GERANIUM 



(From gtranion, the Greek name for the plant derived from geranos, a crane, in allusion to the " beak " of the fruit) 



Geraniacea 



115. Geranium sanguineum 



English Names: Crane's bill, Wild geranium, Stork's bill, Dove foot, Old- 

 maid's night-cap. Shame-face. 



W. ASIA, EUROPE MID-JUNE THROUGH JULY 



1ARGE, wide-open, nearly crimson, five-petaled flowers, borne on erect 

 ^ somewhat branching stems about a foot and a half high. Leaves 

 rather large, deeply divided, and borne on short stems. Good in the her- 

 baceous border, rock gar- 

 den, or for naturalizing 

 in waste places. The best 

 of the cultivated Gerani- 

 ums (the so-called 

 "Geranium" of pot cul- 

 ture being really Pelar- 

 gonium). 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest cul- 

 ture, thriving in any or- 

 dinary soil, in sun or 

 partial shade. 



Propagate by seed and 

 division. 



Var. dlhum is similar 

 to the type but with 

 flowers grayish white, 

 not a very good color. 



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