This pretty species of Geranium is native of France 
and Italy, and was cultivated in this country as far 
back as 1699, though it is still scarce in our collec- 
tions, being often killed in winter by wet; it thrives 
in rock- work, in a sheltered situation, or maybe grown 
in pots in a mixture of sandy loam and peat, when it 
should Dfe protected in a frame in winter, or in a cool 
part of the greenhouse, and needs but little water; but 
in spring, when it is growing freely, requires a constant 
supply, and will then continue in bloom all the sum- 
mer. We have never seen it growing so luxuriantly as 
this summer with Mr. Anderson, at the Apothecaries' 
Garden, Chelsea, where our drawing was taken; it 
grew in a pot amongst other alpine plants, which 
shaded it from the sun; its leaves were larger and 
more numerous, and the flowers of greater size and in 
more abundance, than ever we observed them in any 
other situation. The best method of increasing it is by 
seeds, which ripen plentifully: it may also be increased 
by dividing at the root. 
