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shrubby stem very much branched ; the leaves cordate and 

 a httle undulate ; and the flowers pale red, dark red, and 

 black. It is a free-growing hybrid, very hardy^ and bloom- 

 ing till late in the autumn. 



Pelargo^nium humifusum, trailing Stork's-bill, S. G. 42, 

 stems herbaceous, prostrate, spreading flat on the ground ; 

 the leaves cordate, and three-parted or five-lobed ; the 

 flowers very small, of a pale red, and few together. It seems 

 to be a native of the Canaries, and flowers all the summer 

 in any rich light soil. 



P. Lousadidnum, Miss Lousada's Stork's-bill, S.G. 44, 

 a shrubby erect branching stem, three-lobed leaves, and fine 

 large pale and dark red flowers. It is a hardy free-growing 

 plant, seldom rising above eighteen inches. 



P. drdens, glowing Stork's-bill, S.G. 45, B.M. 139, a 

 suffruticose thick little branched stem, with leaves scarcely 

 two alike, cordate, oblong, or ternate, and small very dark 

 scarlet and black flowers. It is a handsome plant, much 

 admired for the briUiancy of its flowers, and their appearance 

 during the greater part of the year. 



P. nervosum, prominent-nerved Stork's-bill, S.G. 47, a 

 shrubby branching stem, kidney-shaped five-lobed leaves, 

 and fine large red and black flowers. It is a fine flowering 

 hybrid, and used to be called Princess Charlolte's Geranium. 



P. reniforme, kidney leaved Stork's-bill, S.G. 48, B.M. 

 493. a shrubby stem with succulent branches, small kidney,, 

 shaped leaves, and deep red flowers without white. It is a 

 pretty plant, and delights in sandy loam, but must not have 

 much water when in a dormant state. 



V. pdrticeps, participant Stork's-bill, S.G. 49, a shrubby 

 erect branching stem, vi^ith cordate five-lobed leaves, and 

 deep red flowers without white. It is a carious mule, and 

 valued as flowering late in autumn, when most of the more 

 showy kinds are over. 



