150 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Glyptostrobus heterophyllus, Endlicher. 



China. An ornamental tree, allied to Taxodium distichum in some 

 respects, and like that tree particularly fit for permanently wet 

 ground. The Chinese plant it along the edges of canals and narrow 

 creeks, the buttress of the tree standing actually in the moist mud. 

 (Dr. Hance). 



Gmelina Leichhardtii, F. v. Muller. 



East Australia. Grown for fancy-timber purposes now on a 

 commercial scale in Queensland already. 



Gonioma Kamassi, E. Meyer. 



South Africa. This small tree furnishes the yellow Kamassi-wood, 

 much sought for carpenters' tools, planes, and other select articles 

 of wood-work ; also for wood-engraving, according to Dr. Pappe. 

 Flowers deliciously fragrant. 



Gordonia lasianthus, Linn6. 



The Loblolly Bay. North America. A handsome tree, growing 

 to a height of 60 feet ; flowers snowy white. The wood is ex- 

 tremely light, of a rosy hue and fine silky texture, but unfit for 

 exposure. The bark is extensively employed for tanning in the 

 Southern States. Available for swampy coast-lands. 



Gossypium arboreum, Linne.* 



The Tree Cotton. India, Arabia. A tall perennial species, but 

 not forming a real tree, yielding cotton in the first season. Leaves 

 long-lobed. Bracts with few teeth. Petals yellow, or in age pink 

 or purple. Seeds brown, disconnected, after the removal of the 

 cotton fibre greenish velvety. The cotton of long staple, but a 

 variety occurs with short staple. The New Orleans Cotton (G. 

 sanguineum, Hassk.) belongs to this species. Dr. Seemann connects 

 also the ordinary G. herbaceum, L., as a variety with G. arboreum. 

 The cotton-fibre is crisp, white, opaque, and not easily separable. 



Gossypium Barbadense, Linne.* 



West India. Sea Island Cotton. Leaves long-lobed. Petals 

 yellow. Seeds disconnected, black, after the removal of the 

 cotton-fibre naked. The cotton of this species is very long, 

 easily separable, and of a silky lustre. This species requires 

 low-lying coast-tracts for attaining to perfection. Perennial, and 

 yielding like the rest a crop in the first season. Cultivated largely 

 in the Southern States of North America, also in South Europe, 

 North Africa, Queensland, and various other countries. M. Del- 

 chevalerie has drawn attention to a new and almost branchless 

 plant, of tall size and exceedingly prolific in bearing, raised in 



