2 soft pink blossoms of pelargonium glutinosium. The plant was featured in Curtis' Bot. Magazine in 1791.
2 white blossoms with a pink pattern on two petals of Pelargonium crithmifolium. The plant was reported in cultivation in England as early as 1792.
A white-and-violet blossom of pelargonium praemordum. "It was first raised from seeds procured from the Cape by Mr. Quarrell, at the nursery of Mr. Colville, King’s road, Chelsea, where it has been plentifully increased.", writes the Bot. Magazine in 1801.
2 red blossoms of Pelargonium fulgidum, introduced in 1789
These pelargoniums species might have been known to Jane Austen.
Read more about pelargoniums, Jane Austen and her novel Mansfield Park here: regency-explorer.net/pelargonium/
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