Plate 134. 
PELARGONIUMS, QUEEN OE WHITES, AND 
MONITOR. 
The concurrent testimony of all who saw the very varied col¬ 
lection of seedling Pelargoniums exhibited last season at the 
Royal Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies, was that 
they far exceeded the productions of any previous year, and that 
as far as florists’ flowers were concerned, 1862 might to be 
noted as the Pelargonium year. 
It was feared that when Mr. Edward Beck, of Isleworth, 
and Mr. Forster, of Clewer Manor, died, the number of Pelar¬ 
goniums would be greatly decreased, as it apparently only left 
Mr. Hoyle, of Reading, to carry on their cultivation; in this, 
we are happy to say, our fears were not realized; in both esta¬ 
blishments, under the care of their intelligent gardeners, Messrs. 
Wiggins and Nye, the raising of seedlings has still been carried 
on, and never, we believe, have Worton College and Clewer 
Manor been so conspicuous in their results as last season, while, 
as will be seen, Messrs. Dobson, of Isleworth, have also distin¬ 
guished themselves by producing the best white flower of the 
year. It is some corroboration to the truth of our statement, 
that Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, announces in his catalogue 
that the varieties he sent out last autumn have obtained forty 
certificates, and that of these, the Floral Committee of the 
Royal Horticultural Society have awarded fourteen first-class 
and seven second-class. 
Several very fine purple flowers have appeared: Agamemnon 
(Becks), a rosy-purple ; Censor (Becks), crimson-purple; Im¬ 
provement (Foster), bright rosy-purple; Lord Palmerston ( Hoyle), 
bright purple; Merrimae (Foster), mottled rosy-purple; Loyalty 
(Foster), a very superior painted rosy-purple, are specially to be 
