GLASS CASES. 



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GLAUCIUM, 



the clump in autumn two or three 

 inches thick with dry leaves, which 

 are swept up from the neighbouring 

 shrubbery, formed into a heap, 

 rising highest in the centre, and 

 sloping down on every side. Similar 

 treatment is given to beds of Scarlet 

 Gladioli in the garden at Blair Adam 

 in Scotland, which are exceedingly 

 splendid. A great number of very 

 splendid hybrid Gladioli, have been 

 raised by Mr. Cole, gardener to J. 

 Wilmore, Esq., of Edgbaston, near 

 Birmingham, principally between 

 G. cardindlis, and G. psittaciniis, 

 or G. natalensis, which in the length 

 of the spike, the size of the flower, 

 and the brilliancy of the colours, 

 surpass anything of the kind that I 

 have ever seen. 



Glass Cases are of two kinds — 

 those which are intended to cover 

 plants in the open air, and those 

 which are used for covering plants in 

 rooms or on the outsides of windows, 

 balconies, &c. Glass cases for the 

 open air may be made of any conve- 

 nient size or form so as to cover the 

 plants to be protected ; and some- 

 times they are glazed on every side, 

 though at others they are placed 

 against a wall, and only glazed in 

 front and at the ends. The frame- 

 work may be of wood, or of iron or 

 zinc, so contrived as to separate 

 into pieces, and join together in any 

 temporary manner, in order that the 

 gardener may be able to admit air, 

 or to remove the case entirely at 

 pleasure. A common hand-glass 

 may be designated the smallest 

 description of glass case, and a 

 portable greenhouse the largest. 

 Glass cases for rooms consist of two 

 parts — a body or box containing the 

 mould and plants, and a hand-glass, 

 or glazed case, for placing over it. 

 This case, which may be square or 

 oblong, two feet wide, and four or 

 five feet long, should fit into a 



groove in the box containing the 

 plants; and the plants, when 

 planted and watered, will require 

 no more attention for several weeks, 

 or even months, accordiug to the 

 kind intended to be grown. Hya- 

 cinths planted in such a case in 

 November, and placed in a room, 

 will require no attention, except, 

 perhaps a little water, till they have 

 done flowering in the following 

 March. Ferns and Cacti will re- 

 quire no attention for a year ; but 

 j plants which come soon into flower, 

 such as China Eoses, or indeed any 

 plants which are coming into flower 

 when planted, require to be re- 

 moved when they have done flow- 

 ering, and to be replaced by others. 

 The glazed frames for such cases 

 should be of mahogany or metal, 

 and of neat and accurate workman- 

 ship ; and plate, or German glass, 

 ought to be employed. 



Glastonbury Thorn. — A va- 

 riety of the common Hawthorn that 

 blossoms about Christmas. The 

 legend is, that Joseph of Arimathea 

 having struck his staff into the 

 ground to indicate where Glaston- 

 bury Abbey was to be built, prayed, 

 that if he had fixed on the right 

 place, the Holy Virgin would give 

 him a sign of her approval, when 

 instantly the staff (which was a 

 branch of Ha^n'thorn) struck root 

 and shot forth leaves, flowers, and 

 fruit. The original tree of this 

 variety grows near Glastonbury ; 

 but plants, grafted from it, are 

 common in all the nurseries. 



Glau'cium. — Papaveracece. — 

 The Homed Poppy. — A British 

 plant, common on the shore between 

 Brighton and Shoreham, with glau- 

 cous or bluish-green leaves, and 

 large yellow flowers. The pods are 

 long and hom-like, whence the 

 English name. The species are 

 annuals or biennials, and should be 



