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tender, and should be sheltered from the frost in winter 

 under a frame, but in summer should be exposed with other 

 hardy exotic plants, and will require to be frequently watered 

 in dry weather. These may be propagated by seeds, or by 

 parting their roots, as is directed for the fourth sort. 



2. Globularia Alyp'im ; Three-toolh-leaved Globularia. 

 Stem shrubby; leaves lanceolate, three-toothed, and entire; 

 heads terminating. This has a hard woody stem, about two 

 feet high, with many woody branches, beset with leaves 

 like those of the Myrtle ; the flowers are produced on the 

 tops of the branches in a ball, and are of a blue colour. It 

 flowers from August to November. Native of the south of 

 Europe, and of Barbary. From the violent purging quality 

 of this shrub, it acquired the name of herba terribilis, in 

 English, herb terrible; but, in the abundance of purging me- 

 dicines that we possess, this is seldom if ever used. This 

 plant may be propagated by cuttings, which should be cut 

 off in April, just before they begin to make new shoots : the 

 cuttings should be planted into pots filled with light fresh 

 earth, and then placed in a very moderate hot-bed, observ- 

 ing to water and shade them until they have taken root, when 

 they may be taken out of the bed, and inured to bear the 

 open air by degrees. In summer these plants may be ex- 

 posed with other hardy exotic plants, and in winter they 

 should be placed under a hot-bed frame, where they may 

 enjoy the free air in mild weather, but should be screened 

 from hard frost, which will destroy them if they are exposed 

 thereto, but in mild winters they will live in the open air. 

 It never produces good seeds in this country. 



3. Globularia Bisnagarica. Stem shrubby; root-leaves 

 wedge-shaped, retuse ; stem-leaves lanceolate, flowers in a 

 blue terminal head. Native of woods in India. 



4. Globularia Vulgaris; Common Globularia, or Blue 

 Daisy. Stem herbaceous, a span high ; stem-leaves lance- 

 olate; root-leaves three-toothed, numerous, like those of the 

 Daisy, but thicker, petioled, placed in a ring, ovate-obtuse, 

 quite entire, emargmate ; the nerve produced into a small 

 awn or point; corollets of a fine blue; germen villose. It 

 varies with a white flower, and with a leafless stalk. It 

 usually flowers in May and June; Native of many parts of 

 Europe, as Sweden, the south of France, Germany, Switzer- 

 land, Austria, Carniola, Hungary, Savoy, Italy, and Spain. 

 This, together with the fifth, sixth, and seventh species, may 

 be propagated by parting the roots, after the manner of 

 Daisies. The best season for parting and transplanting of 

 the plants is in September, that they may take new root be- 

 fore the severe weather comes on. They should be planted 

 in a shady situation, and require a moist loamy soil, in which 

 they will thrive much better than in a light ground and an 

 open situation ; but the plants should not be removed oftener 

 than every other year, if required to flower strong. 



5. Globularia Spinosa ; Prickly-leaved Globularia. Root- 

 leaves crenate, prickly; stem-leaves quite entire, mucronate ; 

 stem a hand in height, dark green, with oblong narrow leaves 

 at the base, not notched, but ending in prickles; heads of 

 flowers longer than in the preceding species. It flowers in 

 May, and is a native of Spain. 



6. Globularia Cordifolia; Wedge-leaved Globularia. Stem 

 almost naked; leaves wedge-shaped, three-cusped, the middle 

 cusp least; root large, woody, producing many tufts of leaves. 

 It flowers in June and July, and is a native of Switzerland, 

 Austria, Carniola, Hungary, Piedmont, and Arragon. 



7. Globularia Nudicaulis ; Naked-stalked Globularia. 

 Stem naked; leaves quite entire, lanceolate; flowers usually 

 trifid, but sometimes quadrifid. It flowers in July, and is a 

 native of Switzerland, Austria, Carniola, Savoy,and Piedmont. 



8. Globularia Orientalis. Stem almost naked ; heads of 

 flowers alternate, sessile, from seven to ten, at the summit 

 of the stem; leaves lanceolate-ovate, entire; root perennial. 

 Native of Natolia. 



Gloriosa ; a genus of the class Hexandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CiiAHACTEa. Calix : none. Corolla: 

 petals six, oblong-lanceolate, waved, very long, wholly reflex. 

 Stamina: fitamenta six, subulate, shorter than the corolla, 

 from straight patulous ; anthera incumbent. Pistil: germen 

 globular; style filiform, longer than the stamina, inclined ; 

 stigma triple, obtuse. Pericarp : capsule superior, oval, 

 three-lobed, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds: several, glo- 

 bular, berried, in two rows. Observe. This beautiful genus 

 is nearly allied to Erythronium. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 



Corolla: six-petalled, waved, reflex. Style: oblique. The 



species are, 



1. Gloriosa Superba; Superb Lily. Leaves alternate, 

 smooth, each ending in a tendril. This has a long fleshy 

 root, of a whitish colour, and a nauseous bitter taste, from 

 the middle of which rises a round weak stem, requiring sup- 

 port, and with that growing to the height of eight or ten 

 feet; flowers at the upper part of the stem, from the side, on 

 slender peduncles, hanging down, at first of an herbaceous 

 colour, but changing to a beautiful flame colour. It flowers 

 in June and July, but seldom perfects seeds in this country. 

 The stalks decay in autumn ; the roots remain inactive all 

 the winter, and new stalks appear in March. The roots 

 and every part of the plant are poisonous. Native of Mala- 

 bar and Guinea. As neither this nor the second species 

 are often known to produce seeds in this country, they are 

 generally propagated by their roots ; those of the first sort 

 creep and multiply pretty fast. The roots may be taken out 

 of the ground when their stalks are decayed, and preserved 

 in sand during winter ; but they must be kept in a stove or a 

 warm room, where they can receive no injury from the cold ; 

 and in the spring, they must be planted in pots filled with 

 light earth, and plunged into the tan-bed in the stove : but 

 others choose to let the roots continue in the ground all the 

 winter, keeping the pots in the tan-bed. Towards the latter 



end of March, or the beginning of April, their stalks will / 

 appear; and some tall sticks should be put down to support 

 them, otherwise they will trail over the neighbouring plants, 

 and the first species will fasten to the plants by the tendrils. 

 The stalks of this species will rise ten or twelve feet high, if 

 the roots be strong ; and some of them will produce two or 

 three flowers, which make a fine appearance during their con- 

 tinuance, but seldom last more than ten days or a fortnight. 

 In summer, while growing, they will frequently require to be 

 watered, but must only have small quantities, as they are 

 always liable to rot. Those roots which are not taken out 

 of the pots in winter, should be transplanted, and parted in 

 the beginning of March, before they put out new fibres or 

 stalks, for they must not be removed when they are in a 

 growing state. The pots should not be over large, for un- 

 less the plants be rather confined, they will not put out strong 

 stalks ; the largest roots may be planted in two-penny pots, 

 but the smaller will only require pots that are five or six 

 inches wide at top. A great degree of heat is necessary to 

 make the first species flower. 



2. Gloriosa Simplex. Leaves acuminate, smooth, about 

 three inches long and two broad, but having no tendrils; they 

 have a strong disagreeable scent when handled, and the 

 flower is said to be blue. The seeds were sent to Mr. Miller 

 by the gardener to the French king at Trianon, and were 

 brought from Senegal. This plant has not yet appeared in 

 any of the gardens either in France or England. 



