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black. It is a hybrid, and one of the handsomest of the 

 genus. Cuttings must be taken off in very young wood, 

 the old taking a long time to make roots. 



Pelargo^nium calycinum, large-calyxed Stork's-bill, 

 Brown's Countess of Roden, or Rose-brilliant Geranium, 

 S. G. 81, a shrubby much-branched stem, with leaves orbi- 

 cularly reniform, scarcely lobed and hairy ; the flowers of 

 a deep red, and finely veined and marked with red and 

 black. There are three or more varieties, all free growers 

 and flowerers. 



F . atrofiiscum, dark-brown-marked Stork's-bill, S. G. 82, 

 a shrubby branching stem clothed with long hairs ; leaves 

 wedge-shaped, with short foot-stalks ; flowers of a dark or 

 purplish brown, marked with still darker brown. It is a 

 handsome plant of hybrid origin, a free grower and abun- 

 dant flowerer. 



P. macranthon, large-flowered Stork's-bill, S. G. 83, a 

 shrubby flexuose stem, with leaves inclining to be succulent, 

 hairy on both sides, reniform and deeply toothed ; the flowers 

 very large, w^hite, finely streaked, and blotched with purple. 

 It is one of the largest-flowered hybrids that has yet been 

 originated. 



P. filipendulifdlium, drop wort-leaved Stork' s-bifl, S. G. 

 85, B. 1641, subcaulescent, with a large brown scaly tube- 

 rous root ; the leaves pinnatifid or laciniate, light-green in- 

 clining to glaucous ; the flowers smaU, greenish, white, and 

 purple. It grows in turfy loam, peat, and sand, and is in- 

 creased by tubers of the root. 



P. ColvUlil Colville's Stork^s-bill, S. G. 86, a shrubby 

 erect stem with hairy branches, rigid, cordate, undulate 

 leaves, and deep scarlet and black flowers. A fine hybrid 

 production, originated in Colville's nursery in 1820. 



P. Baileyanum, Bailey's Stork's-bill, S. G. 87, a shrubby 

 branching stem, with kidney-shaped truncate leaves, and 



