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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS geeanium 



G. caffrum. — A S. African species 9 in. 

 or more high. Leaves 1-3 in. across, 

 hairy above, 3-5-lobed, with several acute, 

 irregular teeth. Flowers in June, pale 

 lilac or white, with obovate petals. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. cinereum. — An almost stemless 

 Pyrenean plant about 6 in. high. Leaves 

 covered with glaucous down, 5-7-parted 

 and cut. Flowers in summer, pale red 

 with dark stripes. 



Culture Sc. as above. Owing to its 

 dwarf habit and compact growth this 

 species may be used for making borders 

 to flower beds, and is also well adapted 

 for the lower parts of the rockery. It 

 likes a light well-drained soil. 



G. coUinum. — Native of E. Europe, 

 with angular, somewhat decumbent, 

 downy stems. Leaves palmately 5-parted, 

 lobed and deeply serrated. Flowers in 

 early summer, purpUsh-violet ; petals 

 entire, roundish ; flower stalks and calyx 

 covered vidth clammy hairs. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



G. dahuricum. — A native of Dahuria 

 1 ft. high, with opposite, 3-5-parted, 

 acutely lobed leaves. Flowers in June, 

 purple ; petals entire, much bearded at the 



Culture <tc, as above. 



G. Endressi. — A Pyrenean plant 1 ft. 

 high. Leaves opposite, 3-5-lobed, acute, 

 serrate. Flowers in summer, pale rose, 

 with darker veins ; petals oblong ovate, 

 entire, fringed at the base. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. eriostemon. — A Nepalese species 

 6-36 in. high. Leaves 5-lobed, deeply 

 toothed, lower ones long-stalked, alternate, 

 upper ones sessile, opposite. Flowers in 

 June, pale violet ; stamens white, purple 

 at the top ; petals bearded at the base. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. ibericum. — A showy Caucasian 

 species about 1 ft. high. Leaves hairy, 5-7- 

 parted, pinnately lobed, toothed. Flowers 

 in summer and autumn, large, blue ; 

 petals obcordate or somewhat 3-cleft. 

 The variety platypetalum is a taller 

 hairy plant with a profusion of deep 

 violet flowers streaked with red. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. Lamberti. — A native of Nepaul 

 about 18 in. high. Leaves heart-shaped, 

 softly hairy on both sides, 5-lobed, 



cut and toothed. Flowers in summer, 

 large, bright lilac. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. lucidum. — A native annual or 

 biennial 6-12 in. high, with roundish, 

 shining, 5-lobed leaves. Flowers from 

 May to August, bright rose, about i in, 

 across. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 sowing seeds annually, either out of 

 doors in warm parts of the kingdom, or 

 in cold frames in less favoured spots. 



G. macrorhizon. — A native of South 

 Europe, 1 ft. high, with smooth, 5-parted 

 deeply toothed and lobed leaves, often 

 spotted with brownish-red. Flowers from 

 May to July, deep red or bright purple ; 

 calyx globose, swollen. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. maculatum. — A N.American species 

 IJ ft. high, with 3-5-parted, deeply 

 toothed and lobed leaves, lower ones 

 long-stalked, upper sessile. Flowers in 

 summer, pale lilac. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. phxum. — A native of Central and 

 W. Europe, naturalised in Britain, about 

 IJ ft. high. Leaves 5-9-lobed, deeply 

 toothed. Flowers in early summer, dark 

 brown, almost black, with a white spot at 

 the base of each entire petal. The variety 

 lividum has dull purplish flowers ; and 

 the vaiiety roseum has rose-coloured 

 blossoms. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 seems to prefer partially shaded spots in 

 the rockery or flower border. 



G. pratense. — A beautifal British 

 plant 2-3 ft. high, with round, downy 

 stems. Leaves 7-parted, cut into linear, 

 deeply serrated lobes. Flowers in 

 summer, large, blue flushed with violet, 

 and borne in corymb-like panicles. There 

 is a fine double blue and a double white- 

 flowered variety. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. robertianum (Herb Robert). — A 

 common but pretty British species 6-9 

 in. high, with 3-5"-parted lobed leaves. 

 Flowers in Summer, bright crimson, ^ in. 

 across. The variety album has white 

 flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. sanguineum. — A fine native species 

 1-2 ft. high, with hairy 5-7 -parted leaves, 

 the lobes again divided into 3-5 narrow 



