OF GARDENING, | — 
 Geodorum—continued. 
lanceolate; scape leaves short, 
(B. R. 675.) 
fucatum (painted). /l. sub-campanulate ; sepals pink, linear- 
“oolong aces i nae concave, emarginà ogg ox 
A , recurved A . duly. oblong- 
Tanceolate, acute, plicate, long. h. 1ft. alod. 1832. (BR. 1687) 
GEOFFRÆA (named after Dr. M. E. F. Geoffroy, 
of Paris, 1672-1731, author of a Materia Medica). 
Bastard Cabbage-tree. Syn. Geoffroya. ORD. Legumi- 
nose. A genus comprising four species of stove ever- 
green thorny or unarmed trees, natives of tropical 
America. Flowers yellow, often fotid, in simple ra- 
cemes, Seeds edible. Leaves alternate, impari-pinnate ; 
leaflets alternate or sub-opposite. Geoffræas thrive in 
a compost of loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, 
made of ripened shoots, and inserted in sand, under a 
bell glass, in heat. 
nulose ., racemes forming a spreadin 
ag — — i psc ol fi a pubescent, and Rh are 
— —— petioles winged. Branches covered with a spongy 
bark. Trunk unarmed, Brazil 
G. superba (superb). 4. 
h. 6in. to 12in. India, 1800. 
ellow, in simple racemes the length 
of the leaves, fr. about the size and form of a walnut, having 
a greenish-yellow downy rind, a fleshy — and a hard nut, 
indlosing a single seed. Z closely resem lin those of the 
Tamarind-tree, shining anil puberulous above, but glaucous and 
paler beneath, 4. 24ft. Brazil, A magnificent tree, 
GEOFFROYA. Sve Geoffrea. 
the allusion is obscure). ORD. Palmew. A genus of 
about a hundred species of very elegant dwarf-growing 
stove palms. Flowers monaecious, disposed on simple 
or branched spikes. Fruit a small, dry, oval berry. 
- Leaves entire, or more or less pinnately divided, usually 
of a pale green colour. 
Chamedorea, but is less useful for decorative purposes. 
Geonomas thrive in a compost of two-thirds spongy 
peat and one of loam, with the addition of a little sand 
or charcoal. A plentiful supply of water is needed— 
“indeed, many of them grow best when plunged in a 
tank; and shonld any of them fall into bad health, if 
stood in a tank of water, with a little extra heat, they 
will speedily recover.’ They should be confined to the 
stove, as the constitution of the plants will not admit 
of their being employed in a permanent manner for 
indoor decoration ; bat they may be occasionally used for 
the dinner table. Nearly all tho species are exceedingly 
handsome, especially in a young state. Propagated by 
seeds and suckers only. 
G. arundinacea (reed-like) l dark green (brown when young), 
bilobed. Stems cæspitose, cane-like. (G. C. 1872, p. 78.) 
G. binervis (two-nerved). / pinnate, pendent, 2ft. to 4ft. long ; 
decurrent at base, tapering to a tail-like point, 6in. to 12m. 
i dark green ; petiole clothed with a network of rongh brown 
fibres. Stem s! r. Nicaragua. m 
Carderi (Carder’s).* l nate, strongly ribbed ; a 
nal, jin. i asin. "roa pper part confluent indo broad 
Apex ; petiol at on e u r, rounded and asperous 
on the lower, face. Columbia, 1876. - 
ngesta (crowded).* Z. lft. to 2ft. long, either entire or 
| a bifid apex, or divided into broad segments, widening 
6in. to Sin. across at the apex ; petioles sheathing at 
thick. Costa Rica. 
ant).* Z 1ft. long; terminal pinn broad, bifid ; 
Oral ts decurrent; bright pink when young; 
onal thing at base. Stem slender, reed-like. Brazil. 
ia. Gren: —— L arched, pinnate, lft. to 2ft. long, about 
—* —— me bifid ; = lateral pairs broad, sessile ; 
G. Ghiesbreghtiana, Se Calyptrogyne Ghiesbreghtiana. 
G. gracilis l. pinnate, arching, with long linear 
nna, d green. aceful species, ‘mbli ocos Wed- 
p i — sie. ErUCetRl species, resembling Cocos Wed 
G. maerestatiiyo Cargospik ed), & ift. to 1}ft. long, usually 
divided — three pairs of broad segments, —— in tail-like 
points, deep red when young ; slight brown, sheathing at 
the base, tomentose, Stem slender. Brazil, 1823. a 
a. i — — E it. long, 9in, te 12in. broad, 
ited, un ly pinnate ; apex deeply ‘. lackish, 
= — ie: fe doy bi petioles blackish, 
somew stout. 
THE DICTIONARY 
GEONOMA (from geonomos, skilled in agriculture ;— 
The present genus is allied to 
Geonoma— continued. 
