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GOSSYPIUM. 
The cotton succeeds and ripens well its fruits if sown early 
under glass and planted out in the beginning of May. 
GOURLIEA. 
G. chilensis and G. decorticans are the “ chafiar”’ or “ chafiar 
breda”’ of the Indians of the Gran Chaco. The sweet fruit is the 
staple food of the natives, who also prepare a beverage from it. 
The wood is tough and valuable. 
GRABOWSKEIA. 
Both species are thorny shrubs with glaucous leaves; they 
were received from Cay. C. Sprenger, Naples. 
GREVILLEA. 
Many of these interesting Proteacee are perfectly acclirmatised 
here. G. Banksit was procured from Messrs. Veitch & Sons in 
June, 1902. It is a low shrub with fine bright red flowers. 
G. Hilliana forms a beautiful tree with white flowers in long ra- 
cemes. This and G. asplenifolia were bought by Mr. D. Hanbury 
from Mr. Van Geert, Ghent, in August, 1872. G. robusta was first 
raised from seeds received from M. Thuret, of Antibes, in March, 
1872. G. Thelemanniana and G. Preissii, two small shrubs with 
pretty red flowers, were received from the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Dahlem-Berlin, in November, 1897; although much alike they are 
two distinct species. 
GREWIA OCCIDENTALIS. 
Raised from seeds sent by Prof. MacOwan, in February, 1875, 
grew into a large semi-scandent shrub, but perished during the 
summer of 1911. 
HAKEA. 
Many species succeed well at La Mortola. Of the rare H. Baxteri 
we have a small tree about 4°50 m. high. Its leaves resemble in 
shape those of Ginkgo biloba. H. cucullata was received from 
M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Gros Pin, Hyéres, in 1903. Several other 
young plants of this species have been grown from seeds received 
from the Canaries. The leaves of the sterile branches are narrow 
and elongated, whilst those of the flowering branches become 
much shorter, broader, and thicker, and assume a pale yellow 
colour at their base; the white flowers are almost concealed by 
them. H. ceratophylla was collected for Messrs. Veitch & Sons 
from Chester's Pass in South Australia, and seeds were given to 
Sir Thomas Hanbury in September, 1893. 4H. obliqua, H. glabella, 
H., florida, and H. varia were received from the Imperial Gardens 
at Schoenbrunn, and the Botanic Gardens of Dahlem-Berlin and 
Karlsruhe. H. lawrina (better known as H. eucalyptoides) grows 
everywhere in our soil; its flowers are perhaps the showiest of all 
the species. 
HALLERIA LUCIDA. 
Was grown from seeds received from Villa Thuret in February, 
1869. Flowers abundantly from the old wood. 
