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GETONIA 



G. Duva'lii (Duval's). Gardens. 



elli'ptica (oval). Colombia. 



lu'tea (yellow- flowered), i. Yellow. May. Santa 

 Martha. 1844. 



elonga'ta (elongated). 2. Scarlet. September. S. 

 Amer. 1830. 



,, frutico'sa (shrubby). 2. August. 



faucia'lis (wide-mouthed). 2. July. Brazil. 1833. 



Gardne'ri (Gardner's). See HOUTTEA LEPTOPUS. 



gerardia'na (Gerard's). 2. Red, yellow. September. 

 S. Amer. 1843. 



gloxinia flo'ra (Gloxinia-flowered). Pink. 1860. 



gollmeria'na (Gollmerian). Scarlet, yellow. Vene- 

 zuela. 



gra'cilis (slender). See G. PUNCTATA. 



herbertia'na (Herbertian). See N^GELIA GEROLTIANA. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). See ISOLOMA RUBRICAULE. 



honde'nsis (Honda). See PENTARHAPHIA LIBANEN- 

 sis. 



Hooke'ri (Hooker's). Scarlet. Colombia. 



hu'milis (humble). See PENTARHAPHIA HUMILIS. 



lasia'ntha (woolly-flowered). See ISOLOMA DEPPEANUM. 



lateri'tia (brick-red). 2. July. Brazil. 1834. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). August. Brazil. 



Leopo'ldii (Leopold's). Red. Brazil. 



libane'nsis (Lebanon. Many-flowered). See PENTAR- 

 HAPHIA LIBANENSIS. 



Lindle'yi (Lindley's). Scarlet, yellow. July. Brazil. 



1825. 

 longiflo'ra (long-flowered). See ACHIMENES LONGI- 



FLORA. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). See ISOLOMA LONGIFOLIUM. 

 macra'ntha (large-flowered). See G. CARDINALIS. 

 >, i> purpu'rea (purple- flowered). See G. CARDINALIS 



PURPUREA. 



macrosta'chya (large-spiked). See G. LATIFOLIA. 

 macula'ta (spotted). Purple, spotted. Brazil. 

 ,, magni'fica (magnificent). Purple. August. Brazil. 

 Ma'rchii (March's). 3. Scarlet. Brazil. 1844. 

 multiflo'ra (many-flowered). See N^GELIA MULTI- 

 FLORA. 



nagelioi'des (Nasgelia-like). A race of garden hybrids. 

 oblonga'ta (oblong). See G. ELONGATA. 

 palu'stris (marsh). See G. SCEPTRUM IGNEA. 

 pardi'na (leopard-spotted). See HOUTTEA PARDIN A. 

 ,, penduli'na (drooping- flowered). 2. June. S. Amer. 



1825. 



pi' eta (painted). See ISOLOMA PICTUM. 

 polya'ntha (many-flowered). 2. June. Brazil. 1839. 

 prasina'ta (leek-green). See RHYTIDOPHYLLUM PRA- 



SINATUM. 

 puncta' to, (spotted). Purple spotted. Colombia (?). 



1848. 



purpu'rea (purple). See G. MACULATA. 

 refle'xa (bent-back). April. Valparaiso. 1837. 

 Regi'ntz (Queen's). Bluish-purple. 1903. 

 rubricau'lis (red-stemmed). See ISOLOMA RUBRICAULE. 

 rupe'siris (rock-inhabiting). See G. TUBEROSA. 

 rupi'cola (rock), f. May. Brazil. 1835. 

 ru'tila (brilliant). 2. Scarlet, yellow. August. 



Brazil. 1825. 

 a'tro-sangui'nea (dark red). 2. Crimson. August. 



Brazil. 1826. 



sca'bra (rough). See PENTARHAPHIA SCABRA. 

 Sce'ptrum (sceptred). 4. July. Brazil. 1836. 

 > i'gnea (fiery). 3. Reddish-yellow. September. 



Brazil. 1835. 



schiedea'na (Schiede's). See ISOLOMA SCHIEDEANUM. 

 Seema'nnii (Seemann's). See ISOLOMA SEEMANNII. 

 Sello'vii (Sellow's). 2. July. Brazil. 1835. 

 Sello'i (Sellow's) of G. Don. See G. LATERITIA. 

 ,, spica'ta (spiked). Grenada. 1831. 

 splefndens (splendid). Scarlet. Brazil. 

 stri'cta (upright). 5. July. Brazil. 1835. 

 ' f. Rio 



July. 



Janeiro. 



Sutto'nii (Captain Sutton's). 2. 

 1833. 



a'foa (white). July. Brazil. 1840. 



,, pi'cta (painted). See G. SPLENDENS. 

