Geraniums; on which account I 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. 



