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GOMPHRENA. 



if any, of the foreign kinds are worth 

 cultivating. The French Immor- 

 telle, of which such quantities are 

 sold near the Cemetery of Pere la 

 Chaise, and which used to be called 

 Gnaphalium orientcile, is now re- 

 moved to the genus Helichrysum. — 

 See Helichry'sum, 



Gni'bia. — Thymelaceoe. — Very 

 pretty greenhouse plants, which are 

 rather difficult to cultivate, from the 

 great delicacy of their roots. They 

 should he grown in a mixture of 

 sandy 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'sBEARD.--SeeTKAGOPO^GON. 



Goat's Rue. — See Gale'ga. 



Goat's Thorn. — Astragalus 

 TragacdntJia. 



GoDE^TiA. — Onagracece. — The 

 purple-flowered kinds of (Enothera, 

 or Evening Primrose, have been 

 divided from the others and formed 

 into a genus under the name of 

 Godetia, by Professor Spach, a 

 German botanist, residing in Paris. 

 Professor Spach formed thirteen 

 other genera out of (Enothera, but 

 only this one appears to have been 

 generally adopted. The hand- 

 somest species of Godetia are G. 

 rubicunda. G. vinosa, and G. lepida, 

 all natives of California, introduced 

 in 1835, and all of which may be 

 sown in September, like the other 

 Californian annuals. See Annuals. 

 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 weak. If the stalks appear 

 weak, they should be tied to slender 

 stakes. They bear transplanting 

 well. The coloui-s are most bril- 

 liant when grown in a poor soil ; 

 but the plants are smaller and 

 less vigorous. A rich soil, however, 

 sometimes makes them produce 

 more leaves than flowers. 



Golden-Leaved Chestnut. — 

 This very curious and splendid tree 

 is a native of California, but there 

 is a specimen in the arboretum at 

 Kew. It is a sweet chestnut, and 

 its peculiarity consists in its leaves 

 which are of a bright gold hue on 

 the under sides, and which give it 

 a singular and brilliant appearance. 



Golden Rod. — See Solida'go. 



Golden Saxifrage. — See Chky- 

 sosple'nium. 



Goldfu'ssia. — AcantJidcece. — 

 Stove plants, with handsome tubular 

 flowers. 



Gompholo'bium. — Leguminbsce. 

 — Australian shi-ubs, which require 

 to be kept in a greenhouse in 

 England, and to be grown in very 

 light loam, peat, and sand. All the 

 species are very difficult to pre- 

 serve ; and they are all very tender 

 delicate plants. They require to be 

 trained to a frame ; and they are 

 easily killed, either by too much or 

 too little Avater, They are propa- 

 gated by seeds, which ripen freely ; 

 or by cuttings of the young wood, 

 which must be struck in sand, under 

 a bell-glass. 



GoiiPHRE^NA. — AniaranthacecB. 

 — The Globe Amaranth. This is 

 supposed 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, as he describes it 

 as worn by the Thessalians at the 



