Geraniaceae Volume 1; The Natural Order of Gerania, Illustrated by Coloured Figures and Descriptions Comprising the Numerous and Beautiful Mule-Varieties Cultivated in the Gardens of Great Britain, with Directions for Their Treatment (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 Excerpt: ...concave, keeled, very hairy. Pedicles very short. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, obtuse, thickly covered with long soft hairs, upper segment erect, concave, keeled, the others flat and reflexed. Nectariferous tube flat, slightly furrowed on both sides, very hairy. Petals 5, obcordate, 2 upper ones widest, of a dark rose-colour, with 2 dark purple spots at the base of each, lower petals of the same colour, all faintly stained with spots and marks of a deeper colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, 6 only bearing anthers; at the back is a large flattened Vol. . filament terminated with a little mucro, nearly the same as in P. reniforme, P. cortus folium, and perhaps the whole of this section. Pollen yellow. Capsules very hairy. Arist villous. Style smooth, fleshcoloured. Stigmas 5, dark red, reflexed. This curious plant is one of the mules which we noticed in our last number; it was first raised by Mr. Colvill, from seed produced between reniforme and cortuscefolium, and participates equally of the two, except in being a taller grower than either. It is a very desirable plant, as it continues to flower till late in autumn, after most of the showy kinds are over; it also flowers before them in spring, if kept toleraby warm and dry in the winter. The best soil to grow it is an equal portion of loam, peat, and sand; the pots must also be well drained, as nothing is so pernicious to it as too much wet. Cuttings root freely planted in the same kind of soil and set on a shelf in the greenhouse; the best time for planting these is late in summer, as the plants are then beginning to grow. Our drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Colvill and Son in September last. PELARGONIUM Boylese. The Countess of Cork's Stork's-bill. P. Boy...