ee “ 
GROTTOES. 239 GUERNSEY LILY. 
should all be grown in a mixture of | ting in the grotto can hear the mur- 
Joam and peat. ‘The perennial; mur of the water, and see the light 
species all require the protection of | reflected on it at a distance, than 
a frame during winter. in the grotto itself. 
GRoOTTOEs are covered seats, or Grounp Cuerry.—Ceérasus Cha- 
small cells or caves, with the sides | m@cérasus. 
and roof constructed of rockwork, Grounp Ivy.—See GLecuo‘Ma. 
or of brick or stone, covered inter-| GrounpseL.— Senécio vulgdris.— 
nally with spar or other curious} I mention this troublesome weed, 
stones, and sometimes ornamented | to enforce on amateur gardeners the 
with marine productions, such as | necessity of pulling it up as soon as 
corals, madrepores, or shells. Ait appears, without suffering it to 
kind of grotto is also constructed of | open its flowers, lest it should ripen 
roots ornamented with moss. Per-| any of its seed. The plant belongs 
haps the most generally effective | to the Composite, and the seeds 
grotto is one formed with blocks | are each furnished with a feathery 
of stone, without ornameuts either | wing or pappus, by means of which 
externally or internally, with the} they are distributed in all direc- 
floor paved with pebbles, and with | tions. 
a large long stone, or a wooden| GrouNnpsEL-TREE.--Bdccharis ha- 
bench painted to imitate stone, as | limifolius—A shrub with bluish 
a seat. The roof should be render- | green leaves, and rather pretty flow- 
ed waterproof by means of cement, | ers, which are produced in autumn. 
and covered with ivy; or a mass} It will grow in any common garden 
of earth may be heaped over it, and | soil, but it is killed in severe winters 
planted with periwinkle, ivy, or| if in an exposed situation. It may 
other low-growing evergreen shrubs, | be propagated by cuttings, which 
which may be trained to hang down | will strike if planted in the open 
over the mouth of the grotto. In| border in autumn; or by layers. 
some cases it answers to cover} Gu’aracum. — Zygophy'llee. — 
grottoes with turf, so that when seen | Lignum-vite tree. Hothouse trees 
from behind they appear like a knoll | which are grown in loam and peat, 
of earth, and in front like the en- | and propagated by cuttings. When 
trance into a natural cave. As| transplanted, great care should be 
grottoes are generaily damp at most | taken not to injure the roots, which 
seasons of the year, they are more | are small and very brittle. 
objects of ornament or curiosity than} | Guano.—A new kind of manure, 
useful as seats or ; laces of repose. | lately introduced from South Ame- 
One of the finest grottoes in Eng-|rica. It consists of the dung of 
land is that at Pain’s Hill, formed | sea-fowls, collected from the Guano 
of blocks of stone, with stalactite | Islands, on the coast of Peru; and 
incrustations hanging from the roof, | it is so strong that a table-spoonfui 
and a small stream running across | of it dissolved in water will go as 
the floor. Pope’s grotto at Twick-| far as three trowels-full of horse 
enham, the grotto at Weybridge,| dung. It may be used for Orange- 
anu that at Wimbourne St. Giles, | trees, Pelargoniums, Heart’s-ease, 
which last cost 10,000/., are also| Fuchsias, and any other plants re- 
celebrated. A fountain or a gush- | quiring rich soil. 
ing stream is a very appropriate} Gua‘va.—See Psr'p1um. 
ornament to a grotto; though,| GureLperR Rose.—See Visu'RNUM. 
where practicable, it is better in an Guernsey Liny.— Nerine sar: 
adjoining cave, when @ person sit- | niénsis, Ker.—See NERI'NE. 
—————————EE 
ee 
