. 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. 1705. Pelargonium domesticum (X /^). One of the Show or Liidy Washington Pelai'goniums. pointed nerved and mostly ciliate lobes; petals twice as long as calyx-lobes, red to white or purplish, the 2 upper ones erect and purple-blotched or striped, the 3. 1706. Pelargonium quercifoUum (XK). lower ones usually sma
. 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. 1705. Pelargonium domesticum (X /^). One of the Show or Liidy Washington Pelai'goniums. pointed nerved and mostly ciliate lobes; petals twice as long as calyx-lobes, red to white or purplish, the 2 upper ones erect and purple-blotched or striped, the 3. 1706. Pelargonium quercifoUum (XK). lower ones usually smaller and not marked and sepa- rated from the iipper as if the flower were 2-lipped. 20. â Parent of the Ivy-Leaved Geraniums, now much improved and varied. Prized for baskets. There are forms with double fls. and colors of various kinds. It is a most desirable plant and very floriferous in most of the garden sorts. AAA. Plant woody, not succulent, the foliage often scented, hut not '^fishy:" Ivs. various, hut not distinctly â pinnately parted: inflorescence pan- â icxilate or umbellate: good stamens 7 or 6. {Pel- argium.) B. Stipules present and conspicuous. O. Zivs. not distinctly labed, though often angled, mostly oval or ovate and cordate. Exceptions in P. do- mesticum. n. betuUnum, Ait. Erect and shrubby, downy only on the young growths: Ivs. stalked, oval or ovate, obtuse or not prominently acute, rounded or truncate at base, the stipules sharp and deciduous: fls. light purple, the broad upper petals with dark streaks. 148.âA handsome and neat plant. 6. cordAtum, Ait. Fig. 1703. Shrubby and erect, vil- lous or nearly glabrous: Ivs. long-stalked, cordate-acute, denticulate and sometimes obscurely lobed: peduncles usually branched, the pedicels and calyx soft-hairy: Ms. purplish, the petals twice as long as the sepals. 165 (as P. cordifoliuni). âTold from P. cucuUatum by its flat cordate-acute Ivs. It is a handsome plant m bloom. The plant in cultiva
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