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lodged there during the rainy season, assisted by a little 

 sand drifted by the wind into the cavities. The heat was 

 so intense on these rocks as to blister the soles of the feet ; 

 and yet all the Geraniums there were in perfection, being 

 just then their flowering season, about the middle of 

 April*." 



The Lance-leaved and Ivy-leaved species are extremely 

 elegant. As there are many kinds of Geranium in esti- 

 mation, and they differ in being more or less hardy, it may 

 be well to subjoin a little table of those most commonly 

 cultivated here, with these distinctions : 



The Geranium Divaricatum or Divaricated Geranium. 

 Carolinianum Carolina, 



These two are annual, should be raised in a hot-bed, kept 

 in the open air during the summer, and will then decay. 



The Maculatum or Spotted-leaved Geranium. 



Sanguineum Blood-coloured. 



Pratense Meadow. 



Phaeum Black red-flowered. 



Striatum Streaked-flowered. 



Lancastriense Lancashire-striped. 



Macrorhizum Long-odorous-rooted. 



Palustre Marsh. 



Sylvaticum Sylvan. 



Argenteum Silvery-leaved. 



Nodosum Knotty. 



These are hardy perennial kinds, which, unless in very 

 severe winters, will bear the open air: they should be 

 gently watered evei'y evening in the summer ; and three 

 times a week, when not frosty, in the winter. Of the 

 Pelargoniums, demanding winter shelter as directed, are 

 the following : 



The Pelargonium Co'rtusi-folium or Cortusa-leaved Pelargonium. 

 Australe Botany-bay. 



■* Andrews' Monograph, on the Genus Geranium, No. 21. 



