others, very unequal-sided, attenuated to the base, of an
orangy scarlet ,with a smallish velvetty brown spot a little
above the centre, and a white stripe from it to the base,
below the spot are a few dark lines, branched a little ;
lower petals obovate, much attenuated to the base, pale
blush, stained with red, and marked with from 5 to 7
faint veins from the base. Filaments 10, connected at the
base, 7 bearing anthers, which in the plants that we have
seen have all been sterile. Style bright purple, bearing
a few hairs near the base. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the
points more or less revolute.
This very handsome plant is of hybrid origin, and
was raised from seed by Mr. J . Young, Nurseryman, at
Taunton ; it is without doubt intermediate between two
tribes ; having as much affinity with P . pinguifolium and
others of that tribe, as with the true Pelargonia; and we
have no doubt but it is the produce of one of the large
dark red sorts, with P. pinguifolium or P . scutatum, but
cannot speak with certainty to the direct individuals
from which it has been produced; it is at any rate the
first production that we have seen between these two
tribes, which we have often tried to intermix without
success; this has also been the case with Ciconium ;
we have never seen a hybrid between any of the species
with P e largonium, though the experiment has been
ofteAn sm tahdee d. ifference between the two parents of the present
plant is so great, it is not so free of growth as some
others; but with proper management it can be made to
succeed very well, as we saw it at the Nursery of Mr.
Dennis, where our drawing was made last Summer; it
is a very abundant bloomer, continuing in flower all the
Summer: a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand,
is the best soil to grow it in, with the pots well drained
with potsherds, that the wet may pass off readily, as
being of a succulent habit, it will be liable to rot with
continued moisture; it will also require a warm Greenhouse
to keep it in good health in W inter: young cuttings,
planted in pots in the same sort of soil, in Spring or
Summer, and placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse, will
strike root readily.