GERACE 



GERARD 



opposite the town is a castle, the 

 residence of the princes of Reuss. 

 The town is an old one, having been 

 a municipality since the llth cen- 

 tury, but most of its buildings are 

 modern. It has a number of indus- 

 tries, including the manufacture of 

 textiles, machinery, and various 

 kinds of leather. It is also a printing 

 centre. It has been part of Reuss 

 since about 1250. Pop. 49,300. 



Gerace. City of Italy, in the 

 prov. of Reggio di Calabria near the 

 ancient Locri. It stands on the 

 slope of a mountain, at an eleva- 

 tion of 1,570 ft., 4 m. from the sea, 

 58 m. by rly. N.E. of Reggio. It 

 has a restored cathedral, wrecked 

 by an earthquake in 1783, with 

 Romanesque remains. In the 

 vicinity are sulphur springs and 

 iron and coal mines, while the dis- 

 trict is noted for its wine called 

 Lacrima di Gerace. The ruins of 

 Locri, founded in the 7th century 

 B.C., lie nearer the coast, and 

 near the old Torre di Gerace 

 were discovered ruins of an 



volatile oil. Others are rich in 

 oxalic acid, and some have edible 

 tubers. They are so called from the 

 resemblance of the seed -pod fa> a 

 crane's bill (Gr. yeranion). ' 



Geranium. Typical genus- of 

 the order Geraniaccae. It consists 

 mostly of small plants with small 

 regular flowers and palmate or 

 divided leaves, often with a pun- 

 gent odour. G. anemoniaefoliwn, 

 native of Madras, however, has a 

 somewhat shrubby stem a foot 

 high, and large purplish-red flower. 

 O. pratense (Europe) has large blue 

 flowers, and the equally fine 0. 

 sanguitieum (Europe and W. Asia) 

 has blood-red flowers. Q. lucidum 

 (Europe, W. Africa, Asia), though 

 its bright rosy flowers are small, 

 has a handsome appearance owing 

 to its red stems and general shin- 

 ing glossiness. G. tuberosum and 

 G. dissectum, from S. Europe and 

 Australia respectively, have edible 

 tubers. Garden geraniums are 

 really pelargoniums (q.v.). See 

 Balsam ; Woodsorrel. 



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Bautzen, 1815, was made a count by 

 Napoleon. In 1814 Gerard made his 

 peace with the new regime, but re- 

 joined Napoleon on his return from 

 Elba and fought at Ligny. He was 

 permitted to return to France in 

 1817, was made a marshal in 1831, 

 and, commanding the Belgian expe- 

 dition, took Antwerp in 1832. He 

 'lied at Paris, April 17, 1852. 



Gerard, JAMES WATSON (b. 

 1867). American diplomatist. Born 

 at Geneseo, New York, Aug. 25, 

 1867, and 

 educated at 

 Columbia Uni- 

 versity, he 

 became a bar- 

 rister in 1892, 

 and practised 

 in New York. 

 H e became 

 prominent as 

 J. W. Gerard, a Democratic 

 American diplomatist politician and 



as an officer in the National Guard. 

 In 1908 he was chosen as associate 

 justice of the Supreme Court, an 



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 Geranium. Foliage and flowers of, 1, 



Ionic temple. Pop. 11,100. Pron. 

 Jay-rah-chy. 



Geraldton. Port of W. Aus- 

 tralia. It stands on Champion Bay, 

 and is the chief town N. of Perth, 

 from which, by rly., it is 270 m. 

 distant, N. by W. It is also the 

 terminus of a rly. which penetrates 

 inland for COO m., serving the Yal- 

 goo, Mt. Magnet, Cue, and Nannine 

 gold fields. Exports comprise not 

 only gold, silver, and lead, but also 

 wool and sandalwood, the produce 

 of this area. Pop. 3,49*. 



Geraniaceae. Large natural 

 order of plants, chiefly herbs. They 

 are natives of temperate and tropi- 

 cal regions. The leaves are oppo- 

 site or alternate, of varied form ; 

 the flowers regular or irregular. 

 Many species have astringent or 

 aromatic properties, or abound in 



G. sanguineum, Europe and Western Asia 

 3, G. lucidum, Europe, West Africa, Asia 



Gerar. Town in the Philistine 

 country, E. of Gaza. Abraham and 

 Isaac settled there for a time, and 

 the latter had much trouble with 

 the local herdsmen. 



Gerard, ETIENNE MAURICE, 

 COUNT (1773-1852). French soldier. 

 Born in Lorraine, April 4, 1773, he 

 entered the r - ^ ~ -; 



army in 1791 

 and became 

 chief - of - staff 

 to BernadoUe 

 by 1805. He 

 was prominent 

 in the battles 

 of Austerlitz, 



1805, Jena, 



1806, and 

 Wagram 1809, 



fought also in Spain, and in recog- 

 nition of his part in the victory of 



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Etienne Gerard, 

 French soldier 



; 2, G. auemoniae folium, Madras ; 



appointment he held until 1913, 

 when he was sent to Berlin as 

 ambassador. He was there when 

 the Great War broke out, and it fell 

 to his lot to look aftei British 

 interests in Germany, and espec- 

 ially those of the prisoners of war. 

 He had the onerous task of qon- 

 ducting the negotiations just before 

 the U.S.A. entered the Great War, 

 and for some days was in a posi- 

 tion of great difficulty. He re- 

 turned home and wrote My Four 

 Years in Germany, 1917, and Face 

 to Face with Kaiserism, 1918, 

 severe indictments of Germany as 

 it was before 1919. 



Gerard, JOHN (1545-1G12). 

 English botanist. Born at Nant- 

 wich and educated as a surgeon, in 

 early life lie travelled in N. Europe, 

 and settled to practise in Holborn, 



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