GE'UM MONTA N UM. 
MOUNTAIN GEUM. 
Class. Order . 
POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACE/E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Austria. 
15 inches. 
May, Sept. 
Perennial . 
in 1597. 
No. 773. 
The meaning of the name of this genus has been 
guessed at rather than ascertained. The Greek 
geyo, signifying to taste well, is supposed to be its 
root. If, however, this be correct, the Greeks must 
have applied it to a class of plants very different from 
that which now bears the name. This is the Sie- 
versia montana of most modern works, having ob- 
tained the distinction of a separate genus from its 
feathery style. 
This is a remarkably handsome and bold flowering 
plant, and continues long in beauty; but it should 
be observed that there are two varieties of it, the 
one being altogether smaller than the other, so 
much so as to be comparatively of little worth. 
The large variety of this plant will class admir- 
ably with the several gay Potentillas of modern 
introduction, and without disadvantage from the 
comparison. It may be planted in the borders or 
on rock-work, and recjuires no peculiarity of soil or 
management. Increase may be obtained by divi- 
sion of its roots ; or, it may be raised from seeds, 
which are ripened in abundance; and should be 
sown in the spring. 
104 Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 528. 
