Our drawing of this pretty species was made from a 
plant in the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, who 
had lately received it and several other curious species from 
the Cape. 
We were much gratified, last Summer, with the sight 
of a new method of cultivation, of the tuberous rooted spe¬ 
cies of Cape Geraniaceas, and also of the curious hybrids 
that have been raised from them, in the Earl of Liverpool’s 
Garden at Coombe Wood, where Mr. W. Smith had plant¬ 
ed them all out in a border, in the garden, in Spring, and 
they were thriving in the greatest luxuriance, and continued 
to bloom all the Summer, and many of them were still in 
bloom the beginning of October; but the greater part of 
them were becoming dormant, and they were soon to be 
taken up, when they were to be kept in a box or case of 
dry earth or sand all the Winter, where the frost could not 
get at them to injure their roots; they there remain all the 
Winter, and about the latter end of April or May they must 
be planted again, or if planted earlier they will still be 
stronger, but will then require to be covered with a mat at 
nights for fear of frost; a great many may be grown in a 
bed by this means, and will make a fine show all the Sum¬ 
mer, as they will be continually in flower, and the great va¬ 
riety of colours of the different sorts make a very elegant 
appearance; the soil in which they are grown must be light, 
and the more sandy the better; the greater part of them are 
readily increased by the little tubers of their roots, but those 
should be taken off when they are in the dry state, or the 
wound in the old root will be apt to cause it to rot. By this 
means any number may be grown, even where there is no 
Greenhouse, or other means of protection. 
