CHAP. XI.] 
PELARGONIUMS. 
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leaves once or twice a week. When planted 
in the open air, the roots should be carefully 
protected by straw during frosty weather. 
There are some Camellias in the Vauxhall 
Nursery, (Messrs. Chandler’s,) which have 
been treated in this manner, and have stood 
out for several years. The hardiest kinds 
and the most suitable for planting in the 
open air, are the single red, the double red, 
and the double white. The magnificent 
Camellia reticulata is also said to be tolera¬ 
bly hardy. The tenderest of the common 
kinds are the beautiful apple-flowered variety 
of C. Sasanqua, and the single variety of this 
species, the flower of which resembles that of 
the tea-plant. These plants are both of low 
growth, and ought always to be kept in pots. 
Geraniums or Pelargoniums . — The beauti¬ 
ful green-house shrubs which we are accus¬ 
tomed to call Geraniums, have, in fact, been 
long separated from that genus, and formed 
into a new one called Pelargonium. The 
difference is in the shape of the seed vessel; 
that of the Pelargonium being like a stork’s 
bill, and that of the Geranium like a crane’s 
bill. Both are nearly allied to the Touch- 
