. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 90 Gcraniacea:—Pelargoniiiiu. 1. P. inquinans (fig. 58). Scarlet Pelargonium.— This is the most important species, and the basis of nearly all the best. Fig. 68. Pelftrgoniom inqumans. (J nat. siz«.) varieties iu cultivation. The habit of the plant as well as the form of the petals of this is superior to that of the following. Naturally it is an undersh
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 90 Gcraniacea:—Pelargoniiiiu. 1. P. inquinans (fig. 58). Scarlet Pelargonium.— This is the most important species, and the basis of nearly all the best. Fig. 68. Pelftrgoniom inqumans. (J nat. siz«.) varieties iu cultivation. The habit of the plant as well as the form of the petals of this is superior to that of the following. Naturally it is an undershrub with large reniform green in- distinctly zoned leaves, rather soft to the touch, and exhaling when rubbed an aromatic odour which is unpleasant to some persons. The petals are broad, bright scarlet, and the flowers produced in large umbels 15 to 30 together. The varieties include every tint of scarlet, pink, rose, salmon, and cream, to pure white, with many magnificent double ones. 2. P. zoncde (fig. 59). Zonal Pelargonium.—A smaller species than the preceding, "baving the leaves strongly zoned and the petals much narrower, of a deep carmine. Most of the better varieties, showing the characteristics of this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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