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roundish kidney-shape^ and flowers of a deep red. It is* 

 very hardy^ and continues in bloom till late in autumn. 



Pelargo^nium, dumdsum, bushy Stork' s-bill, S. G. 19, 

 a shrubby much-branched stem, with numerous small reni» 

 form obtuse leaves, and white and dark purple flowers. A 

 compact little bush, flowering till late in autumn. 



P. Deiinisianum, Dennis's Stork' s-bill, S. G. 20, a shrubby 

 branching stem, with large reniform or cordate five-lobed 

 leaves, and fine large dark red-striped flowers. It is a hand- 

 some plant, of easy culture, a free flowerer, and continues 

 in bloom till late in autumn. 



P. aduUerinum, hoary trifid-leaved Stork' s-bill or Kutu- 

 soff''s Geranium, S. G. 22, a shrubby stem, of a woody tex- 

 ture, very much-branched, the leaves cordate and trifid, and 

 the flowers of a fine dark red. It is one of the earliest flow- 

 erers of the genus. 



P. soluhile, dissolvible-coloured Stork's-bill, or Duchess 

 of Gloucester's Geranium, S. G. 24, a shrubby stem with 

 few branches, the leaves kidney-shaped, and the flowers 

 large, and of a fine deep red mixed with darker red. It is 

 a curious circumstance of this plant, that water dissolves the 

 colour of its petals. 



P. ohtusifolium, blunt-leaved Stork's-bill, S. G. 25, a 

 shrubby stem, of a woody texture, and much-branched ; the 

 leaves flat, an inch long and two inches wide, deeply three- 

 lobed, the flowers of a pale and darker red. A free grower 

 and abundant flowerer. 



P. exhnium, select Stork's-bill, S. G. 26, a shrubby erect 

 stem with hairy branches, cordate, undulate, rugged leaves, 

 and fine large flowers, pale red, dark red, and black. It is 

 a strong grower, and requires a rich loamy soil. 



P. papilionaceum, butterfly Stork's-bill, S. G. 27, an erect 

 branching shrubby stem ; the branches terminated with large 

 panicles of flowers, red and dark ; the leaves are roundly 