 Utraphy'lla (four- leaved). See G. LEOPOLDH. 

 tomento'sa (felted). See RHYTIDOPHYLLUM TOMEK- 



TOSUM. 



triflo'ra (three-flowered). See ISOLOMA TRIFLORUM. 

 tubero'sa (tuberous). . Autumn. Brazil. 1834. 

 tubiflo'ra (tube-flowered). See ACHIMENES TUBI- 



FLORA. 



G. verticilla'ta (whorled). See G. MACULATA. 

 vesti'ta (clothed). See ISOLOMA VESTITUM. 

 zebri'na (zebra-striped). See N^GELIA ZEBRINA. 



Propagation: by Cuttings. They may be propagated 

 by cuttings of three kinds : ist, the young shoots, as 

 soon as they are three inches long, springing from the 

 old tubers (these are the best) ; 2nd, leaves taken off 

 with a bud at the base ; and 3rd, by the leaves only, 

 without buds. The first mode may be used when the 

 kind or variety is plentiful, and the tubers so strong as 

 to send out more shoots than are wanted for flowering ; 

 the second mode, when the variety is new and more 

 scarce ; and the last when it is more rare still. There 

 is an advantage in the first and second mode, that the 

 cuttings, if struck early in the year, will, with moderate 

 care and attention to re-potting, flower the same year ; 

 whereas those struck from leaves, or parts of leaves, 

 will only form small tubers that season. Each kind of 

 cutting requires to be put in sand, under bell or hand- 

 glasses, in bottom-heat, to strike them quickly. A 

 moist, warm heat is necessary ; a moist, cold place would 

 rot the cuttings immediately. Such species as do not 

 make tubers must be propagated by the first kind of 

 cuttings. 



By Seed To raise new varieties it is necessary to 

 save seed. Choose the finest and brightest-coloured to 

 save it from. As soon as it is ripe, gather it and dry it ; 

 keep it very dry till the March following ; then sow the 

 seed on the surface of a light, sandy compost, place it in 

 a warm, moist atmosphere, and as soon as the seedlings 

 are up, and the plants have attained a leaf or two, 

 transplant them thinly on the surface of shallow pots, 

 and let them grow there during the summer. Allow 

 them to go to rest in the autumn, and keep them in the 

 same pots through the winter, giving but little water. 

 As soon as life appears again in the spring, pot them off 

 singly into small pots, watering and re-potting the same 

 as the cuttings ; but it is more than probable they will 

 not flower till the second year. 



Soil. Light, fibrous loam, turfy peat, and half-decayed 

 leaves, in equal parts, with a due portion of sand, well- 

 mixed, but not sifted. 



Summer Culture. To have a succession of bloom, pot 

 a portion of the tubers in January, and place them in 

 heat, giving a little water. Temp., 60 to 80. Pot a 

 second batch about the middle of February, and another 

 towards the end of March. These will supply flowers 

 for several months. Put them in pots, according to the 

 size of the tubers ; keep them regularly watered, but 

 never very wet. They may be syringed occasionally 

 previously to flowering, but not much ; for the leaves 

 are so woolly that they hold moisture too long if syringed 

 severely. When the blooming season is over they may 

 be set out of doors during summer, but should be sheltered 

 from heavy rains. They will then gradually go to rest. 



Winter Culture. All that they require is to be kept 

 in their pots in a place where neither frost nor wet can 

 reach them ; yet the place should never be below 45, 

 nor above 55. If the cold is much lower they will be 

 apt to rot ; and if higher, to start into growth. 



Diseases. The only disease that these plants are 

 subject to is a kind of dry rot in the bulbs, which changes 

 the substance into a soft pulp, destroying the buds, and 

 so causing them to perish. There is no cure for it. 



GETHY'LIS. (From getheo, to rejoice ; referring to 

 the sweetness of the flowers of some of them. Nat. 

 ord. AmarylUds [Amaryllidacea?]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Sternbergia.) 



Here the Amaryllids reach their minimum stature ; 

 G. cilia'ris, if not the smallest, is as dwarf as any in the 

 order. Greenhouse bulbs, from South Africa, with white 

 flowers. Offsets and seeds ; sandy loam and peat ; kept 

 nearly dry in winter. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 

 G. afra (African). J. July. 1820. 



cilia'ris (hair-fringed). . July. 1788. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-leaved). See APODOLIRION 



LANCEOLATUM. 



spira'lis (spiral-leaved). J. July. 1780. 

 villo'sa (shaggy), f. July. 1787. 



GETO'NIA. (Probably the native name. Nat. ord. 

 Myrobalans [Combretaceae], Linn. lo-Decandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia. Now referred to Calycopteris.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings of ripened shoots 



