PELARGONIUM
Greenhouse perennial
All kinds of Pelargonium may be raised from seed with the certainty of
giving satisfaction if the work be well done. An amateur, who
contributed to the production of symmetrical flowers in the Zonal
section, found that under ordinary treatment Zonals began
to bloom in
one hundred days from the date of sowing the seed, and some of those
that flowered earliest proved to be the finest. The cultivator will soon
discover that one rule is important, and that is to sow seed saved from
really good strains. The simplest greenhouse culture suffices to raise
Pelargoniums from seed. Some growers sow in July or August; others in
January or February. The summer sowing necessitates careful winter
keeping, and the flowers appear earlier than those from spring-sown
seed. But the spring sowing is the easier to manage, and is recommended
to all beginners. Any light, sandy loam will serve for these plants, and
it is well to flower the principal bulk of them in 48-and 32-sized pots,
for if grown to a great size the date of flowering is deferred without
any corresponding advantage.
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