THE 

 WILD aERANIUM. 



Geranium sangniuctiin. 



MONGST the many Britisli 

 plants that have found a 

 permanent home in the gar- 

 den, none is more worthy of 

 it than this. A happy tourist 

 who may trouble to keep his 

 eyes open while riding by 

 rail from Furness to White- 

 haven may obtain without 

 cost a good practical lesson 

 on the cultivation of this 

 beauty. On nearing St. Bees 

 there will be seen in the 

 months of July and August 

 vast sheets of crimson flowers, 

 in some places running up 

 into the sandhills, in others 

 coming down to tlie railway line, and actually touching 

 the rails themselves. The intensity of the colour of 

 these flowers and their exceeding profusion constitute a 

 great surprise for one versed in plants, but not often 

 privileged to see Geranium sanguineiim in its highest state 

 of development. 



And this lesson is of larger value than may at first 

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