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where they are to grow, either in lha autumn or 

 spring. 



These three last are sufficiently hardy to stand 

 the open air in warm situations. 



They are all ornamental plants, the former in 

 the green-house collection, and the latter in the 

 open ground. 



GOAT'S-BEARD. See Tragopogon. 



GOATS-THORN. See Astragalus. 



GOLDEN-FLOWER. See Chrysanthe- 

 mum. 



GOLDEN-ROD. See Solibago. 

 • GOLDEN-TREE. See Bosea. 



GOLDILOCKS. See Chrysocoma and 

 Gnaphalium. 



GOMPHRENA, a genus containing a plant of 

 the flowery annual kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 Digynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 slmaranthi. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a co- 

 loured perianthium ; outer three-leaved : leaflets 

 two, converging, keeled : the corolla five-petal- 

 led, upright: petal subulate, permanent, rude, 

 villose : nectary a cylindric tube, the. length of 

 the corolla; with a five-toothed, patulous mouth : 

 the stamina have five filaments, scarcely observ- 

 able, within the mouth of the nectary : anthers 

 upright, closing the mouth of the nectary : the 

 pistiTlum is an ovate germ, with a point : style 

 cloven half wav, filiform : stigmas simple, the 

 length of the stamens : the pericarpium a capsule 

 roundish, circumcised : the seed single, large, 

 roundish, with an oblique tip. 



The species is G. globosa, Annual Globe 

 Aramanth. 



It is an annual plant, rising with an upright 

 branching stalk, about two feet high : the 

 leaves are opposite, sessile, quite entire, hispid : 

 branches and peduncles also opposite; thelatter 

 axillary, long and naked, except that there are 

 two short leaves close under each head of flowers. 

 These heads at their first appearance are globular, 

 but as they increase in size become oval. It is a 

 native of India. 



Maityn observes that the flowering heads are 

 beautiful, and, if gathered before they are too far 

 advanced, retain their beauty several years. 



There are varieties with fine bright purple 

 heads, with white or silvery heads, which never 

 alter from seeds, with mixed colours, with pur- 

 ple and with white heads, which two last 

 are much smaller and rounder than the others : 

 the plants also grow much larger, and spread 

 more into branches, and are later before they 

 flower; — these are called Bachelors' Buttons in 

 America. 



Culture.— These plants may be raised by sow- 



ing the seeds annually in pots of light fresh 

 mould in the early spring months, and plunging 

 them in the bark hot-bed. When the plants 

 are up, they should be watered often with care ; 

 and, after they have attained some growth, be 

 removed with balls about their roots into other 

 pots, and replunged into the hot-bed. When 

 they have had some growth in this situation, 

 they should be removed into a deep frame, be- 

 ing placed in a fresh hot-bed, to bring them 

 up tall. 



They should here be often refreshed with wa- 

 ter, and have air admitted freely as the summer 

 advances, till they are capable of bearing it 

 without injury; when about August they may 

 be set out during the day-time, heing protected 

 in the night, and from wet weather. At this 

 period they should be watered three or four 

 times a week. 



They are highly ornamental plants for the 

 principal situations about the house, in assem- 

 blage with other potted plants. 



GOOSEBERRY. See Ribes. 



GOOSE-FOOT. See Chenopodium. 



GORDONIA, a genus containing plants of 

 the shrubby evergreen exotic kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Mormdelphia 

 Polyandria, I Polyandria Monogynia,) and ranks 

 in the natural order of Columnyerce. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a peri- 

 anthium (double : outer four-leaved, decidu- 

 ous ;) inner five-leaved : leaflets roundish, con- 

 cave (ciliate) permanent : the corolla has five 

 petals, obovate, concave, large, united at the base 

 (one of them ciliate) : the stamina have nume- 

 rous filiform filaments, coalescing at the base into 

 an obtuse body (campanulate, with a five-cleft 

 border) : anthers oval, upright : the pistillum 

 is an ovate germ : style short, five-cornered (cy- 

 lindric) : stigmas five, sharp, horizontal : (stig- 

 ma five-cornered) : the pericarpium is an ovate 

 capsule, ovate, sharp, five-celled : cells bifid half 

 way, five-valved : the seeds two, with a leafy 

 wing on one side, in two rows in each cell. 



The species cultivated are : I. G. lasianthus, 

 Smooth Loblolly Bay; 2. G. pubescens, Pubes- 

 cent Loblolly Bay; 3. G. Franklini, Carolina 

 Gordonia. 



In the first, the stem is five or six feet high, 

 and branched : the leaves four inches long, and 

 one inch and a half broad in the middle, slightly 

 indented on their edges, and of a thick consis- 

 tence : the flowers axillary, on very long pedun- 

 cles ; of a yellowish white colour. Some de- 

 scribe it as a tall straight tree, with a regular 

 pyramidal head. It is a native of North Ame- 

 rica, flowering in August and September. 



In the second species, the branches are sub- 



