Our drawing of this handsome plant was made in
June last, at the Garden of the late Earl of Liverpool,
at Coombe-wood, where it was raised from seed by
Mr. W. Smith ; it is of hybrid origin, and appears to
be intermediate between P. tricolor, or some nearly related
plant, and probably Campylia laciniata, but we
cannot speak to its origin with certainty.
We are sorry to see the present interesting tribe so
much neglected now in collections, to give way for the
different strong growing sorts of Pelargonia, particularly
as they make such a pretty variety when grown amongst
the dwarfer sorts, and are so very distinct in their habit
and character ; they may also be grown very freely, if
potted in a light sandy soil, nothing suiting them better
than an equal mixture of light turfy loam,peat, and sand,
or decayed vegetable mould, draining the pots well that
the wet may pass off readily; and young cuttings,planted
in pots in the same sort of soil, and placed in the Greenhouse,
will soon strike root.