made, “if these should be figured, we dare say people who know 
nothing about florists’ flowers will talk of their being too round 
and rich in colour ; but how impossible to exaggerate either 
the beauty of colouring or the perfection of form in these 
dowers.” In truth, the difficulty is to obtain colours sufficiently 
brilliant for many of them; and the artist gives up, in despair, 
the attempt to reach nature. 
Achilles (Fig. 1) is perhaps the most brilliantly-coloured Pe¬ 
largonium ever raised ; the intense black of the upper petals, 
with their fiery margins, the beautiful warm carmine of the 
lower petals, combined with its clear white throat, tending to 
make it a most conspicuous variety ; its habit is not very strong, 
resembling in this particular that fine flower of Mr. Hoyle’s, 
Beauty of Beading. Artist (Fig. 2) is a noble light-coloured 
flower of great substance and vigour, with a beautifully clear 
white throat, and its striking appearance and freedom of bloom 
will make it a favourite on the same stage and exhibition-table. 
We are confident that these will prove very useful flowers. 
