require a larger pot, they should be planted in one about two inches wider than that from which they have 
been removed. Some fresh earth should first be placed at the bottom, and on that the plant should be 
placed in such a manner, that the ball of earth adhering to it may be about an inch below the rim of the 
pot : it should then be filled up, and the pot a little shaken to settle the earth about the roots : the earth I 
must then be gently pressed down at the top, leaving a little space for water to be given without running i 
over the rim : finally, the plants should be liberally watered, and the stem fastened to a stake, to prevent I 
the winds from displacing the roots before they are newly fixed. 
As the branches advance in growth, and new leaves are formed at the tops of them, the lower ones con- 
stantly decay ; these should be plucked off every week or fortnight ; as they are not only unsightly, but in- 
jurious to the air about the plants. 
‘ The soil must be renewed, which often washed 
Loses its treasure of salubrious salts, 
And disappoints the roots ; the slender roots 
Close interwoven, where they meet the vase 
Must smooth be shorn away ; the sapless branch 
Must fly before the knife ; the withered leaf 
Must be detached, and where it strews the floor, 
Swept with a woman’s neatness, breeding else 
Contagion, and disseminating death. 
Discharge but these kind offices, (and who 
Would spare, that loves them, offices like these) 
Well they reward the toil. The sight is pleased, 
The scent regaled, each odoriferous leaf, 
Each opening blossom freely breathes abroad 
Its gratitude, and thanks him with its sweets.” 
Cowper. 
The tube-rooted kinds may be increased by parting the roots, which should be done in August : every 
tuber that has an eye to it will grow. Such as are raised from slips should be planted in May, June, or 
July, taking only the last year’s shoots, from which the lower leaves must be stripped. When planted, 
give them water, and place them in the shade. In four or five weeks they will have taken root, when they 
may be so placed as to enjoy the sun till eleven in the morning, and there remain until removed to their 
winter quarters. The slips chosen for cutting should not be such as bear flowers; and they should be in- 
serted about half their length in the earth. 
Many of the Geraniums are annual; and as they are so numerous, it would be well, where there is 
room but for a few, to select such as are perennial. The cuttings of different species of the Pelargoniums do 
not 'all strike root with equal readiness. 
The shrubby kinds are the most tender; the others require shelter from frost only, and should have 
free air admitted to them whenever the weather is not very severe: in mild weather, the shrubby kinds also 
may be permitted to enjoy the fresh air. 
In sultry weather the Geraniums should all be watered liberally every evening, with the exception of 
some few of the Pelargoniums, which are of a succulent nature. Those must be watered sparingly. The 
succulent ones may be discerned by merely plucking a leaf from them. The season for flowering is gene- j 
rally from April to August. 
Those who are curious in Geraniums may see them figured in most of their known varieties, in a very 
beautiful work, published in numbers, entitled Andrews’ Monograph on the Genus Geranium. This work | ; 
represents them in their full beauty ; and, being very finely coloured, gives you as good an idea of them as ' 
if you had seen the plants themselves. The Elegant, the Magnificent, and the Handsome kinds fully justify I 
their titles. The Geranium, Tricolor Arboreum, or Three-coloured Tree Geranium, is similar, both in the ■ 
form of the leaves and the flowers, to the Hearts-ease : the flowers are white and red, and uncommonly ' 
beautiful. In appearance it is neither more nor less than a large red and white Hearts-ease. The Oval- 
leaved Three-coloured Geranium bears a flower somewhat smaller, but of the same form and colour. The : 
Birch-leaved, in all its varieties, is remarkably handsome, with brilliant red flowers. The Wrinkly-leaved j i 
has very large and beautiful blossoms : the Sea-green-leaved is an exceedingly elegant and delicate plant : j i 
the Heart-leaved particularly luxuriant. 
Mr. Andrews observes, that the varieties of the Geranium Citriodorum, or Citron-scented Geranium, \ \ 
are the only ones which make a powerful . appeal to the olfactory nerves, without rubbing the leaves. Most 
of them emit an agreeable odour when lightly rubbed with the finger ; and a person approaching a Gera- 
nium almost mechanically rubs or plucks a leaf for its perfume ; or, with some species, for its soft velvetty 
surface : — 
“And genteel Geranium 
With a leaf for all that come,” 
seldom fails of obtaining notice and admiration, however it may be surrounded by the most curious or 
brilliant exotics. 
The Thick-stemmed Geranium is a very singular plant. “ This species,” says Mr. Andrews, was found '■ 
(by Mr. Antoni Pantaleo Hove, in 1785, while Botanical Collector to his Majesty) near five feet high, in 
the bay of Angra Peguena, on the south-western coast of Africa, in the chasms of a white marble rock, ap- 
parently without any earth ; for, on pulling up the plant, the roots were several yards in length, naked, and 
as hard as wire ; and appeared to have received nourishment solely from the moisture lodged there during 
the rainy season, assisted by a little sand drifted by the wind into the cavities. The heat was so intense on 
these rocks as to blister the soles of the feet ; and yet all the Geraniums there were in perfection, being 
just then their flowering season, about the middle of April.® 
The scarlet Geranium is the emblem of stupidity. 
• Flora Domestica. 
