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NOSEGAY PELARGONIUM, DUCHESS OP 
SUTHERLAND. 
We have for a long time maintained the superiority of the 
bedding Pelargoniums known as “ Zonal,” to those which have 
claimed the designation of “ Nosegay,” but as the general taste 
of the horticultural public seems to be inclined towards this 
latter section, we have selected one of the most beautiful of 
the novelties that are coming out next season, for our illus¬ 
tration . 
The character of the flower of the true Nosegay is essen¬ 
tially distinct from the Zonale ; the petals are more pointed and 
narrow, and are entirely deficient in that beauty of form 
which now marks so many of the Zonale varieties, and have 
generally the habit of dying away in the centre of the truss, 
leaving a blackened space, which detracts greatly from the 
beauty of the bed, when viewed closely ; on the other hand, it 
cannot be denied that there are colours, and shades of colour, 
to be found amongst them, such as in Cybister , Stella, Lord 
Palmerston, Amy Hogg, etc., which we in vain look for amongst 
the Zonals, and when great variety has to be introduced amongst 
the beds of a flower garden, this is a matter of some account. 
What we are anxious to see, and indeed what has already been 
to some degree effected, is a class intermediate between the two 
sections—hybrid Nosegays, which shall retain the colouring of 
the one with the perfect shape of the other. The more nearly 
they approach the circular form of such flowers as Clipper 
and Hr. Lindley , the more we are sure they will be appre¬ 
ciated ; for we are convinced, that however much persons may 
decry the florists particularity, their views are formed on sound 
