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freely: we figure it in Plate VIII. The dusky 

 crane's-bill may occasionally be found in woods and 

 copses, and in some districts, and especially in the 

 North, under conditions that militate against the 

 idea of its introduction by human agency, but it is 

 really at home in Central and Western Europe. 

 While there is strong suspicion of the plant having 

 originally been brought to these islands by the 

 hand of man, it is now well established in many 

 localities, and duly finds place in the lists of our 

 British flora. The knotty crane's-bill, G. nodosum, 

 the purple flower on Plate IX., is another Conti- 

 nental species, as is, too, the pencilled geranium, 

 the smaller flower on Plate X. These are both 

 cultivated in gardens, and occasionally stray out- 

 side or are cast forth. Both are at times found 

 under conditions that justify at least the verdict 

 of apparently wild. Both do well in our rock- 

 garden, the latter especially forming large masses. 

 It was gathered amidst the herbage on a grassy 

 bank on the coast of Yorkshire, and at considerable 

 distance from any human habitation. 



The second plant on Plate X. is the blood 

 geranium : the name none too happily or tastefully 

 bearing record to the rich crimson of the blossoms. 

 Though often, from the attractive colour of its 

 flowers, and their large size, found as a garden 

 plant, it is an undoubted wildling. It should be 

 looked for on high-lying pasturage, and if this be 



