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THE Geranium coronopifolium is one of thofe fpecies we may fairly denominate biennial; for fuch is
certainly the G. tricolor, G.Oenothera, G. tomentofum, &c. and as fuch rauft be propagated every
year to have a fucceffion of them. It is readily increafed by putting the cuttings into fmall pots, and
plunging them in the heat of a hot-bed or hot houfe, early in the month of March, which plants' will
flower in September. It was firft introduced to the Kew Gardens by Mr. Maflbn in 1792 The plant
is very delicate, and ihould be kept in a dry part of the green-houfe, in a mixture of fandy peat and
rich earth. Our figure is from a plant in the Hibbertian Colleaion; where, likewise, we found'the
variety of which a flower is given on the plate. Mr. Allen informs us, he procured the Var by an
proximatmg a plant of this fpecies to the G. tricolor; firft impregnating the fummits of the flower of
G. coronopifohum, witli the pollen from the tips of the G. tricolor, a method much practifed of late
for the production of varieties, in many genera.
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