dazzle the eyes of the beholder.

Those annuals which bear our winter's frosts without injury, are
advantageously sown in the autumn; for by that means they flower more
early, and their seeds ripen with more certainty; the present plant is
one of those: it usually sows itself, and is therefore raised without
any trouble.

It begins to flower in May and June, and continues to enliven the garden
till August or September.




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PELARGONIUM ACETOSUM. SORREL CRANE'S-BILL.


_Class and Order._

MONADELPHIA HEPTANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-partitus: lacinia suprema definente in tubulum capillarem,
nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem. _Cor._ 5-petala,
irregularis. _Filam._ 10. in æqualia: quorum 3 (raro 5) castrata.
_Fructus_, 5-coccus, rostratus: rostra spiralia, introrsum barbata.
_L'Herit. Geran._