GODETIA. 
GOMPHRENA. 
cludes only about half the number | 
of species that it formerly did, six | 
er seven new genera haying been 
formed out of it. The British spe- 
cies are cottony-looking weeds, and 
very few, if any, of the foreign 
kinds are worth cultivating. The 
French Immortelle, of which such 
quantities are sold near the Ceme- 
tery of Pére la Chaise, and which 
used to be called Gnaphdlium 
orientale, is now removed to the 
genus Helichrysum.—See Hent- 
CHRY'SUM. 
Gni'p1a. — Thymelicee.— Very 
preity greenhouse plants, which are 
rather difficult to cultivate, from the 
great delicacy of their roots. They 
should be grown in a mixture of 
sand and peat, or in what is called 
heath-mould ; and they should never 
be suffered either to flag for want of 
water, or to stand in saucers full of 
it. All the species are rather diffi- 
cult to propagate ; but the best way 
is to take off the tips of the shoots 
when quite young, and to plant 
them in pure sand under a bell-glass. 
Goat’s Brarp.—See Tracopo'- 
GON. 
Goat’s Ruge.—See Gatre'ca. 
Goat’s Tuxorn. — Astragalus 
Tragacantha. 
Gope‘T1a. — Onagracee. — The 
purple-flowered kinds of Ginothera, 
or Evening Primrose, have been 
divided from the others and formed 
into a genus, under the name Go- 
detia, by Professor Spach, a German 
botanist, residing in Paris. Professor 
Spach formed thirteen other genera 
out of (nothera, but only this one 
appears to have been generally 
adopted. The handsomest species 
of Godetia are G. rubicunda, G. 
vindsa, and G. lépida, all natives 
of California, introduced in 1835, 
and all of which may be sown in 
September, like the other Californian 
annuals. See Annuats. The other 
kinds are also all hardy annuals, 
‘which require no other care than 
sowing in March or April in the 
open border, in any common garden 
soil, and thinning out when they 
_come up, if they appear too thick. 
All the Godetias are rather tall- 
growing plants, and, if not thinned 
out, they will become drawn up and 
eticlated. If the plants appear 
weak, they should be tied to slender 
stakes. ‘They bear transplanting 
well. ‘The colours are most brilliant 
| when grown in a poor soil; but the 
| plants are smaller and less vigorous. 
A rich soil makes them produce 
more leaves than flowers. 
GoLpEN Rop.—See Sorrpa‘eo. 
Gotpen SaxirraGe.—See Cury- 
SOSPLE‘NIUM. 
GoLpEN TuistTLeE. — Scolymus 
grandiflora. 
Goupru'ssta. — Acanthdcee.— A 
new name given by Professor Nees 
Von Esenbeck to Ruéliia aniso- 
pay lla. 
Go.pyLocks. — Raniineulus au- 
ricomus. 
GomrxoLo'zium.—Leguminose.— 
Australian shrubs, which require 
to be kept in a greenhouse in Eng- 
land, and to be grown in very light 
loam, peat, and sand. All the spe- 
cies are very difficult to preserve ; 
and they are all very tender, deli- 
cate plants. They require to be 
trained to a frame; and they are 
easily killed, either by too much or 
too little water. ‘They are propa- 
gated by seeds, which ripen fre- 
quently ; or by cuttings of the young 
wood, which must be struck in 
sand, under a bell-glass. 
Gompure'NA.—Amaranthacee.— =} 
The Globe Amaranth. This is sup- 
posed to be the Amaranth of the 
poets, which, from the durability of 
its flowers, was considered to be 
the emblem of immortality. It 
seems to have been used at funerals 
in the time of Homer, e de- 
scribes it as worn by the Thessalians 
at the funeral of Achilles, and it is 
| still used for the same purpose in 
