fjpowing tueiu or 

 potting, a good : 

 be placed in a \v 

 to keep tlieni cl 

 slight protei-tiu 



PELARGONIUM 



J to be gone uv 

 ilsing will be iir 

 •lighted coldfr.-i 



ugh to 

 :ver be 

 _iglit keep 



afforded. 



-P.wlh. Xo t-n-ing will 

 needed at any s.;i^Mii. ;,ii.l it'..iir wi-lji-.l 

 them in a eoMtiaim- until vnv lai.- in 

 long as adetiuate protection against tr' 

 With us thev are at their be.st in late 

 and to have them in good conditiun we grow them 

 slowly in a hon.se averaging about M° night tempera- 

 ture (slightly less in midwinter), from October onward. 



After the turn of the days— in January - we repot 

 them, using now a richer compost. We give a fairly 

 good shift, depending in part on the size of plants de- 

 sired, the vigor they show, and the difference in varie- 

 ties. If we had wanted them to bloom in April or, as 

 some florists might, at Easter, we should have potted 

 them at once-in late August or September, into the 

 size they should bloom in, -a medium size, probably the 

 same as they had lately occupied, and have taken them 

 indoors to grow on continuously. But for our displa\ . 

 in May and June, they are potted again in January, and 

 some may be given another shift when extra vigor or 

 the possible need of a few extra large specimens de- 

 mand it. They will need careful stopping. Some rub- 

 bing out of weak shoots, when they break abundantly, 

 will help those that remain, and we may even have to 

 <lo a little pruning. Stopping, however, must 

 be discontinued as soon as the flowering stems 

 begin to show, which is about the end of Pebni 

 ary in the writer's practice. These stems can be 

 distinguished easily by a slightly different man- 

 ner of growth. Up to this time the pl.mts m i\ 

 be allowed to grow naturally; but if \m w nit 

 trained specimens we must begin to bmd iln m 

 as we wish them to grow, as their growth spu d 

 ily hardens and the plant will readilj tdke .iiul 

 keep the form to which it is shaped. 



Water should be given sparingly through the 

 dead of winter. February and March are the 

 months \vh4-ii tin' most LTowth is made, and at 



this ti \'. < ■■:iii -1 Miiiil:iii> ihciu materially by 



the ,1" I ' 'I manures, which 



m:n . II ' III ■! until they come 



insi- 



PELARGONIUM 1261 



ivilh thick, xiirriileiit hranehe.i. and stimig 

 !/ odor: Irx. mhUiilar or riiiiform, sluil- 

 liiiftil nil l,.l,.,l : iiilh^nsr, „,r iimhelUlle : 



.loo.l slaw.os :. Ih. .' ,.rl" •■ '■"' » >'""■'■ (("'<■"- 

 nUim.} FlSM ..U Illl.l.lN.. i:i.KANllMS. 



. zonule, Willd. ZciNAi,, r.i- ll.iusr. - shoe Gera- 

 ■M. Shrubby in its native place and in warm coun- 

 (-S, becoming woody at the base even in pots, the 



gree of shade. 



The best time to take cuttings is .soon after the 

 flowering season. Often towards the last of the 

 season, the plants make a few "growing " shoots, 

 and these we take; but off and on during the sumn 

 can get cuttings, and any time until August will dc 

 tings taken during winter time with a heel make 

 little plants in 4 or ,-,-inch pots wilhont stopping. 



tings taken :il ih.' li-n.il llin- .-n.-l L'm'.wi i.n m C 



inch pots cciiif '. '. ... . r. . ■ i ' _• : ■ '■■ 1 1 'iiil 

 It is necess:ir\ i ■; I :■ n 



(rtiraruuiri^'ffru: arl'cmfccnj , Miu cucuUalu anau/^rfu 



1704. Pelargoniu 



Dillenh 





young branches >m:i„ « 

 glabrous or pubc -> 

 or horse-shoe mm 1. 

 face, the margin i n n: 

 shallow rounded loins: 

 peduncles long, the fls. 

 Iirous or nearly so, 4-5 1 

 sfgmi-iifs ; petals sppr 



Ivs. round-cordate, 

 , usually with a zone 

 on the upper sur- 



ancy." The 



very free-blooming. 



n this 



„ The 



ntX TO THE SPECIES NAMEI 



T. D. Hatfield. 



piicullatum. 7. 

 deiitieidatum. 1 

 dninesticum. fi. 

 echinnttim, 20. 



fragraus. 21. 

 fulgi.lum, 24 

 gr.inditioruti 



inqunians. : 

 Liraoniuin. 

 odoratissin 



querctfoliuui. 



tomento.Hu 

 triste. •►>. 

 zoiiale. 1. 



.pec 



; probable that the species had been considerably modi- 

 fled by domestication when Linnipus wrote. There 

 seems 'to be no accepted portrait of the original form of 

 the plant. 



2. Inquinans, Ait. Fish GERANirM. Fig. Ifi98. Plant 

 more velvety than P. zonaU, sometimes more or less 

 viscid, the leaves not zoned: calyx-tube densely gland- 

 ular and viscid, .3-4 times longer than the lanceolate 

 segments ; petals broadly obovate, scarlet, but now 

 varving to lighter colors.— "Among shrubs and on hill- 

 sides." This is the Geranium inquinans of Liiina-us, 



