The variety called King of Bose s was also raised by Mr. 
Turner, and proves to be a striking flower. It resembles one 
called Mrs. Turner, but is considered an improvement on that 
flower, being also of a better and dwarfer habit. The flowers are 
of a rich deep carmine-rose, with a whitish or lilac-tinted edge, 
and in the specimens we have seen, uniformly six-petaled; the 
form and substance are both good, and the colouring brilliant. 
Negress , as its name imports, is one of dark-coloured series, 
in the way of Musjid and Negro, and is an acquisition to this 
group. It is more intense in colour than Musjid, and the flowers 
are better-formed than those of Negro. The upper petals are 
dark-maroon, the lower ones with paler but yet dark-coloured 
markings. This variety was also raised by Mr. Turner, by 
whose courtesy we have been allowed to figure both it and the 
other kinds we have here represented. 
In the cultivation of these plants nothing more than a green¬ 
house, kept rather warm and close, is requisite. They are na¬ 
turally of a less vigorous character than the ordinary race of 
Pelargoniums, and consequently should not be overpotted; in¬ 
deed pots of very moderate size are sufficient for them. The 
pots must be thoroughly well drained, and during the winter and 
early spring water must be given very cautiously and sparingly, 
so as not to saturate the soil nor chill the roots. A suitable 
compost for them is made of two parts mellow turfy loam rot¬ 
ted in a dry heap, one part of pure leaf-mould, and one part of 
thoroughly decomposed cow-dung. To this maybe added a con¬ 
siderable proportion—about one part in eight—of silver sand. 
In potting, small nodules of charcoal may be advantageously 
mixed among the drainage and compost. 
The plants being naturally compact and dwarf in habit, re¬ 
quire less pruning than other Pelargoniums; but after flower¬ 
ing they should be pruned in moderately to keep them bushy, 
and should then be kept rather dry at the root until new shoots 
begin to form. About July they are to be taken out of the 
pots, the old soil shaken from among the roots, which may be 
slightly trimmed, and the plants repotted in smaller pots of 
fresh soil. They are to be kept in a close moist frame till re¬ 
established, then ventilated freely, and finally removed to the 
greenhouse before severe weather sets in. Cuttings root freely 
during summer. 
