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of the green-house : kept in a warm situation it begins to 

 grow about Christmas, when it should be repotted in fresh 

 soil and a httle water given it ; and as it advances it must be 

 watered regularly, when quite dry, but never over the leaves, 



Ho' AREA nivea, snowy-white Hoarea, S. G. 182, a tube- 

 rous root without a stem ; the leaves smooth, shining, dark 

 green, simple, ovate, lanceolate, slightly fringed ; the flowers 

 small and of a snowy whiteness. A small plant^ but con^ 

 sidered a genuine species. 



Pelargo^nium striatum, streak -flowered Stork's-bill, or 

 Davey's Fairy Queen Geranium, S. G. 1, a spongy shrub, 

 with streaked flowers, which appear early in spring. 



P. ignescens, fiery flowered Stork's-bill, S. G. 2, B. C. 

 109, a shrubby stem, with cordate leaves and scarlet and 

 black flowers in abundance during the greater part of the 

 3'ear. 



P. blandum, bluish-flowered Stork's-bill, S. G. 4, a 

 shrubby stem with cordate five-lobed leaves, and light flow- 

 ers, appearing in succession from April to September. It is 

 known in some nurseries as the Waterloo, and in others as 

 the Diana Geranium. 



P. melesslnum, balm-scented Stork's-bill, S. G. 5, a 

 shrubby branching stem, with deeply five lobed leaves, and 

 dark red and black flowers in abundance. It is a free 

 grower, and takes up but little room : its leaves when rubbed 

 have the exact fragrance of common balm. 



P. VandesicB, Comtesse de Vandes' Stork's-bill, S. G. 7, 

 a shrubby erect stem, not much branched but pubescent, 

 with leaves palmatified and deeply divided, and light red 

 flowers. It is a hybrid, raised by Sir R. Hoare. 



P. obtusildbum, blunt-lobed Stork' s-bifl, S. G. 8, a shrubby 

 branching stem with deeply three-lobed leaves, and dark red 

 flowers which appear abundantly. 



■ P. pannifdlium, cloth leaved Stork's-bill, S. G. 9, a 



