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Definition of Pelargonium hortorum
1. Noun. An upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers.
Generic synonyms: Geranium
Group relationships: Genus Pelargonium, Pelargonium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelargonium Hortorum
Literary usage of Pelargonium hortorum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"PELARGONIUM Pelargonium hortorum. ... to gardeners as Geraniums and in their
present hybrid forms have been named by Professor Bailey Pelargonium hortorum. ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in Wisconsin (1910)
"... beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and geranium cuttings (Pelargonium hortorum).
Rhizoctonia has been observed to occur parasitically at Madison upon cress ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Bedding geranium (Pelargonium hortorum, on right). Chrysanthemum (on lower left).
(All magnified) When the healthy pollen of one plant falls upon the ripe ..."
4. Outline of Greenhouse Laboratory Work by Samuel Bowdlear Green, R. S. Mackintosh (1901)
"Geranium (Pelargonium hortorum.) MATERIAL NEEDED. Plants for cuttings (these
should consist of at least six kinds that root easily, as coleus, fuchsia, ..."
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