PELABGONItTM 



and repotted in a light compost, not rich, into the small- 

 est sized pots that will hold them, for the process of 

 growing them on has to be gone over every season. After 

 potting, a good soaking will be necessary, and they may 

 be placed in a well-lighted coldf rame. There is no need 

 to keep them close; the stimulation of water, and the 

 slight protection of a frame being usually enough to 

 start them into new growth. No forcing will ever be 

 needed at any season, and if one wished he might keep 

 them iu a coldfrarae until very late in the season, so 

 long as adequate protection against frost is afforded. 

 With us they are at their best in late May and June, 

 and to have them in good condition we grow them 

 slowly in a house averaging about 50° 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 display, 

 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 abundanth 

 will help those that remam and we may e% tn have to 

 do a little pruning. Stopping, however, must 

 be discontinued as soon as the flowering stems 

 begin to show, which is about the end of Febru 

 ary iu the writer's practue These stems can be 

 distinguished easily b\ a shghtlj difteitnt man 

 ner of growth. Up to this tmiL the pi mts m i\ 

 be allowed to grow naturilh l.ut it w w iiit 

 trained specimens we mu'.t 1m „iti t ■ Ix nd lln pl 

 as we wish them to grow as th* ir ^lowth ^jk < d 

 ily hardens and the plant will reidih take ind 

 keep the form to which it is &h iped 



Water should be given sparingly through the 

 dead of winter. Februirj and March are the 

 months when the most growth is made, and at 

 this time we can stimulate them materially by 

 the judicious use of artiflcial manures, which 

 may, it necessary, be continued until they come 

 into bloom. They are much subject to the at- 

 tacks of greenfly and red spider; and as the foli- 

 age is fairly tender and liable to injury from to- 

 bacco smoke, we are compelled to rely upon fluid 

 insecticides almost wholly The blooming season 

 is very much lengthened by giving a slight de- 

 gree of shade. 



The best time to take cuttings is soon after the 

 flowering season. Often towards the last of the Froi 

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

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

 can get cuttings, and any time until August will do. Cut- 

 tings taken during winter time with a heel make pretty 

 little plants in 4- or 5-inch pots without stopping. Cut- 

 tings taken at the usual time and grown on in 6- or 7- 

 inch pots come in handy in grouping for the front lines. 

 It is necessary to raise a few plants every season to re- 

 place older plants which have grown too large. New 

 varieties are raised from seed, which is freely produced. 

 In hybridizing it does not appear that hand-pollination 

 has any effect, as the seedlings seldom show any par- 

 ticular affinity to either parent. 



There is a dwarf strain of show Pelargoniums known 

 as "fancy." The plants are usually heavily blotched 

 and very free-blooming. The writer has never seen 

 any in this country. T D. Hatfield. 



INDEX TO THE SPECIES NAMES. 



arifriilosura, 8. exstipulatum. 19. peltatum, 4. 



lietulimmi, 5. fragrans, 21. quercifolium. 13, 



capit.itum, 11. fulgitium, 24. Quinquevulnerum. 



cordatum. 6. grandWorum, 10. 23. 



crispnni. 17. graveolen.s. 14. Radula, 15. 



cucullatum, 7. hortonim, 3. tomentnsum, 12. 



denticiilatum, 16. inquinans. 2. triste. 22. 



domesticum, 9. Limonium. 18. zonale, 1. 



eehinatura. 20. odoratissimum, 21. 



PELARGONIUM 



1. zonile, Willd 

 Niu.M. Shrubby in 

 tries, becoming 



,-. snn'if!fn( hntnchcs, avd strong 



I, -I;,!: inflorescence umbellate: 

 7. Ih< ! ii/tper ones short. [Cico- 

 • Hi Hki.i.ino Geraniums. 

 Zonal, or Horse -SHOE Gera- 

 its native place and in warm coun- 

 oody at the base even in pots, the 



ua-anuihtjf/nc arlforcfccnj , Miu cucullabs anaulsiu . 



1704. Pelargonium angulosum. 



rem Dillenius' ligure in 1732. One-half the .size of the original plate. 



ve young branches somewhat hispid: Ivs. round-cordate, 

 glabrous or pubescent, long-stalked, usually with a zone 

 or horse-shoe mark of deeper color on the upper sur- 

 face, the margin crenate-dentate, with several very 

 shallow rounded lobes: stipules broad, cordate-oblong: 

 peduncles long, the fls. nearly sessile: calyx-tube gla- 

 brous or nearly so, 4-5 times longer than the lanceolate 

 segments ; petals separated, narrow-wedge shape 

 spatulate. — "Among s' ' 



flowers vary from scarh i 

 of red to pure white."— // 

 /•.jona/e was introducid i 

 described it in 1753 ii-; '. 

 species on previ. Ills ,1.^, i 

 is probable that thr s|„ ,i( 

 fied by domesriianoii w 

 seems to be no accepted i 

 the plant. 



2. inquinans, Ait. Pish 

 more velvety than P. zo 

 viscid, the leaves not zor 

 ular and vLscid, 3-4 tini. 

 segments ; petals brnad 

 varying to lighter colors, 

 sides." This is the Gtra 



The 



ny'red. 



li.-ii 1,1' ' . • ■ ' There 



nrtniil ..r il iiL'iii.il form of 



Geranium. Fig. 1698. Plant 

 xale, sometimes more or less 

 ed : calyx-tube densely gland- 

 s loiit^'cr than the lanceolate 

 V olii.vntc, scarlet, but now 

 -••Am. .11!; shrubs and on hill- 

 iiiuiii iiiiiiiiiKins of LinnjBus, 



