AND GENERAL HORTICULTURE. 



169 



GLO 



Glorio'sa. From gloriosus, glorious ; because 

 of the magnificent flowers. Nat. Ord. LiliacecB. 

 A vei-y liandsome genus of green-house 

 bulbs, of limited climbing habit, the flowers 

 curiously shaped, bright yellow or orange in 

 color. Tliey should be grown in pots of very 

 sandy loam, and treated in the manner recom- 

 mended for Gesnera, except that, being climb- 

 ing plants, they will require to be supported 

 with sticks or a trellis. Natives of south Africa, 

 introduced in 1825. Syn. Methonica. 



Glory -Flcwer. Chilian. Eccremocarpus scaber. 



Glory of the Snow See Chionodoxa. 



Glory-Pea. Darapier's. Clianthus Dampieri. 

 New Zealand. Clianthus puniceus. 



Glory-Tree. Clerodendron fragrans, and other 

 species. 



Glossoco'mia. Fiom glossocoinos, a money-bag ; 

 referring to the shape of the flower. Nat. 

 Ord. CampanulacecB. 



A small genus of hardy herbaceous plants, 

 with white or purple bell-shaped tlowei's, from 

 northern India. They are increased by seeds 

 or division. Introduced in 1839. Syn. Codon- 

 opsis. 



Grloxi'nia Named after P. B. Gloxin, a botanist 

 of Colmar. Nat. Ord. Gesneracem. 



The species that compose this splendid 

 genus are, with one or two exceptions, natives 

 of South America, and are usually found in 

 deep raviu'^s, on rather high mountain eleva- 

 tions, and in damp, much-shaded situations. 

 The species are among the greatest ornaments 

 of our green-houses, and the richness of their 

 foliage, and their ample, graceful, and deli- 

 cately-tinted flowers, have gained for them a 

 prominent place among the more choice 

 flowering plants. Here, as in many other 

 instances, the process of hybridizing has been 

 largely resorted to, and the results are most 

 satisfactory. The older kinds, with drooping 

 flowers, have mostly given place to forms 

 with the corolla almost regular and nearly 

 erectt the latter peculiarity having this 

 recommendation, that the border and throat 

 of the corolla., to which parts much of the 

 beauty of the flower is owing, are presented 

 to the eye. The hybrids are greatly improved 

 in color as well as form, and the flowers are 

 produced in greater abundance than with the 

 species. The main art in growing Gloxinias 

 well, is to give them a porous and well-enriched 

 soil, to grow them in a warm, moist atmos- 

 phere, and as soon as they begin to flower to 

 remove them to a cooler house, and afterward 

 dry them off gradually, and keep them free 

 from moisture till they again begin to grow. 

 To produce the richest colors the glass should 

 be shaded, or they should be grown where 

 there is only a northern exposure. Gloxinias 

 are readily propagated by their leaves ; all 

 that is required is to insert the leaf, about 

 one-half its length, in an ordinary propagating 

 bed, keep the sand moderately wet until the 

 leaf is completely dried up, then withhold 

 water entirely, and leave the newly-formed 

 tubers until th(" following February, at which 

 tijue they will commence to grow, when they 

 should be taken out and potted. They will 

 flower in one year after the cuttings are put 

 in. They are also produced easily from seed, 

 which they ripen abundantly. On account of 

 its very small size it should be sown on a 



GLY 



smooth surface of soil, and merely covered 

 with a slight covering of moss laid lightly 

 over, and kept on until germination has taken 

 place. As soon as they are fit to handle the 

 plants are pricked out into small pots or 

 shallow boxes, and with careful attention 

 they will make flowering plants the first 

 season. In all the stages of growth, whether 

 the plants are large or small, care should be 

 taken, in watering, to avoid wetting the 

 leaves, or to have the earth sodden ax'ound 

 them ; either will cause them to damp off and 

 rot. They require a warm temperature when 

 growing, and are exceedingly useful if planted 

 in a warm frame and shaded from bright sun, 

 for growing for cut flowers during the sum- 

 mer months. This plant was first introduced 

 in 1739. 



Glumaceous. Plants are said to be glumaceous 

 when their flowers are like those of grasses. 



Glume. The exterior series of the scales which 

 constitute the flower of a grass. 



Glutinose. Covered with a sticky exudation. 



Glyce'ria. From glykeros, sweet; alluding to 

 the herbage. Nat. Ord. Graminacece. 



An extensive genus of grasses, mostly 

 aquatic. They are of but very little beauty 

 or interest. A few of the species that grow 

 in moist meadows, near the sea-coast, furnish 

 a pasture that is relished by stock of all 

 kinds. The species are common throughout 

 the Northern, Eastern, and Western States. 



Gly'cine. From glykys, sweet ; referring to the 

 taste of the roots of some of the species. Nat. 

 Ord. Leguminosce. 



A small genus, nearly all (^f which are 

 tender climbing plants, producing axillary 

 flowers, singly or in racemes, white, yellow, 

 or rose ; they are only adapted for green- 

 house culture. There is one species, G. soga, 

 that is a hardy annual, a native of Japan, that 

 produces seeds like small kidney beans, which 

 the Japanese use in large quantities, either in 

 soup, or in making a sauce called sooja or soy, 

 this sauce being used in many of their dishes. 

 The Wistaria was formerly incorrectly called 

 Glycine. 



Glycyrrhi'za. Liquorice. From glykys, sweet, 

 and rhiza, a root ; referring to the sweet juice 

 of the roots of the liquorice. Nat. Ord. 

 Leguminosce. 



A genus of hardy herbaceous perennials, 

 the one of principal interest being G. glabra, a 

 native of Italy, the roots of which produce the 

 Liquorice of commerce. None of the species 

 are cultivated as ornamental plants. 



Glypto'strobus. Embossed Cypress. From 

 the Greek words glyptos, carved or engraved, 

 and strobos, a cone ; from the embossing on 

 the scales. Nat. Ord. ConifercB. 



G. sinensis pendtda, the best known species, 

 popularly known as the Chinese Weeping 

 Deciduous Cypress, was formerly included in 

 the genus Taxodium. Mr. Scott says of this 

 tree: "Though this belongs to a section of 

 the Conifers, which are deciduous, they are in 

 all other respects so allied in appearance 

 with the ev<'rgreens as usually to be classed 

 with them. This variety in the neighborhood 

 of New York is certainly the most beautiful 

 and hardy of all the deciduous Cypresses. 

 The tree in its whole appearance is bo dis- 

 tinct from all other trees generally cultivated 



