THE 
MOURNING GERANIUM. 
Botanical Name, Pelargonium triste. —Class, Monadel- 
phia. —Order, Pentandria. — Flowers, dark green.— Na¬ 
tive place, Cape of Good Hope. 
Sentiment. 
DESPONDENCE? 
ORIGIN OP THE SENTIMENT. 
The dark shade of this flower, contrasted 
with the lively tints for which its class are so 
celebrated, doubtless suggested the idea that 
it was the mourner among the Geraniums; 
its name, and indeed its appearance, renders 
it by no means an unfit emblem of despond- 
