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ZONAL PELAKGONIUMS :—IANTHE AND WELLINGTON. 
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Lobbii , a beautiful lively green, instead of the dull sombre hue of C. jciponica ; it 
is a rapid grower, and thoroughly hardy, having remained uninjured where C. 
jciponica by its side was much cut. Cryptomeria elegans has altogether a different 
type of foliage and colour to any of the above, and bids fair to become a very 
valuable plant for producing variety and effect, whether in mixed borders or as 
single specimens; not the least valuable of its properties is the rich brown and 
purple tint which the foliage assumes in the autumn. —John Cox, Redlecif. 
ZONAL PELARGONIUMS: —Ianthe and Wellington. 
Q|rfHE present season has been unfavourable to this section of bedding plants. 
W&cj) In some classes of soils, with so much rain, many of the varieties have 
grown quite out of character ; and those sorts which did open out in a 
“s5 blaze of colour had the petals scattered with the recurring thunder¬ 
showers. There can be no doubt that the different sections of the Zonal 
Pelargoniums furnish the most useful subjectsjfor the ^flower-garden ; for, not to 
mention the flowering section, there is rich and ample material in the leaf¬ 
colouring ; and white, tricolor, gold, and bronze can be worked up in many 
combinations. 
In the Flowering section one would almost have thought there was no room 
for further improvements. However, in Ianthe and Wellington we have in one 
season two decided acquisitions. I bought Dr. Denny’s set from Mr. W. Paul 
last year, and fixed upon the above as being useful bedding varieties; they were 
propagated freely from a small plant of each last year in June, and I had about 
100 of Wellington and over 130 of Ianthe at bedding-out time. I planted two 
round beds of Ianthe and an oval with Wellington. Of the two, I think Ianthe 
will be the most useful for bedding purposes, as either for lines or beds it is 
admirable. It is a most profuse bloomer, and the colour is so very distinct; it is 
described as bluish crimson, and there is certainly a suffusion of blue in the lower 
petals. Wellington is of a different type; it is a hybrid nosegay, and is far in 
advance of any other flower in this section. The habit of the plant is not so 
good as that of Ianthe, but it makes a telling bed ; the flower-trusses are 
immense, and the peculiar rich maroon-crimson of the flowers at once catches the 
eye. These varieties are also exceedingly effective as decorative plants for the 
greenhouse or conservatory, and I can recommend them as worthy of being added 
to any collection, however select. 
The Double Zonals are not so much grown as they deserve to be. I selected a 
few dozens of Madame Lemoine , Marie Lemoine , and Victor Lemoine , and planted 
a small bed of each this season for trial. The rose-colour of the first two is very 
pleasing and has a distinct effect, and the trusses have not suffered from the rains 
so much as one would suppose. I also find them invaluable for planting in mixed 
borders; they are highly esteemed for cutting, and are freely used in button-hole 
and other bouquets, for the petals do not drop off as they do in the single 
varieties. I noted a very distinct new rose-coloured sorb sent by Mr. Turner, of 
