little known, but which has been for many years in the gar- 

 dens at Flushing, can be cultivated with the greatest ease 

 The following practice has been found the most successful : 

 In October take off the young suckers, and pot them ; 

 place them in a common frame till the first of March, then 

 transplant them from the pots to the open ground. The soil 

 selected for this purpose must be very moist, and made 

 quite rich. In case of a drought, a basin should be made 

 around each plant, and kept plentifully supplied with water. 

 By this mode they will be made to grow to the height of 

 five and a half or six feet, and produce in July and Augusta 

 most magnificent display of scarlet flowers. 



GERANIUMS, OR GERANIACE^. 



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Under this head are included, according to the present 

 Botanic arrangement, the following genera: Geranium, 

 Pelargonium, Erodium, Ciconium, Hoarea, Campylea, Di- 

 marria, Isopetalum, Jenkinscnia, Otidia, and Phytamanthes, 

 all of which were formerly viewed as one genus, and may 

 now be considered under the same general head, well known 

 as the Geranium family* They form (united) a beautiful 

 natural assemblage of plams> comprehending numerous spe- 

 cies, herbaceous, suffruticose, and shrubby, all of which some- 

 what partake of a succulent nature. Those most commonly 

 known as inhabitants of our Green-houses and parlours, are 

 of the division termed Pelargoniums, with flowers resembling 

 a stork's hill ; the Erodiums and Geraniums, according to 

 the above arrangement, are nearly all herbaceous plaits; 

 the Dimacrias and Hoareas have tuberous roots, and entirely 

 lose their foliage for a part of the year, at which period they 

 can be transported (wrapped in paper) in the same manner 

 as Hyacinth or Tulip buibs* 



A work has been published in London by Mr. Robert 

 Sweet, which beautifully illustrates this delightful class of 

 plants, and contains coloured engravings of above 300 varie- 

 ties. This work the author of the present Treatise imported 

 at a great expense, from which he made a selection of the 

 most beautiful and interesting, which he has since obtained 



