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showy plants and free-growers, thriving well in a light turfy 

 loam, mixed with a little peat or leaf-mould.' 



Pelargo^nium, coriandrifolium, coriander-leaved Stork's- 

 billj, S. G. 34, a herbaceous flexuose branching stem, with 

 bipinnate, smooth, and shining leaves, and white flowers 

 streaked with red. It is a curious plant, a free grower, and 

 easily cultivated. 



P. oblatum, oblate-leaved Stork's-bill, S. G. 35, a shrubby 

 branching stem, growing to a great size ; the leaves very 

 large, dark green, five or six inches long and six inches wide, 

 cordate five to seven lobed, and imbricate at the base ; flow- 

 ers large, and light and dark red, finely marked. It is a fine 

 showy plant, hardy and easily managed. 



¥. elegans, elegant Stork's-bill, S. G. 36, a suffruticose, 

 erect, and rugged stem, owing to the persistent stipules ; the 

 leaves rigid and nearly orbicular, and the flowers white and 

 finely streaked with purple. 



P. SeymouricB, Mrs. Seymour's Stork's-bill, S. G. 37, a 

 shrubby branching hairy stem, with cordate leaves, and dark 

 red flowers, marked with black. It is a hardy free-growing 

 plant of hybrid origin. 



P. ornatum, ornate Stork's-bill, S. G. 39, a shrubby stem, 

 much-branched ; the leaves small, wider than long, between 

 cordate and wedge shaped, the flowers with a blotch of pink 

 in the upper petals. 



P. pavonmum, peacock-spotted Stork's-bill, S. G. 40, 

 the stem shrubby and branching ; the leaves wedge-shaped 

 at the base, inclining to cordate ; the flowers of a fine 

 bright red above, and the lower petals of a pale scarlet. 

 It is a hybrid, raised by Mr. Colville of the King's-road, 

 a free grower, and continues in blossom all the summer and 

 till late in autumn. 



P. floridumf abundant-flowering StorFs-bill, S.G. 41, a 



