MARCH.] GREEN-HOUSEREPOTTING. 



most vivid description. The easy cultivation of the 

 Pelargonium tribe, or Geraniums, as they are commonly 

 called, has rendered them very popular; also the 

 agreeableness of scent and fragrance of which many of 

 them are possessed, makes them favourites. If their 

 flowering season was of longer duration, the varieties 

 and species would be quite indispensable in collections ; 

 but there is every appearance that in a few years the 

 aspect of them will be changed. The present prevail- 

 ing colour of the flower, (which has five petals, three 

 hanging and two erect, the erect petals being always 

 of the darkest shade,) is a white or pink ground, with 

 lilac, purple, or pink stripes, flakes, or spots, and 

 blooms from April to June; though they bloom pro- 

 fusely in large bunches, the time is limited. The spe- 

 cies and varieties that have a red ground, with black 

 or dark crimson stripes or spots, generally bloom dur- 

 ing the whole summer. These, though scarce in the 

 collections of the country, will in a few years root out 

 those whose flowers are of such short duration, and 

 by their blooms charm us half of the year. 



The tuberous and fleshy stemmed species are far 

 more interesting to the discriminating inquirer than 

 the common kinds. Their habit and constitution are 

 so peculiar, that we have frequently wondered that 

 they have not been separated into distinct genera. 

 The cultivation of them is more difficult, water being 

 very prejudicial to them when they are inactive. 

 When they are well managed, they flower beautifully, 

 and the colours are very superior and peculiar, having 

 frequently bright green and purple in the same flower. 



