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ordinary if we consider how much more dry and fierce the heat is in most con¬ 
tinental parts than with us ; still I know of no variety raised abroad that is to 
be found as a standard colour in our great bedding gardens. It must be borne 
in mind that the true test of a bedding Geranium is in the bed or ribbon; and 
here lies the difficulty of a floral committee. If they could see certain new 
sorts in beds, adjoining some of the older varieties, they would have less 
difficulty in deciding. There are also many of the classes of bedding Gera¬ 
niums, grown remarkably well in pots, that are completely useless for planting 
out, confinement of the roots being necessary to keep the foliage under, and to 
produce bloom. It is the reverse with the Nosegay class ; this equalising 
process is not beneficial or necessary for them—the more root the more bloom. 
F. 
REPORT ON THE BEDDING PELARGONIUMS GROWN AT 
CHISWICK, 1864. 
By Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Secretary to the Floral Committee. 
( Continued from page 154.) 
The most approved sorts are indicated throughout by an asterisk (*), and 
the next grade by an obelisk (f). 
SERIES II.—ZONATE VARIETIES. 
1. flowers scarlet. 
Admiration (Williams).—Moderately vigorous ; leaves dark zoned ; flowers 
bright scarlet. 
Adonis * (Hally).—Dwarf, free bold habit; leaves with a dark submarginal 
zone; flowers large, well formed, in fair trusses, light scarlet, with a white eye. 
Agatha (Rollisson).—Moderately vigorous habit ; leaves dark zoned ; 
flowers small, well formed, light scarlet, in abundant compact trusses; free and 
showy. 
Amiral Protet * (Van Houtte).—Moderately vigorous in habit; leaves with 
an indistinct zone ; flowers large, deep scarlet, of fine shape, and produced in 
bold effective trusses. It proved a very showy pot plant, under which 
circumstances only it was grown, and it is to this condition that the marks of 
merit are intended to apply. 
Attraction * (Turner).—Moderately vigorous ; leaves with an indistinct 
green zone ; flowers abundant, bright scarlet, in fine trusses, of good form and 
moderate size. Also called Scarlet Perfection, Sutton’s Perfection, Old 
Perfection, Boule de Feu, and Montfordi. 
Baron Ricasoli (E. G. Henderson & Son).—Moderately vigorous habit; 
leaves with sharply defined dark zone ; flowers in fair-sized trusses, dull 
crimson scarlet. 
Beauty (Bull).—Moderately vigorous; leaves with broad dark zone; flowers 
large, scarlet. 
Cheshire Hero f (Wills).—Moderately vigorous habit ; leaves with an 
indistinct zone ; flowers soft, light scarlet, with a cerise tint, free. 
Climax (Bull).—Moderately vigorous ; leaves with an indistinct zone; 
flowers bright scarlet. Indifferent under glass. 
Clipper * (Bull).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with broad dark zone ; 
flowers bright scarlet, large and of fine shape, produced in good trusses. 
Equally good as a pot plant under glass. 
