PELARGO'NIUM LU'CIA-RO'SEA, 
bright rose-coloured stork’s bill. 
Class. 
Monadelphia. 
Order. 
heptandria. 
Natural Order. 
GERANIACEjE. 
Garden 
Origin. 
Height. 
18 inches 
Flowers in 
June, Sep. 
Duration. 
Perennial. 
Cultivated 
in 1845. 
No. 1165. 
Pelargonium is explained under No. 1156. 
To the elder lovers of parlour-window plants it 
must, surely, be refreshing to turn back to Andrews’s 
first-figured Pelargonium, in his Botanist’s Reposi- 
tory. This was published but fifty years ago, yet 
here we have a straggling plant, with a stffl more 
stragghng whitish flower— three narrow petals be- 
low, spreading as the legs of a telescope stand, sup- 
porting two somewhat broader petals above, and 
rejoicing in the title of grandiflora. We allude to 
this change of notions and flowers, to call attention 
to the important fact that all nature, under the in- 
fluence of judicious culture, is progressive - all is 
improveable ; a most encouraging truth to every 
human being, whether the fact be considered in 
connexion with himself, with the animal he has to 
educate, or the plant that he has to cultivate. Here 
too is matter for reflection under another head, Mr. 
Andrews looked on that flower as possessing almost 
superlative beauty in its class ; for he says, “Of all 
the numerous species of this numerous tribe, intro- 
duced to us from the Cape of Good Hope, this stands 
Singularly pre-eminent ; whether for delicacy of foli- 
