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GERANIUM. 



Geranium ibericum (Iberian Crane' s- 

 "bill.) A very showy large-flowered 

 kind, with deeply-cut leaves and 

 villous, erect, forked stems ; about 1ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; violet, 

 large, very handsome ; petals obcordate; 

 calyces very villous. Leaves, villous, 

 5 to 7 -parted, with deeply-cut lobes, 

 and toothed minor divisions. Iberia. 



Borders and naturalization in any 



soil. This and some of the other free- 

 growing and showy kinds would 

 grow very freely on rough rockwork, 

 which, however, should, as a rule, be 

 reserved for subjects that do not 

 thrive so well in ordinary soil on the 

 level ground. Division. 



Geranium Endressii (Endress's Crane's- 

 "bi.ll). A plant of greyish-green aspect, 

 covered with a feeble pubescence ; 1 ft. 

 to 16 in. and upwards in height. 

 Flowers, in summer ; of a light rose, 

 veined and streaked with a darker 

 shade, borne two on each flower- 

 stalk ; flower-stalks axillary ; petals, 

 oblong- obovate, entire, fringed at the 

 base ; filaments densely feathery ; 

 calyx downy, J the length of the 

 petals. Leaves, opposite, stalked, 

 palmate-lobed ; the upper ones 3-lobed, 

 lower ones 5-lobed ; lobes acute, in- 

 cised-serrate. Root-stock elongated, 

 very much branched, almost running. 



Pyrenees. Borders in any ordinary 



garden soil. Division. 



Geranium Lamberti (Lambert's 

 Crane's-bill). A handsome Crane's- 

 bill, about 18 in. high. Flowers, early 

 in summer; bright lilac, nearly as 

 large as those of G. ibericum. Leaves, 

 heart-shaped in outline, deeply 5- 

 cleft ; lobes wedge - shaped, with 

 yellowish spots near the margin, and 

 clothed with soft woolly hairs ; stems 



of a reddish colour. Nepaul. 



Borders, and fringes of shrubberies, 

 banks in pleasure-grounds, etc., in 

 good ordinary soil. Division and seed. 



Geranium macrorrhizum(Z/ongr-? < oo^ecZ 

 G.) A dwarf species, with large, 

 thick, permanent stems; 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; deep-red 

 or bright-purple ; stalks 2-flowered ; 

 petals entire, a little turned back ; 

 calyces globose. Leaves, on long stalks, 

 5-parted; deeply and irregularly- 

 lobed; lobes toothed at the apex, 

 the margins on both sides being of 

 a reddish-brown colour. There is 

 a variegated variety. Italy and 



Southern Europe. Borders, or 



naturalization on warm sunny banks. 

 Division. 



Geranium platypetalum (Broad- 

 petalled G.) One of the handsomest 

 plants of its family ; 1 to 2 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; numerous, more 

 than 1 in. across, deep violet, with 

 streaks of a darker, almost reddish, 

 hue ; petals lobed ; calyx rough with 

 hairs. Leaves, alternate or opposite, 

 long-stalked, with 5 to 7 deeply-cut, 

 irregularly - fringed, incised - dentate 

 lobes. Georgia near the Caucasus. 

 Borders, or naturalization, in ordi- 

 nary soil. Division. 



Geranium pratense (Meadow G.) A 

 handsome native kind, 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; blue-purple, 

 large, somewhat corymbose ; petals en- 

 tire, twice as long as the sepals. Leaves, 

 palmately 7-lobed ; lobes sharply cut, 

 linear ; stems round, erect, downy. A 

 rather common native plant, men- 

 tioned here for its double varieties, 

 G. pratense fl. pi- ; the double blue, 

 and G. p. ft. 'pi alba the double white 

 one, both of which are handsome.^ 



Europe and Britain. Borders, in 



any soil. Division. 



Geranium sanguineum (Blood-red G.) 

 A native species with roundish, 

 deeply- cut leaves, forming neat, spread- 

 ing tufts ; 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; deep crimson-purple, about 

 14 in. across, freely produced on one- 