G. Martiana (Martius’).* J. lft. to 2ft. long, 2in. across at the 
base, gradually increasing to the deeply bifid apex, where it is 
9in. wide, reddish-crimson when young ; petioles sheathing at base, 
6in. long. Stem rather stout, Costa Rica. An extremely beau- 
tiful palm, the mature colour of the leaves being a deep metallic 
green. There is a form known as Seemannii sometimes grown, 
G. Porteana (Porte’s).* l. pinnate, 1ft. to 2ft. long, arched ; 
oe sessile, distant, 6in. to 8in. long, 2in. broad; apex deeply 
ifid. Stem smooth, slender. New Grenada, 1853. An elegant 
species. 
G. procumbens (procumbent).* Z. pendent, 2ft. to 4ft. long, pin- 
nate ; pinnæ pendent, about Ift. long, lin. to 2in. broad, aa eep 
een, Stem stout. Described as one of the most beautiful palms 
nthe whole genus. 
G. (dwarf).* l. broad, deeply cleft at the apex; petioles — 
slender, terete. Tropical America. A pretty dwarf-growing species, 
* (Schott’s).* l pinnate, lft. to 3ft. long; pinne 
long, tapering to a tail-like point; petioles sheathing at base, 
long, arching. Stem slender. Brazil, 1820. 
G. undata (wa l. arching, irregularly pinnate, 2ft. to 3ft. 
long ; pinnæ pl , dark green, terminal pinna deeply bifid; 
tioles sheathing, clothed with rough fibrous tissue at base. 
Stem stout, 9in, to 12in. in circumference. Venezuela, 1850. 
G. Verschaffeltii (Verschaffelt’s). See Calyptrogyne Ghies- 
breghtiana, 
Other species sometimes seen in cultivation are: princeps and 
Spiviana, 
GEORCHIS. Included under Goodyera (which see). 
GEORGINA. A synonym of Dahlia (which see). 
GEOTHERMOMETER. A thermometer for deter- 
mining the temperature of the earth. 
CEÆ. A natural order of herbs, shrubs, 
or sub-shrubs, rarely arborescent. Flowers often showy; 
sepals five, imbricate, one of them sometimes spurred ; 
petals five, ungniculate, imbricate or valvate in bud. 
Leaves opposite or alternate, usually palmately veined and 
lobed, often stipulate. There are about twenty genera 
and 750 species, dispersed through the temperate and sub- 
tropical regions of the whole world, but especially abound- 
ing in South Africa. The species possess astringent and 
aromatic properties; many of them are fragrant, while 
others have a musky odour. The members of the tribe 
Ovalidew abound in oxalic acid, and some have edible 
tubers. Well-known genera are: Erodium, Geranium, 
Pelargonium, and Tropwolum. 
GERANIUM (Geranion, the old Greek name nsed 
by Dioscorides, derived from geranos, a crane; referring 
to the long beak which terminates the carpels). Crane’s 
Bill. Orv. Geraniacee. A genus containing a hundred 
species of hardy herbaceous plants, rarely shrubs, dis- 
persed through the temperate regions of the whole world. 
Flowers equal; sepals and petals five, imbricate in bud; 
stamens ten, rarely five; inflorescence ose. Leaves 
| opposite or alternate, stipulate, dentately or palmately 
(rarely pinnately) lobed or dissected. The genus is re- 
presented in Britain by eleven species, some of which 
are thoroughly well worth growing as ornamental border 
plants. One of the commonest of them, the Dove's Foot, 
G. molle, is found almost everywhere in waste places 
and on dry lawns. Geraniums thrive in almost any 
common garden soil, but prefer a well-drained one. They 
are excellent subjects for growing on rockwork, banks, 
or borders. Propagated by divisions, or by seeds. 
The host of garden plants popularly known as Show, 
Fancy, Scarlet, Tricolor, &c., Geraniums, belong to the 
— Pelargonium (which see). 
. Albanum Albanian) . ` i ; 
——— memeres Mette Ag pg eiee a * 
lobed ; lobes trifid; lobules three-toothed. Stem flaccid, simple. 
A. lit. Tauria, &c., 1820. SYN, G. cristatum. 
G. anemonzfolinm (A : * ish-red, large; 
peduncles t pirme E — — —— L smoot, 
p , erect, 
palmatet y tive-cleft, with bipinnatifidly-cleft segments, upper ones 
hree-parted. Stem suffruticose, h. Mit. to 2ft. Madeira, 1778. 
Half-hardy shrub. See Fig. 96. (B. M. 206.) 
G. argenteum (silvery).* jI. pale red, with darker stripes, large : 
petals emarginate ; peduncles almost radical, two-flowered. June 
and July. ¿ all almost radical, on long petioles, hoary or silky on 
both ses, five to seven-parted, with trifid lobes and linear 
