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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Garrya continued. 



the shoots, and often from 4in. to 9in. long. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, entire or denticulate, penninerved. 

 O. elliptica is the only species in general cultivation. 

 It forms an elegant bush plant for the shrubbery border in 

 the South of England, but is, perhaps, seen to the greatest 

 advantage when grown against a wall or trellis. Pro- 

 pagated by seeds; or by cuttings of half -ripened wood, 

 inserted in sandy loam, in August, and shaded from strong 

 light until rooted. 



G. elliptica (elliptical).* /. greenish-white or yellowish. Spring. 

 Berries black. I. elliptical, dark green and shining above, hoary 

 beneath. h. 8ft. to 10ft. California, 1818. See Fig. 85. 

 G. Fadyenii (M'Fadyen's). male flowers, spikes branched, pen- 

 dulous ; sepals cohering at apex, female flowers, spikes simple, 

 erect ; style short, thick. Spring. I. elliptic, shortly apiculate. 

 Jamaica. 



G. Fremonti (Fremont's), fl. resembling those of O. elliptica, 

 but catkins shorter and less decidedly pendulous. I. oblong or 

 obovate, acute, slightly wavy at the margins. North-west America. 

 (O. C. 1881, xv. 431.) 



G. macrophylla (large-leaved). /. green ; racemes short, dis- 

 posed in terminal, dense, few-flowered panicles. Spring. L ovate- 

 elliptic, 4in. long, 2*in. broad, h. 6ft. Mexico, 1846. 



Fio. 86. BRANCH OF GARRYA TIXTJRETI. 



G. Thureti (Thuret's). A garden hybrid, intermediate in general 

 characters between its two parents, G. Fadyenii and 0. elliptica 

 the first being the seed-bearer. It was raised in the Paris Botanic 

 Garden about 1862. See Fig. 86. (B. H. 1879, 154.) 



OARBYACE2B. A tribe of Cornacece. 

 GARUGA (native name). ORD. Burseracea. A genus 

 of about eight or ten species of ornamental stove ever- 

 green trees, natives of tropical Asia and America, with 

 one from Australia. Flowers yellowish. Leaves impari- 

 pinnate ; leaflets almost sessile, crenate. The species here 

 described is the one most generally met with in cultiva- 

 tion. For culture, see Boswellia. 



G. pinnate (pinnate). I. somewhat villous ; leaflets oblong, lanceo- 

 late, bluntly crenate. Drupe globose, fleshy, with a rough austere 

 taste, h. 60ft. East Indies, 1808. A deciduous tree, with soft, 

 spongy wood. 



GASTERIA (from gaster, a belly; referring to the 

 swollen base of the flowers). OKD. Isiliacece. A genus 

 of about fifty species of greenhouse evergreen succulents, 

 closely allied to Aloe, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers racemose or panicled ; pedicels red ; bracts small, 

 persistent; peduncles naked. Leaves usually rosulate, 

 thick, fleshy, generally tongue-shaped or ensiform. Under 

 cultivation in this country, the flowering season of all 

 the Gasterias is during the winter months. For culture, 

 see Aloe. 



G. acinacifolia (scimitar-leaved), fl, orange. March to Septem 

 ber. I. distichous, scimitar-shaped, with cartilagi 



edges. 



ions prickly 

 1819. (B. M. 2369, under "name of Aloe acinacifolia.) 



G. brevifolia (short-leaved).* fl. red, nearly lin. long ; raceme 1ft. 

 long ; peduncles 1ft. long, simple or forked. July. I. ten to twelve, 

 close together, Ungulate, Sin. to 4in. long ; apex bluntly cuspidate ; 

 dirty green, with numerous small white spots. Stems leafy. 

 Previous to 1809. 



G. carinata (keeled).* 

 ng. I. fi 



. _ . lin. long; raceme 1ft. long; peduncles 



simple, lift. long. I. fifteen to twenty, dense, outer ones spread- 

 ing, inner ones ascending ; all lanceolate, 5in. to 6in. long ; face 

 concave ; back distinctly keeled ; apex deltoid-cuspidate. Stem 

 leafy. 1731. 



G. Croucheri (Croucher's).* fl. numerous, pendulous, 2in. long ; 

 perianth tubular, cylindric, contracted in the middle, upper part 

 white, with green veins, lower pale rose-colour ; racemes nume- 

 rous, 8in. to lOin. long, curving upwards ; scape 2ft. to 2Jft. high. 

