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flowered stalks ; petals notched, twice 

 as long as the sepals. Leaves, kidney- 

 shaped in outline, 5- to 7-parted; 

 segments divided into linear lobes. G. 

 lancastriense is a variety of this, with 

 pink flowers veined with red. Bor- 

 ders, and fringes of shrubberies ; also 

 in semi-wild places here and there. It 

 is perhaps on the whole the handsomest 

 species we have, and were it not a 

 common native, would probably have 

 a prominent place on every rockwork. 

 The var. lancastriense is not so free as 

 the common form, and should have 

 better and lighter soil. Division. 



Geranium striatum (Striped G.) A 

 pretty old kind ; 12 to 18 in. high. 

 flowers, in early summer; white, 

 finely striped with small red veins ; 

 stalks 2-flowered ; petals obtuse, deep- 

 ly indented at top. Leaves, broad, yel- 

 lowish-green, each of the divisions 

 having a blackish spot at the base ; 

 lower leaves 5-lobed, upper ones 3- 



lobed. Southern Europe. Borders, 



rough rockwork or rootwork, and 

 naturalization, in any soil but a cold 

 clay. Division and seed. 



Geranium subcaulescens (Dwarf 

 Crane's-bill). G. asphodeloides. A 

 short- stemmed and very ornamental 

 kind. Flowers, in summer ; few, 

 purplish- violet, sometimes, but rarely, 

 of a pale hue ; petals obovate, often 

 truncate, twice as long as the calyx ; 

 sepals shortly pointed, covered with 

 close adpressed down interspersed 

 with longer hairs. Leaves, roundish, 

 divided into five wedge-shaped, 3-cleft 

 segments ; those of the root long- 

 stalked, all covered with closely ad- 

 pressed down, and frequently ash- 

 coloured underneath ; stems sometimes 

 leafless. This plant varies very much 

 in the division of its leaves, the shape 

 of the lobes, and in its downy cover- 

 ing. Mount Parnassus, and other 

 mountains of Greece, also in Dalmatia. 

 -The rock-garden, and margin of 



the choice border, in free and well* 

 drained soil. Seed and division. 



Geum chiloense (CliMoe Avens}. A 

 very showy perennial, 1 to 2 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; scarlet, in 

 erect panicles. Leaves, downy, pinnate; 

 leaflets crenate-serrated, terminal one 

 large, roundish-heart-shaped, lobed 

 and crenated; stem-leaves 3 -parted, 



deeply cut. Native of Chiloe. 



Borders, in good ordinary soil, also 

 suitable for naturalization on warm 

 open spots. Seed or division. 



Geum montanum (Mountain Geum). 

 A dwarf, compact, and showy kind, 

 with large flowers, and simple erect 

 stem ; 9 to 18 in. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer; yellow, solitary, 1 in. across; 

 petals obcordate, notched; segments of 

 calyx undivided, shorter than the pe- 

 tals. Leaves of root, interruptedly 

 pinnatifid; terminal leaflet ovate, ob- 

 scurely lobed and veined, 2 or 3 in. 

 long and broad, the others becoming 

 gradually smaller; stem-leaves undi- 

 vided, stalkless. Alps of Europe. 



The rock-garden and borders, in 



ordinary free soil. It would be easy 

 to naturalize this on high hills or 

 mountains. Seed or division. 



Geum reptans (Creeping Avens).- - 

 Another valuable dwarf kind, with 

 the barren stems creeping, the flower- 

 ing ones erect; about 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; yellow, larger 

 than those of G. montanum, solitary 

 on the top of the stem ; segments of 

 the calyx lengthened, usually trifid at 

 the apex. -Leaves of root, uninter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, larger leaflets obo- 

 vate, toothed at the apex, smaller ones 

 ovate, entire or 3-toothed at the apex, 

 the terminal one not much larger than 

 the others ; stem-leaves 3-lobed. Alps 



of Europe. Similar positions to 



those for the preceding kind. Division. 



Gillenia trifoliata (Three-leaved G.) 

 A rather pretty but not showy 

 perennial, 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 



