April 14. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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winter and spring—a time of the year when such a 
building and such flowers are the most acceptable in 
our variable climate. Many bulbs, such as Mr. Beaton 
lias described lately, would thrive well in this border, 
and would render the house as gay as a flower-garden 
in August. Whether this front border is adopted, or 
carried out, or not, the narrow border between the walk 
and the wall might have a number of these bulbs 
planted in it. They would grow and flower finely, thus 
rendering the place gay and brilliant with flowers when 
the shrubs against the wall are only ornamental as 
evergreens. The Vallotapurpurea, for one, would make 
a splendid show, as would also the greenhouse species 
of Nerine. 
There is in some of the London nurseries a new 
Preservatory plant, named Rhodoleia Campionii, a splen¬ 
did foliaged and beautifully flowered shrub, that I judge 
will be, when the price is moderated, a proper and suit¬ 
able plant for the Preservatory. The flowers are rosy- 
pink, as large as a half-a-crown It is, as yet, very dear. 
T. Appleby. 
THE PELARGONIUM. 
{Continued from page 503.) 
A SELECT BESCRirTIVE LIST OF CHOICE VARIETIES 
FOR 1853. 
Attraction (Turner), bottom petals mottled crimson ; 
upper petals dark, edged with carmine. 
Afghan (Gaines), rosy lilac; dark spot on the top 
petal. 
Ambassador (Beck), lower petals shining lilac; upper 
petals dark blotch, edged with scarlet; a large trusser. 
Aretkusa (Beck), lower petals delicate salmon rose; 
upper petals with a crimson blotch, edged with rose. 
Ariadne (Foster), lower petals rosy purple; top petals 
dark, clearly edged with rose; large truss and fine 
substance; an early bloomer. 
Astrea (Hoyle), white centre, deep pink, lower petals 
mottled with orange; upper petals rich maroon, edged 
with orange, very distinctly. 
Basilisk, a very rich coloured variety, blooms early ; 
fine. 
Butterfly, very profuse bloomer, and constant; mottled 
rose and lilac lower petals; orange red upper petals, with 
a margin of lilac, very striking and novel, but the petals 
are rather narrow. 
Beatrice (Hoyle), bottom petals mottled rose; top 
petals nearly black, with a margin of dark carmine. 
Celia (Hoyle), novel bright orange; large, and very 
attractive. 
Cordelia (Hoyle), good form, and new in style; lower 
petals pale pink ; upper petals rich maroon, edged with 
deep rose ; a late bloomer. 
Chloe (Hoyle), rose, white centre; medium sized ; dark 
blotch on the upper petals; form good. 
Conspicuum (Foster), lower petals light salmon pink, 
with small dark blotches on each ; black velvety upper 
petals ; light centre ; a fine, showy, well-shaped variety. 
Constance (Foster), under petals pale pink ; dark 
upper petals, with pink margins; white centre; a good 
variety. 
Chieftain (Hoyle), rosy crimson, with dark shaded 
blotch; line. 
Commissioner (Beck), upper petals dark chocolate, 
margined with rose; lower petals purple, with dark 
veins; good habit, and excellent form. 
Cuyp, very dark flower, with white centre ; good. 
Cristine (Hoyle), rose petals, with dark blotch, shaded 
with orange ; a fine variety. 
Delicatissimum (Beck), rosy lilac, white centre, and 
fine form. 
Elise (Hoyle), orange pink, shaded with lilac; light 
centre; fine. 
Enchantress (Foster), lower petals rosy crimson; dark 
crimson blotch on the upper petals, with a carmine 
margin ; very fine form. 
Eurydice (Foster), crimson lower petals; top petals 
dark maroon, with a narrow margin of crimson; a free 
bloomer. 
Eleanor (Foster), compact neat flower; deep rose 
lower petals; maroon upper petals, with a narrow 
margin of rose; white centre; very fine. 
Exhibitor (Beck), upper petals dark crimson maroon, 
margined with deep rose ; lower petals clear rose; white 
centre ; stout habit, and a free bloomer. 
Field Marshal (Symons), rose lower petals; upper 
petals dark blotched, with a clear scarlet margin ; fine. 
Eire Ball (Henderson), crimson scarlet; excellent. 
Flavia (Hoyle), bright orange scarlet; fine. 
Flying Dutchman (Turner), crimson bottom petals; 
upper petals dark maroon ; very large trusses. 
Galatea (Hoyle), large white centre; lower petals 
shaded lilac; upper petals dark blotch, shaded on the 
margin with rosy lilac ; early; free and constant. 
Ganymede { Hoyle), dark upper petals ; white centre; 
lowrnr petals warm lilac; a fine variety. 
Gipsy Bride, dark red salmon; extra fine. 
Gem (Beck), crimson-scarlet; fine. 
Herald (Hoyle), mottled, light pink bottom petals ; top 
petals dark, blotched, with narrow margin ; white centre. 
•4 Heroine (Foster), rose; lower petals black, blotched 
on upper petals, margined with rose ; white centre. 
Illuminator (Turner), mottled crimson; lower petals 
dark crimson ; upper petals showy and attractive. 
Incomparable (Beck), fine form and large size; deep 
orange scarlet; very fine. 
■■■Kulla (Hoyle), a dark flower, with every petal 
blotched ; fine and distinct. 
*Lagoma (Hoyle), fine form; free bloomer, and 
constant; lower petals rich rose; upper petals nearly 
black, with a margin of deep rose. 
Lalla Rookh (Foster), blush and dark crimson ; white 
centre; fine. 
Leader (Beck), a crimson purple flower, with dark 
blotch. 
*Leonora (Hoyle), fine round flower; white centre; 
upper petals rich marooon, with orange blotch, and 
even margin of pale pink; lower petals vivid pink. 
Lavinia (Foster), crimson purple; lower petals rich 
maroon ; upper petals good habit. 
Lablache (Foster), orange rose, dark blotch, large 
flowers, with a white centre. 
Lord Mayor (Black), bright crimson lower petals, 
with a black blotch on the upper petals. 
Magnet (Hoyle), scarlet crimson; one of the most 
showy varieties yet raised; profuse bloomer, and con¬ 
stant. Every grower ought to have this. 
May Queen, light rose, very fine and constant. 
Magnificent (Fouquet), orange rose; a large flower of 
fine form. 
Major Domo (Beck), a largo rose-coloured flower, and 
free bloomer. 
* Medora, rich pink lower petals ; orange top petals, 
margined with pink; free bloomer, and compact. 
Monteith (Foster), lower petals crimson purple, with 
a dark blotch on the upper; very fine. 
Mochanna (Hoyle), lower petals rich rose; upper 
petals with a large dark blotch, shaded and mottled; 
large, free, and bold. 
Naudee, a rich dark flower of fine form. 
* National (Foster), a rich dark flower; crimson 
bottom petals; black blotch on the upper, margined 
with fiery crimson; fine substance. 
Nonsuch (Hoyle), rose; lower petals marked dis¬ 
tinctly with a spot and feather; curious and striking. 
