LEMAIRE, Ch(arles Antoine) and (Alexandre) CHAUVIERE.   TRAITÉ DE LA CULTURE DES GERANIUMS, DES CALCÉOLAIRES, DES VERVEINES ET DES CINÉRAIRES.   Genres Don't Les Espèces Peuvent Aisément Se Cultiver Dans Une Seule Et Même Serre.       Paris: Chez Cousin,   1842.          A small monograph on the genera Pelargonium, with chapters on history, cultivation and propagation, and a descriptive listing of recent and choice varieties. Separate chapters are also devoted to calceolaria, verbena and cineraria. Two attractive hand-colored plates are included at the rear. Lemaire was a prolific horticultural author who also edited FLORE DE SERRE and Chauvière was a nurseryman who specialized in geraniums and dahlias.   8vo (18.5 x 12 cm); vii (I) + 144 pp. + (8 pp ads) + 2 folding color plates drawn by Maubert and printed by Remond.            Original printed paper covers, foxed along outer edges, but well preserved; text and plates fresh and bright with only the occasional faint foxing; 8 page publisher's catalogue a bit more foxed, but not heavily. $125.00

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