Geraniaceae Volume 5; 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. 1830 Excerpt: ... and young cuttings strike root freely, if planted in pots, and placed in a shady situation. Our drawing was made from a plant, sent us from the Nursery of Mr. Dennis, where it was raised from seeds by Mr. Joseph Robinson, a successful cultivator of Geraniaceae, who has the care of Mr. Dennis's plants. PELARGONIUM urbanum. Homebred Stork's-bill. P. urbanum, foliis inferioribus magnis rotundo-reniformibus inaequaliter acute dentatis utrinque pilosis: superioribus cordatis cuneatisve acutis, stipulis ovatis cuspidatis ciliatis, umbellis multifloris, pedicellis bracteis duplo longioribus, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo breviore, petalis crenulatis, stylo glaberrimo. Stem strong, frutescent, erect, not much branched: branches clothed with long spreading white hairs and some shorter ones intermixed. Leaves variable, of a smooth appearance, though clothed with longish hairs on both sides, nearly flat, or but very slightly undulate; deeply toothed with sharp rigid teeth, that are very unequal in length, the points of the longest somewhat reflexed: lower leaves 6 inches and a half broad and three and a half long, roundly kidney-shaped, somewhat cordate at the base, strongly nerved underneath, the nerves branched but not numerous: stemleaves cordate, becoming cuneate on the flowering branches; acute, deeply and sharply toothed. Stipules ovate, ending in a sharp point, hairy and fringed. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles long, and rather slender, cylindrical, thickly clothed with long, spreading, unequal hairs. Involucrum of numerous ovate, concave, sharp-pointed, keeled bractes. Pedicles about twice the length of the bractes, very hairy, the upper part tinged with red. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments long, lanceolate, taper-pointed, of a brown colour, villosely hairy; uppe...