

ON THE GERANIUM HOUSE. -Wo 



or flower leaves folded or lapped over each other so closely, 

 that they will not open of themselves, unless they be forced with 

 the fingers, and therefore look as if they were always in the bud, 

 but when they are expanded, they are the largest of all the roses," 

 This account correctly corresponds with the nature of the Pro- 

 vence rose, which is often called the Cabbage rose, from the 

 manner in which the petals cabbage or fold over each other. As 

 this rose is so nearly allied to the damask rose, it is probable the 

 Greeks first obtained it from the vicinity of Damascus, and that 

 the trivial change is owing to soil and cultivation. 



(To be continued.) 



ON THE GERANIUM HOUSE. 



BY AN AMATEUR. 



Having perused the following article with great satisfaction and 

 pleasure, I consider it well worthy the attention of those who 

 delight in the culture of that most beautiful flower the Geranium, 

 I have transcribed it and sent it to you, which if you think worthy 

 of a place in your valuable Publication, it will be, no doubt, both 

 instructive and entertaining to many of your readers. 



"The late Mr. Colvelle was amongst the first who saw the 

 propriety and adopted the practice of growing the Geraniaeece 

 in a house by themselves. Since that time many have followed 

 the example, and, judging from the fine specimens brought to 

 the public exhibitions within these last three years, we are led to 

 think that in no department of plant culture has such a rapid 

 improvement been made as in that of Pelargoniums. To grow 

 these numerous and splendid plants to perfection, requires a se- 

 parate house for themselve, and whoever have seen those of 

 Catleugh, of Chelsea, and Gaines, of Battersea, as public culti- 

 vators, and those of Sir John Broughton, or Pi. Jenkinson, Esq., 

 will admit, wc think, that they richly deserve a house for them- 

 selves. The Geraniaeece have the following attractions, namely, 

 they are easily kept, propagated, and flowered; they continue 

 nearly the whole season in bloom ; present almost infinite variety 

 of colour and form, and are much better adapted for standing in 

 rooms uninjured than most other plants. New varieties arc 

 readily obtained by cross impregnation, and these are readily in- 



