Of the really beautiful and striking appearance of such a 
plant as Mrs. Pollock we do not think there can be a second 
opinion, and when it becomes more plentiful, w r e are certain 
that it will be very popular, especially for pot culture; for al¬ 
though last year it retained, Mr. Henderson informed us, its 
brilliant markings out-of-doors, yet in a wet summer we should 
be almost afraid of its doing so. None of the zoned varieties 
of the silver-edged section certainly retain their peculiar tints 
in the open air; we have grown nearly all of them, such as 
Fontainebleau , Picturatum , Burning Bush , and have always 
found that the bright pink or crimson zone disappeared in such 
situations. 
We do not think it necessary, with so beautiful and accurate 
a portrait as that in our Plate, to give any lengthened descrip¬ 
tion of Mrs. Pollock , and shall merely add, that the most desi¬ 
rable varieties in the silver-edged section, containing the pink 
zone, are in our opinion Picturatum , Hotel de Cluny , Burning 
Bush, Attraction , and Fontainebleau ; and that in the cultivation 
of all these varieties, it will be found desirable to be more care¬ 
ful of drainage and to use lighter soil than in the ordinary 
kinds of horse-shoe foliaged Geraniums. 