 August. 1. numerous, spreading, recurved, 1ft. long, Sin. to Siin. 

 broad at base, Jin. to lin. thick, dark green, spotted with white ; 

 margins toothed, h. 2ft. Origin unknown. (B. M. 5812, under 

 name of Aloe Croucheri.) 



G. disticha (two-ranked).* fl. scarlet, nearly lin. long ; racemes 

 1ft. or more in length ; peduncles the same, simple or branched. 

 I. ten to twelve, distichous, dense, patent, 4in. to 6in. long, liin. 

 broad ; face flat, with small obscure green spots on both surfaces. 

 Stem leafy. 1820. There are several varieties of this species. 



G. glabra (glabrous), fl. lin. long ; racemes 1ft. or more long, 

 forty to fifty-flowered ; peduncle simple, 6in. long. I. fifteen to 

 eighteen, dense, outer ones recurved, inner ones erecto-patent, 

 lanceolate, 6in. to 9in. long ; face concave, shining green, both 

 surfaces with small white spots; apex deltoid- cuspidate. Stem 

 leafy. 1796. (B. M. 1331, under name of Aloe carinata.) 



G. maculata (spotted).* /. scarlet, Jin. long ; raceme 1ft. long ; 

 peduncles 1ft. or more long, simple or branched. I. sixteen to 

 twenty, distichous, loosely disposed, erecto-patent, bright shining 

 green or purple, 4in. to 6in. long, with large white bright spots 

 in profusion ; base dilated, rose-colour. Stem leafy, 6in. to 9in. 

 1759. (B. M. 979, under name of Aloe Lingua.) 



G. nigricans (blackish), fl. nearly lin. long ; raceme 1ft. to lift. 

 long ; peduncle stout, 1ft. or more long, always simple. I. twelve 

 to twenty, distichous, dense, tongue-shaped, coriaceous, 4in. to 8in. 

 long ; face swollen below, flat above, shining, dark or purple- 

 green, with copious small white spots. Stem leafy, 2in. to 3in. 

 1790. (B. M. 838, under name of Aloe Lingua crassifolia.) 



G. nitida (shining), fl. lin. long ; raceme 1ft. to lift, long ; peduncle 

 1ft. or more long, simple. I. twelve to fifteen, dense, outer ones 

 spreading, inner ones spreading, all lanceolate, Sin. to 9in. long, 

 bright green ; face concave ; back oblique, keeled, with copious 

 small white spots on both surfaces. Stem leafy, liin. to 2in. 

 1790. (B. M. 2304, under name of Aloe nitida.) The variety 

 grandipunctata has larger spots. 



G. pulchra (fair).* fl. scarlet, |in. long ; raceme 1ft. long ; pe- 

 duncles 1ft. or more long, branched. I. sixteen to twenty, 

 distichous, loosely disposed, all ascending, sometimes 1ft. long ; 

 face concave, with large bright green or purplish spots on each 

 surface. Stem leafy, 6in. or more high. 1759. (B. M. 765, under 

 name of Aloe maculata.) 



G. variolosa (variegated), fl. , inflorescence and perianth agreeing 

 with G. maculata. I. fifteen to eighteen, in a congested, sessile, 

 spirally distichous rosette, ligulate-lanceolate ; the edge white and 

 horny in the upper half, slightly eroded ; the surfaces smooth, dull 

 green, densely spotted with copious, immersed, small oblong 

 whitish-green blotches, h. 1ft. 1860. (Bef. B. 347.) 



G. verrucosa (warty).* /. lin. long ; racemes four to eight, dis- 

 posed in a deltoid panicle, terminal, 6in. long ; peduncles 6in. long. 

 I. ten to twelve, distichous, close, ensiform, outer ones patent, 

 inner ones alone ascending, 6in. to 9in. long ; face concave ; apex 

 sub-pungent ; back swollen. Stem leafy, lin. to 2in. 1731. (B. M. 

 837, under name of Aloe verrucosa.) 



GASTONIA (named in honour of Gaston de Bourbon, 

 1608 to 16GO, natural son of Henri IV. of France). ORD. 

 Araliacece. A stove evergreen shrub, allied to Aralia 

 (which see for culture). 



G. cutispongia (spongy-barked). Bois d'fiponge. fl., panicles 

 1ft. long ; umbels at end of crowded erecto-patent branches ; 

 petals, stamens, styles, and cells of ovary, each ten to twelve. 



