. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. appeared under the name ot "gros 1699. Gardener's ideal, ^o''*'" ""^ ." 'arge-wood " race^ It is and the oriEinal form, characterized as follows by Dauthe- as depicted in 1841. ' nay: umbels ordinarily 4-5 in. in PELARGONIUM diam.: fls. ve
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. appeared under the name ot "gros 1699. Gardener's ideal, ^o''*'" ""^ ." 'arge-wood " race^ It is and the oriEinal form, characterized as follows by Dauthe- as depicted in 1841. ' nay: umbels ordinarily 4-5 in. in PELARGONIUM diam.: fls. very large ; petals roundish, or sometimes triangular, the limb always very large and giving the corolla a remarkably round contour: Ivs. very large, thick and coriaceous, plane or incurved, more or less indented, strongly nerved, their diam. averaging about 5 in.: pedicels large and short: pe- duncles large, rigid, and projecting be- yond the foliage: wood soft, fleshy, very large, often 1% in. around. To this type Dauthenay refers the Bruant Geraniums, dating from 1882. A special handbook is devoted to these plants: Dauthenay, "Les G^ra- â Paris, 1897. II. The ivy-leaved Geraniums, the products of Pelargonium peltatum. Fig. 1702. The species is said to have been introduced into England in 1701. It is a weak and straggling plant, used mostly in vases, hanging baskets, and other places in which an overhanging subject is desired. The foliage is thick and shiny, slightly peltate and promi- nently angle-lobed, and the pink or reddish '2-lipped flowers are always admired. Much-improved and double forms are now in commerce, and the plant is probably more popular than at any time in its history. III. The show or fancy type is known to gardeners as Pelargonium, and in this country also as Lady Wash- ington Geraniums. Fig. 1705. These plants are very popular in Europe, being grown in numerous varieties. They are prominent at the exhibitions. Because of the hot, trying summer climat
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