GLYCINE. 



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GNAPHALIUM, 



1818 ; it is a native of China, and 

 appears to be quite hardy in the 

 neighbourhood of London. Its large 

 bunches of beautiful shaded lilac 

 flowers, which, are fragrant, are 

 exactly like those of the common 

 laburnum, except in colour ; and 

 they are produced most abundantly, 

 the tree, in favourable situations, 

 often bearing a second crop. 



The Wistaria sinensis will grow 

 in any common garden- soil ; but it 

 does best when the soil is light and 

 rich, and the plants are abundantly 

 supplied with water. It is often 

 several j-ears before it flowers, as it 

 takes a long time to establish itself ; 

 but the period of its flowering may 

 be hastened by watering it regularly 

 with liquid manure, or by telling 

 the housemaid to empty the slops 

 and soap-suds on the ground near 

 it — taking care to pour the liquid 

 on the ground at a distance from 

 the stem of the plant, as it would 

 injure the collar if poured on it. 

 All watering is, indeed, most effec- 

 tual when it is given at some 

 distance from the stem of the plant, 

 as it is only the spongioles at, the 

 extreme points of the roots that can 

 take up the moisture so as to be of 

 any service ; and water, if poured 

 on any other part that is under 

 ground, is in danger of rotting both 

 the epidermis and the cellular 

 tissue. "When once established, the 

 Wistaria grows vigorously, and the 

 plant in the Horticultural Society's 

 garden at Turnham Green being 

 checked in its height by that of the 

 wall against which it grows being 

 only eleven feet, has spread so far 

 on each side, as to cover a space of 

 above three hundred feet in extent. 

 It is easily propagated by layers, as 

 the shoots, if laid down, will throw 

 out roots at every joint. It may 

 also be propagated by cuttings of the 

 roots and branches, and even by 



leaves, which will take root if 

 planted in sand and peat, and 

 covered with a glass, provided care 

 has been taken to break the petiole 

 off the branch without wounding the 

 protuberance at its base. Seeds of 

 this plant are very rarely ripened 

 in England ; but when they are, 

 they vegetate as readily as those of 

 the common laburnum. The plant 

 requires a wall or trellis-work to 

 support it ; but any aspect will do. 

 Mr. Pamplin, of the Lavender HUI 

 Nursery, has a plant which is 

 trained against three sides of his 

 house, viz. the north, the east, and 

 the south ; and the only difference 

 he perceives is, that the flowers on 

 the south wall expand first, but are 

 the weakest and palest, and that 

 those on the north, though they are 

 the latest, are the darkest and most 

 vigorous. The Wisfdria sinensis, 

 though so beautiful, is by no means 

 dear, as a plant costs from Is. 6d. 

 to 2s. 6d. in the nurseries, accor- 

 ding to its size — a plant of the latter 

 price being the largest that can be 

 transplanted with safety. There is 

 a white variety, but it is very 

 inferior in beauty to the species. 



Gltcvrrhi'za. — Legumindsce. — 

 The liquorice. A perennial plant 

 with small pale blue flowers, a native 

 of the south of Europe. The liquor- 

 ice is made by boiling the root, (which 

 resembles that of the ginger in ap- 

 pearance) a long time, and letting 

 the moisture evaporate from the 

 sediment. The plant is not worth 

 cultivating except from curiosity; 

 but when it is grown, it requii'es a 

 very rich mould. 



Gnapha'lium. — Compositce. — 

 Cudweed. This genus now includes 

 only about half the number of species 

 that it formerly did, six or seven 

 new genera having been formed out 

 of it. The British species are cot- 

 tony-looking weeds, and very few, 



