120 BRECK'S BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



GENTIANA. 



Gentian. 



Gentiana saponaria. Barrel-flowered Gentian. A hand- 

 some indigenous perennial, with blue flowers in September. 

 From one and a half to two feet high. A curious, barrel- 

 shaped flower, to be found on the margin of streams. It may 

 be transplanted to the garden without difficulty. 



Gentiana crinat a. Fringed Gentian. An elegant, deli- 

 cate flower, that may be found in meadows in September and 

 October, and ranked with one of our handsomest indigenous 

 plants. The corolla is pale-blue, four-cleft, segments finely 

 fringed; perennial. Propagated from the seed. Should be 

 sown as soon as ripened. There are many other beautiful 

 species of Gentians, suitable for the border, highly esteemed in 

 England, but hardly known here. 



GERARDIA. 



American Foxglove. 



Gerardm; in honor of John Gerarde, the old English 

 botanist. 



Gerardia Jlava, and G. quercifolia, are beautiful native 

 plants, with five large, bell-shaped, yellow flowers, but difficult 

 to introduce into the flower-garden. Probably they would suc- 

 ceed from seed, if planted in a shady place. 



GILIA. 



Gilia coronopifolia, the Cantua coronopifdia of Willdenow. 

 The different names of Ipomopsis, Cantua and Ipomea, have 

 given place to Gilia, amongst which genus, after minute exami- 

 nation, this flower has been most properly classed. It was 



