and 
large bold truss ; Imogen (Denny), crimson, much flushed with purple, splendid 
pip and large truss, distinct and very fine ; Zuleika (Denny), bright pale orange 
crimson, flushed violet, great refinement of character ; JEneas (Denny), rich deep 
orange scarlet, very fine pip and noble truss, extra fine quality ; Colonel Ilolden 
(Pearson), deep crimson, tinted purple, very fine ; Minerva (Denny), deep bright 
orange-crimson, flushed with purple, fine pip and bold truss ; Douglas Pearson 
(Pearson), bright deep crimson, extra fine quality ; H. R. Clifton (Pearson), pur¬ 
ple orange-crimson, extra fine ; Diana (Denny), showy and striking; Miss San¬ 
ders (Pearson), a very large hybrid nosegay, rosy crimson, flushed with purple, 
and noble truss ; Prince Bismarck (Burley), dark crimson, fine and effective ; 
Dr. Roch (Boucharlat), bright orange-red, distinct and striking ; Lord Macaulay 
(Denny), crimson, fine shape; Salathiel (Denny), rich bright crimson, extra fine ; 
Globosa Major (Denny), dark bright crimson, a huge nosegay for decorative pur¬ 
poses ; Heartsease (De Waldie), a distinct and taking variety, colour purple- 
crimson, fine form, small truss ; Wellington (Denny), very rich and bright in 
colour ; The Shah (George), bright crimson, very large pip ; Cassandra (Denny), 
bright crimson, fine bold pip'; and Sir II. S. Stanhope (Pearson), very dark 
crimson, fine pip and truss. 
Such, then, are my selections of the various hues of colour of the best types of 
Zonal Pelargoniums. Some supplementary remarks which I had hoped to have 
added to these last must be reserved for want of space.— Bicijaed Dean, 
Ealing , W. 
GAKDEN GOSSIP. 
HE Pelargonium Society , the establishment and successful labours of which 
during its first year of existence we have already noticed, has just issued 
its Schedule for 1876, from which we find that Prizes are offered for com¬ 
petition on June 7 and 8, for 6 Show Pelargoniums; and on July 19 and 
20, for 12 Zonal Pelargoniums and 4 Zonal Pelargoniums, of the “ Florists’ Classfor 12 Zonal 
Pelargoniums of the “Decorative Class;” for 30 Zonal Pelargoniums and 18 Zonal Pelargo¬ 
niums, “ irrespective of classfor 1 Zonal Pelargonium, “ irrespective of class,” to be shown 
for novelty of colour; for G Double-flowered Zonal Pelargoniums; for 1 Double-flowered 
Zonal Pelargonium, with white flowers; for 1 Double-flowered Zonal Pelargonium, of any 
colour, except white; for 3 Hybrid Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums; for G Ornamental Cape Pelar¬ 
goniums ; and for 1 Hybrid Pelargonium, of distinct and ornamental character. The Prizes 
are open to competition amongst Members of the Society only. 
- 0UR gardens owe much to the labours of the successful hybridisers, 
amongst whom of late years Messrs. Veitch have taken the lead, especially 
amongst Orchids. M. Bause has also been most successful, and the Caladiums, 
Coleuses, Dieffenbachias, and other plants raised by him at Chiswick, should have secured 
him a medal of honour from the Royal Horticultural Society. M. Baus6 has again come to the 
front, with a batch of Hybrid Draeccnas , raised in the nursery of Mr. Wills, at Anerley, of 
