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<2;reenliouse will give. When the leaves die dowTi in autumn 

 the small bulbs must be carefully taken up, fresh pans pro- 

 vided with the proper soil, and the bulbs replaced an inch 

 apart all over the surface, the bulbs being covered about an 

 inch. They must be kept in the greenhouse until they come 

 up again in the spring. Give water when they want refresh- 

 ment, and keep clear of weeds until the foliage dies down 

 Hcjain, when the bulbs may be taken up, and in November 

 jilanted again three or four in a three-inch pot, and kept in 

 ilie greenhouse. At the end of this season's growth they 

 will be of a good size. In November they may be planted 

 out of doors on a south border, covered with litter during the 

 frosty months, and be left to themselves after the beginning 

 of May, and in June and July they will most likely flower. 

 After the first year they may, if more convenient, be planted 

 ill prepared beds in a sheltered part of the garden. There 

 are many beautiful varieties and hybrids raised in gardens. 

 The hardy sorts may be planted permanently in the borders, 

 and require no further care. There are three divisions of 

 tlie more tender sorts : the earliest blooming, as G. hlandus, 

 Ac, may be planted in October ; the intermediate sorts, as 

 G. ramosus, &c., in December; and the later ones, as G. Nata- 

 lends, &c., in February or March. Any of them may be 

 grown in good-sized pots, three or four bulbs in a pot ; and if 

 kept in a frame till they flower they make fine ornaments 

 for greenhouses, conservatories, colonnades, &c. The garden 

 varieties are endless, and many of them fine. 



GLEICHENIA. [Polypodiaceae.] Very elegant ferns, 

 requiring the protection of a stove or greenhouse. But two 

 or three species are in cultivation. Soil, sandy peat, with 

 a little loam. Increased sparingly by division, or some- 

 times from the spores. The principal are G. dicarpa and 

 G. poh/podioides, both evergreens. 



GLOBE AMARANTH. See Gomphrena. 



GLOBE FLOWER. See Troilius. 



GLOBE THISTLE. See Echtnops. 



GLOBULARIA. [Selaginaceae.] Dwarf herbaceous 

 plants, nearly or quite hardy. Soil, sandy loam and peat. 

 Increased by cuttings of the young shoots under a hand-light 

 in summer. 



