hey do not succeed well by transplanting, if the root be
cut or broken, our excellent author prefers raising this elegant plant
from seed, which, though not very plentifully produced, ripen in July
and August; care must be taken to gather them as soon as ripe.

It is a native of Virginia, and appears to have been cultivated in the
Botanic Garden at Oxford, as long since as 1658.

Flowers from May to July.

Is a hardy perennial, succeeding best in a dry situation, with a loam
moderately stiff.

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GERANIUM ANGULATUM. ANGULAR-STALKED CRANE'S-BILL.

_Class and Order._

MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Cor._ 5-petala, regularis. _Nect._ glandulae 5,
melliferae, basi longiorum filamentorum adnatae. _Fructus_ 5-coccus,
rostratus: _rostra_ simplicia, nuda, (nec spiralia nec barbata).

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

GERANIUM _angulatum_ foliis radicalibus subpartitis incisis
hirsutis, caule erecto subangulato, petalis venosis.

Having cultivated the Geranium here figured for a series of years, we
are perfectly satisfied of its being a species altogether distinct from
any of the hardy and more ornamental plants of that genus usually
cultivated in our gardens.

It is obviously distinguished by two characters, the angular appearance
of its stalk (whence our name of _angulatum_) and its flesh-coloured
blossoms, marked with veins of a deeper red.

In size it stands between _pratense_ and _aconitifolium_, in its
blossoms it has some affinity to _striatum_ and _lancastriense_, but
veins are not so strongly marked as in the former, and it differs from
the latter in having an upright stalk.

It usually flowers in May, and frequently again in autumn; is a hardy
perennial, and easily increased either by seeds or parting its roots.

Of what country it is a native, or when it was first introduced, we have
yet to learn; we first observed it in a nursery near town, where it is
regarded as a very different species.

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RANUNCULUS ACONITIFOLIUS. MOUNTAIN CROWFOOT, or FAIR MAIDS OF FRANCE.

_Class and Order._

POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Petala_ 5-intra ungues poro mellifero. _Sem._
nuda.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

RANUNCULUS _aconitifolius_ foliis omnibus quinatis lanceolatis
inciso-serratis. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab