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plant, being rather succulent, requires attention as to 

 water. 



Pelargo^nium coarctafum, close-leaved Stork's-bill, or 

 Lavalette's Geranium, S.G. 70, a shrubby much-branched 

 stem, with numerous crowded cordate or kidney-shaped 

 leaves, and large deep red flowers streaked with black. A 

 pretty little hybrid, and hardy. 



P. mixtum, mixed Stork's-bill, S.G. 71, a shrubby erect 

 branching stem, with cordate, nearly distichous leaves, of 

 an agreeable scent, and white flowers marked with pale red. 

 A neat little bushy plant, flowering from the early part of 

 summer till late in autumn. 



P. Thy^nnecB, the Marchioness of Bath's Stork's-bill, 

 S. G. 74, a shrubby much-branched stem, with short 

 crowded branches and flat wide kidney-shaped leaves, and 

 large flowers, deep red and black above, and pale red and 

 white below. A strong-growing plant, and an abundant 

 flowerer ; the flowers large in proportion to the size of the 

 plant. 



P. sangulneum, crimson Stork's-bill, S. G. 76, a shrubby 

 succulent stem, not much branched, the branches knotted 

 at the joints and glaucous ; the leaves decompound, smooth, 

 and of a light green ; and the flowers of a deep scarlet or 

 blood colour marked with black. It is a new introduction 

 from Germany, and seems to grow luxuriantly. 



P. versicolor, various-coloured Stork's-bill, S. G. 78, a 

 shrubby branching stem, with flat cordate five-lobed leaves, 

 and large dark and light red flowers streaked with red and 

 black. A free grower, and abundant flowerer. 



P. Hoareanumj Hoare's Fair Rosamond Stork's-bill, or 

 Fair Rosamond Geranium, S. G. 80, the stem shrubby, of 

 a woody texture ; the branches numerous, rigid, flexuose, 

 and clothed with small dark green cordately ovate leaves ; 

 the flowers large, not many together, white, dark red, and 



