GLOBULARIA GYPSOPHILA. 



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6 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; blue ; 

 heads larger than those of G. cor- 

 difolia, on naked stalks. Leaves, ob- 

 long, crenate, round at top, thickish, 

 larger than those of G. cordifolia ; 

 stems herbaceous. Alps and Pyrenees. 

 Margins of borders, and the rock- 

 garden, in light soil. This and its 

 family are rarely seen to advantage 

 in cold clay soil. Division or seed. 



Globularia trichosantha (Hair- 

 powered G.}A species distinguished 

 by its glaucescent foliage, and finely- 

 divided petals ; from 6 to 8 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; flower- 

 heads sky-blue, large, many-flowered, 

 very similar in shape to those of Erige- 

 ron alpinus: divisions of the corolla 

 thread-like, twice the length of the 

 tube ; divisions of the calyx four times 

 as long as the tube. Radical Jeaves 

 1- nerved, spathulate, sometimes tri- 

 dentate; stem-leaves nearly linear, 

 mucronate ; stem herbaceous, leafy, 

 bearing one head ; root many-crowned ; 

 entire plant very glabrous and glau- 

 cescent. Asia Minor. The same 



positions and treatment as for the 

 preceding kind. 



Gnaphalium margaritaceum (Pearl 

 Cudweed). The well-known old bor- 

 der Everlasting, flowers, in summer ; 

 white with yellow disk, numerous, in 

 flat terminal corymbs. Leaves, nume- 

 rous, sessile, linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 dark green above, white and cottony 

 beneath, and often on both sides. 

 Stems, extremely downy, branched at 



top. North America. Borders, in 



any soil. Division. 



Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant 

 Orchis). A sweet-scented orchid, 6 in. 

 to nearly 2 ft. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer; pale purple, in a dense, 

 cylindrical, tapering spike, 1 to 4 in. 

 long, not unilateral. Leaves, oblong- 

 strap-shaped, or strap-shaped-lanceo- 

 late, acute, 2 to 6 in. long or more ; 

 folded down the middle and keeled on 



the back ; more or less recurved, the 

 lower ones much larger than those on 

 the upper part of the stem. Root-knobs, 

 two, palmately cleft, compressed, 



Britain and Ireland. In grassy 



places, drier parts of the bog-bed, or bor- 

 ders ; worth growing for its fragrance 

 only. Separation of the root-knobs. 



Gynerium argenteum (Pampas grass). 

 The noble and now well-known 

 Pampas grass, 4 ft. to 14 ft. high, ac- 

 cording to the strength of the plant. 

 Floivers, in autumn ; in a very large 

 dense panicle, from I to 2 ft. long ; 

 formed of spikelets of about six flowers 

 each., distant, covered with silky sil- 

 very hairs. Leaves, very long, linear, 

 very rough on the edges, of a glaucous 

 green, forming huge dense tufts, 4 

 to 6 ft. high, and as much or more 

 across. The Pampas, or prairies, of 

 S. America, chiefly in Paraguay. 

 Isolated specimens in the pleasure- 



ground, flower-garden, or woods; or 

 grouped with other fine perennials. 

 It will be found to attain greatest 

 vigour in light rich deep loam, and 

 where sheltered. Division and seed. 



Gypsophila arenaria (Sand G.) A 

 neat perennial, 1 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; pale red, in dense long co- 

 rymbs ; petals rarely notched. Leaves, 

 linear, flat, smooth, rather fleshy. 

 Sandy or gravelly soil in Hungary and 



Volhynia. Borders, in ordinary 



soil. Seed and division. 



Gypsophila paniculata (Panicled G.) 

 A very handsome herbaceous plant, 

 forming a dense compact bush, 3 ft. 

 or more in height and as much across. 

 Flowers, from midsummer to the end 

 of August ; small, white, exceedingly 

 numerous, arranged on thread-like 

 stalks in much-branched panicles, with 

 the light, airy, graceful effect of cer- 

 tain ornamental grasses. Leaves, few, 

 linear-lanceolate, opposite, sessile. 

 Stems knotty, smooth and glistening, 

 very much branched, slender, fragile, 



