Geraniums; on which account 1 have thought it desirable 
to note it as a peculiar variety. 
This is supposed to be the first sort of Geranium described 
by Dioscorides, the root of which that author states is sweet 
and eatable. 
It is a hardy perennial, growing well in any good rich 
garden soil, flowering the greater part of summer, and in- 
creased either in spring or autumn by seeds or division of 
the roots. 
