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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
working, but also sports and novelties quite unlooked for: “ dark rosy purple,” 
“ light rosy purple, with white blotch on upper petals,” “ light bluish pink,” 
“rich crimson, orange blotch, white eye,” “scarlet and purple nosegay,” 
“ purple and rose shaded,” are descriptions extracted from my note-book, which 
abundantly testify to this tendency. Then there is a race of Pompons, or 
Liliputians, of various colours, of which the well-known “Waltham Pet” 
may be taken as the type. It was a sad day for the Verbena and other kindred 
but uncertain “ bedding ” plants when Beaton took to hybridising the rich and 
varied species of the genus Pelargonium. The certainty with which they ac¬ 
complish the work allotted to them, their freedom and continuity of bloom, 
the gorgeous masses of colour which they produce, and their comparative 
independence of the changes of weather, place them without rivals in their 
own peculiar walk. The following set have been selected from among some 
thousands of seedlings for distribution in the forthcoming spring ; and although 
I am not prepared to say that this will be the exact nature of the issue, it is 
yet that which is contemplated at the present time. 
1. NOSEGAY, OR HYBRID NOSEGAY VARIETIES, RECOMMENDED FOR MASSING 
OUT OF DOORS. 
Banneret .—Flowers crimson, purple and scarlet shaded. Very bright and 
beautiful. 
Fairy Queen. —Rosy purple. A large smooth flower. 
Minstrel .—A salmon Nosegay, something like Lord Palmerston, but brighter 
in colour, broader in the petal, and consequently more effective. 
Monte Rosa .—Dark rosy purple ; fine truss, and habit very free. 
Nimrod .—Orange scarlet, white eye; large truss; fine foliage. Very free. 
Nymph. —A salmon-pink Nosegay, large and fine. 
Peach Nosegay. —Peach colour ; plain leaf; splendid truss. Very free, 
Phoenix. —Splendid scarlet, in the way of Stella, but much brighter. 
Prince of Orange. —Orange scarlet, very bright; great substance; good 
habit; blooms very freely. 
Rebecca .—Flowers cherry colour ; fine truss ; very profuse ; habit dwarf. 
St. George .—Flowers dark chestnut, quite a new colour. 
Salmon Nosegay .—Flowers true salmon. 
Sir J. Paxton .—Bright orange ; fine large truss. 
Village Maid .—Deep pink, white eye, habit dwarf; the deepest of the pink 
varieties. 
2. VARIETIES SELECTED FOR THE FORM OF THE FLOWER AND TRUSS, AND 
RECOMMENDED PRINCIPALLY FOR IN-DOOR CULTURE. 
Bride .—Flowers pure white, deep red eye ; of fine form and great substance ; 
good truss and habit. 
Cardinal .—Orange scarlet; perfect in form and of good substance; truss 
and habit good. 
Celestial .—Flowers rosy lake with fiery spot on upper petals, centre bluish 
purple, reminding one of the Cactus speciosissima; large white eye. New in 
style, and surpassingly lovely. 
Lord Chancellor .—Salmon pink; perfect shape ; white eye; fine habit, and 
very free. 
Poet Laureate. —Flowers rosy purple, top petals orange scarlet; yellowish eye. 
Tiara .—Flowers scarlet crimson, with a glow of purple ; fine habit; good 
truss; very free. 
3. POMPON, LILIPUTIAN, OR PIGMY VARIETIES. 
Diamond. —Fine scarlet, purple centre, distinct white eye; blooms very 
freely; good dwarf habit. 
