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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
we shall therefore merely confine our remarks to a few of the principal things 
which we observed. In the early vineries the Grapes were all cut, and the 
first house for next season’s forcing was partly pruned. In the late houses 
there were very heavy crops of fruit. The Muscats in one house were very 
good. One house was all Barbarossa, and a beautiful sight they were ; Mr. 
Mitchell fruits these chiefly on the rod system. In the pits we noticed a 
number of fine Melons, a variety of the Beechwood. In the Cucumber-house, 
the plants for winter-bearing were promising well. Nearly all the in-door 
Peaches were over; but the trees looked well, and have plenty of good wood for 
another season. We observed some fine young trees on the open walls. One 
large house contained a miscellaneous collection of stove plants and Ferns. 
In another house there was a fine lot of good specimen Azaleas, &c. Not¬ 
withstanding the long dry summer we had, the vegetables were everything we 
could wish ; and here, and throughout the entire place, the highest order and 
good keeping were manifest. 
We cannot conclude this imperfect notice of this fine place, without ex¬ 
pressing our obligations to Mr. Mitchell, for his very great courtesy and 
kindness to us. 
M. S. 
REPORT ON THE BEDDING PELARGONIUMS GROWN AT 
CHISWICK, 1864. 
By Thomas Moore, F.L.S., Secretary to the Floral Committee. 
(i Continued from page 202.) 
The most approved sorts are indicated throughout by an asterisk ( # ), and 
the next grade by an obelisk (f). 
SERIES II.—ZONATE VARIETIES. 
3. FLOWERS SALMON OR FLESH-COLOUR. 
Auricula f (Bull).—Moderately vigorous ; leaves dark zoned ; flowers shaded 
salmon, rather effective. It also proved free and good, deserving of an 
obelisk, as grown under glass. 
Aurora # (Hally).—Dwarf habit; leaves distinctly dark zoned ; flowers free, 
flesh colour. 
Cliione (Rollisson).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with dark zone ; 
flowers flesh colour with deeper centre. 
Enamel (Hally.—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves darkly zoned ; flowers 
of a deep saltnony flesh colour with a white eye, 
Enchantress (Bull).—Vigorous habit; leaves broad, with a dark zone 
flowers deep flesh colour. Indifferent under glass. 
Ernest (Bull).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with dark vandyked 
zone; flowers showy, of good form, deep flesh colour. 
Fanty f (Bull).—Moderately vigorous ; leaves with dark zone ; flowers flesh 
coloured with deeper salmon eye, freely produced and showy. 
Madame Chardine (Low k Co.).—Vigorous habit; leaves with dark zone; 
flowers flesh colour with deeper centre. 
Madame Lemoine (Bull).—Moderately vigorous; leaves with an indistinct 
zone ; flowers pale salmon pink. 
Prince of Hesse f (Ingrain).—Moderately vigorous habit; leaves with dark 
zone ; flowers salmon pink with deeper centre. 
Prince of Wales (E. G. Henderson k Son).—Moderately vigorous habit; 
leaves dark zoned ; flowers salmon colour, paler at the edge. 
