. 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. AA. FIs. blue or violet. 8. Ib^ricum, Cav. Crane's-bill. From 1-1J^ ft. high : stem erect and leafle-ss below, above di- chotomously branched, villous: Ivs. opposite, 5-7-parted, with deeply cut lobes and toothed lobules : fls. 1 in. across, in showy, open panicles, violet. July, Aug. Iberia. 1380
. 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. AA. FIs. blue or violet. 8. Ib^ricum, Cav. Crane's-bill. From 1-1J^ ft. high : stem erect and leafle-ss below, above di- chotomously branched, villous: Ivs. opposite, 5-7-parted, with deeply cut lobes and toothed lobules : fls. 1 in. across, in showy, open panicles, violet. July, Aug. Iberia. 1380. Var. platypfitalum ((7. plritijpdtahim, Pisch. and Mey.). Slightly shorter than the parent, with Ivs. less deeply lobed and lobes less pointed : fls. deeper and richer in color, and also larger. 9. prat^nae, Linn. Meadow Ckane's-bill. About 2)4 ft. high, with an upright round stem : Ivs. mostly hand-shaped, with 7 lobes, each deeply cut: peduncles mostly 2-fld., droo_ping after flowering : fls. large, blue; petals entire. June, through Aug. Eu. â Var. flore plfino. Not as tall as parent. Very numerous deep blue fls. in clusters. June and July, and often again in 901. Geraniun (XM) AAA. ris. dark hliii'. nhnoxt black. 10. phsBum, Linn. About 2 ft. high, with upright, short-haired stem, glandular above : Ivs. 5-7-lobed and deeply toothed : peduncles 1-2-fld.: petals spreading, obovate, unequally notched and often with a small spur, very dark , ;iliiiost black, with white spot at base of each pi-t;il. Maw .liiiic. Cent, and western Eu. âA good purple shades. II. colllnum, Steph. (G. Lomlesii, Pisch.). Height 2-3 ft.: stem angular and slightly decumbent: Ivs. pal- niately 5-parted, deeply divided and cut: petals entire, purple, with a tinge of_violet. June, July. Eastern Eu. GERARDIA -One of the showiest in its season. Should be cut back before seeding, to induce second bloom. 12. Frfimontii, Torr. About 1 ft. high, sometimes sub- acaulescent: upper I
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