344 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Geranium family includes these beautiful liowers of that name, and 

 came originally from the Cape of Good Hope. 



The real name of these is not geranium although that is the family 

 name. They are of the genus Pelargonium and under this genus we 

 have all the beautiful varieties known to the florist. 



It embraces also all the scented leaved as well. 



Our wild Cranesbill belongs also to this family. 



The Camelia family embraces our Common Camelia and the Tea 

 Plant. 



The Soapberry family has three sub-orders : The Bladder Nut^ 

 the Buckeye and the Maple. 



Under each of these are included all the varieties of each sub- 

 order. As for instance, the Ash Leaf M«,ple, False Sycamore, Sugar 

 and Norway. Also strange as it may seem the Heart seed or Balloon 

 vine belongs to this family. 



In the Pulse family among the flowers we have the Lupine in all 

 its varieties. The Golden chain, Indigo plant, common Sensitive plant^ 

 and the true Accacias, the common Locust, Wisteria, Red Bud, Ken-" 

 tucky Coffee tree and Honey Locust. 



Of vegetables we have the Peas, Beans, Lentils, Peanut, White 

 and Sweet Clover. 



Rosacae or Rose family is the most important of all the botanical 

 families; the Flowering Almond, Meadow Sweet, the Rose in all it& 

 beautiful varieties, the Mountain Asb, Japan Quince, Cinque Foil^ 

 Sweet Brier, Hawthorn. 



The fruits. Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberries, Almonds, Apricot^ 

 Nectarine, Plum, Apple, Pear, Peach, Quince and Cherry. 



The Almond, Peach and Nectarine are of the Amygdalus or Almond 

 genus, while the Apricot is of the Prunus or plum genus. Hence it is 

 never right to call an apricot a peach, or a nectarine a plum, but more 

 correctly the opposite. 



You will notice that this family embracing so many of our fine 

 cultivated fruits has none of the garden vegetables allied with them. 

 Yet to a stranger in the study of the subject it is very hard to see any 

 likeness between the cinque foil or sweet briar and our luscious pears 

 and peaches ; or between our mountain ash and the strawberry. 



Yet when we follow the flowers themselves and their fruits they 

 will unerringly bring as to its true order. 



But I find that I will [occupy too much of our time if we try to 

 mention a small portion of our beautiful flowers and shrubs and we 

 shall have to pass over many of them. 



