FANCY PELARGONIUMS. 
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group, we would advise the attempt to infuse it with another 
equally desirable trait. It is certain, that to meet and maintain 
the taste for flowers of this class, some new and beautiful forms 
are required, to secure which, for want of a guide, we may have 
to traverse much ground that has already been gone over; but 
this time, let us take good heed of the route, and especially 
avoid any overweening exclusiveness to this or that particular 
section, till some really deserving object arises that shall do as 
much for horticulture as the now declining Pelargoniums have 
effected; the fancy class seems calculated to fill the present 
void with the least trouble or loss of time, and if it only preserves 
a flagging interest till other and more definite changes can be 
worked out, it will be no inconsiderable service. Florists here 
have a task that a few years since would have overwhelmed them, 
now, however, they desire only to know what is required of 
them, and with a slight intimation of the means to accomplish 
it, they set about the work with a determination which admits 
only of success, and sooner or later we may reckon on such ad¬ 
ditions to the tribe as will completely resuscitate the drooping 
energies of its friends, and restore the fancy to its pristine 
vigour. 
The variety which graces our pages on the present occasion is 
named in respectful compliment to the Queen Dowager, who is 
a liberal patroness of the Royal South London Floricultural 
Society, at one of whose meetings, we believe, the interesting 
ceremony of naming took place. It is in the possession of Mr. 
Ivery, nurseryman, of Peckliam, whose zeal and success in the 
production of really useful novelties have gained for him a de¬ 
servedly high reputation. Our plate shows but a small part of 
the plant, but sufficient, we hope, to convey an accurate idea of 
its beauty. The specimen from which the drawing was taken 
was about a foot in height, and two feet in diameter, completely 
covered on all sides by the clusters of its delicately-tinted blos¬ 
soms ; and these, be it remembered, are not the ephemeral 
ornament of merely a few days, but, as is the case with all well- 
bred members of the class, continue in beauty for a considerable 
period. 
We have employed the term “ Fancy” to designate the section 
to which it belongs, not because we admire such a name, or 
