Plate 314. 
FANCY PELARGONIUMS, SYLYIA AND 
LIBERTY. 
As it is now some time since we figured Fancy Pelargo¬ 
niums, we have selected two of the seedlings raised and exhi¬ 
bited by Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, for our present illustra¬ 
tions,—varieties which will, we think, be appreciated by lovers 
of this class of plants. 
In looking back to our former volumes to plates, for in¬ 
stance, those issued in 1862—four years ago,—we are inclined 
to think that less improvement has taken place in this section of 
Pelargoniums than in what are called the Show Pelargoniums. 
The class itself is not perhaps so popular, and hence the raisers 
of Fancy Pelargoniums are not so numerous; while, as they 
require somewhat more care than the ordinary varieties, need¬ 
ing more heat, and being more impatient of damp, they are 
not so generally cultivated by amateurs; their range of colour 
is also more limited, and these causes combined have perhaps 
tended to make the improvement in them less decided than in 
their more showy and more hardy congeners. 
Of the varieties figured, both of which were raised by Mr. 
Turner, of Slough, Sylvia (Fig. 1) is a beautifully, delicately- 
coloured pink flower, the petals being edged with white, and 
the upper petals especially being very delicately veined. That 
this flower has been well thought of by those who have had an 
opportunity of pronouncing on its merits, is evident by the 
fact that it has received three first-class certificates during the 
season, one of them being at the International Exhibition. 
Liberty (Fig. 2) is a rich, rosy-crimson flower, with very little 
shading of colour, and with a pure white throat. It is of the 
