GLORIOSA. 



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GLYCINE. 



grown in a chalky or calcareous 

 soil. The seeds are common in all 

 the seed shops. 



Glecho'ma, — LahiatxB. — The 

 Ground Ivy. — There are two species : 

 one wdth blue flowers, which is a 

 British weed ; and the other, the 

 flowers of which are pink, which is 

 a native of Hiingary. They will 

 both grow in any common soil ; and, 

 being perennials, are increased by 

 division of the roots. 



Globe Amaranth. — See Gom- 

 phre'na. 



Globe Flower. — See Tro'llius. 



Globe Thistle. — See Echi'- 



NOPS. 



Globula'^ria. — Glohularlnece. — 

 The Blue Daisy. — Perennial andsi;f- 

 fniticose plants, with round heads 

 of blue flowers, most of which re- 

 quire a greenhouse in England. All 

 the species grow freely in a mixtui-e 

 of loam and peat, and are propa- 

 gated by cuttings under a glass. 



Glorio^sa. — Tulipacece. — G. su- 

 2nrha is a magnificent plant which 

 deserves cultivation in every hot- 

 house. It is propagated by seeds, 

 which ripen freely ; or by divi- 

 ding the roots, which, after the 

 di-vision, which should be in Jan- 

 uary or February, should be 

 potted in rather small but deep 

 pots, and plunged into a bark-bed, 

 where they should have very little 

 water till they begin to grow. In 

 March or April, the plants should 

 be removed to larger pots ; and, 

 while they are growing, they should 

 be abundantly supplied with water. 

 The stems wall require to be sup- 

 ported by a stake or trellis ; and, 

 if allowed suflicient heat and mois- 

 ture, they will grow rapidly, and 

 flower beautifully. When the stalks 

 die down, the pots containing the 

 roots should be removed to a dry 

 stove, where they should be kept 

 entirely without water till January 



or February, when the roots should 

 be divided and repotted. The soil 

 should be composed of one-fourth of 

 peat, one fourth of leaf-mould, and 

 two-fourths of loam. 



Glory-Pea. — See Clia'nthits. 



Glossology. — A knowledge of 

 the technical terms of botany. 



Gloxi'nia. — Gesneracece. — Very 

 handsome plants, with bell-shaped 

 flowers, that require the beat of a 

 stove ; hybrids, have, however, 

 been lately raised between this 

 genus and Slnninc/ia, which prove 

 much hardier than their parents. 

 The commonest kinds of Gloxinia 

 are G. maculata, which is apt to 

 become so weak from the great 

 number of its suckers, that unless 

 they are removed as soon as they 

 appear, it will seldom flower ; and 

 G. speciosa, which flowers abun- 

 dantly. The former species is pro- 

 pagated by division of the root, and 

 the latter by cuttings, which strike 

 so freely without a glass, that even 

 a leaf taken off with the base of the 

 petiole entire, will take root, and 

 make a handsome plant. All the 

 species should be grown in a com- 

 post of loam, peat, and sand, or in 

 very sandy loam and vegetable 

 mould : and, when beginning to 

 grow, the plants should be well 

 supplied with heat and moisture. 

 The pots should, indeed, stand in a 

 saucer kept half full of water. 



Gly'cine. — LeguminhscB. 



Climbing, tender plants, with pea- 

 flowers. The Linnaean genus Glycine 

 has been divided by modern botanists 

 into eleven genera, the best known 

 of which is Wistaria. Wistaria 

 Consequana, chinensis, or sinensis, 

 sometimes called by its old name of 

 Glycine sinensis, is one of the most 

 valuable climbing trees that will 

 grow in the open air in Britain. 

 This tree, though now so common, 

 was only introduced in 1816 or 



