GOHDONIA (after Jamns i ;,.,-. 

 man; died 1780). Teni.ti r^i tr 

 and shrubs with alternate. ^: i ; 

 ous or persistent Ivs., :i\ill ■ 

 woody capsule. Only G. j>i'!" 

 Mass., while the others an- i 

 tropical regions. They all liart 

 foliage, and produce tlieir larse 

 small plants. They grow l>.'st 

 peaty or sandy soil. Pro].. 1 . 

 from half-ripened wood uii' ' 

 in the S. Atlantic states an ; 

 Pis. solitary and axillary ti.,,. 

 sepals aiiil v-'nN ".. rnnlv ;.. 



winged -^ i. ■■ II. 



P.J. r.. ■ - iliat 



Foliage deciduous. 



6:201. 'i 

 trees tli: 



(Georgia, but not 

 G.W. F. 47. Mn. 

 .—One of the few 



AA. Fotiaf/e evergreen. 

 Lasi4nthu3, Ellis. Loblolly Bay. Tree, to 60 ft., 



usually shrubby 



obovate-lanceolate. 



sl]..rt: .-apsul.- ..vafr. .Tulv, Aui;. Va. t-. I'la. aii4 ,M i--. 

 S.S. 1:121. B..^l. 6GS. 



an6mala, .Spreiig. Large shrub: Ivs. ,,i,i;iii, i-,ic. nar- 

 rowed into a very short petiole, iMiiir-- m- s.ai-air. ilark 

 green ab(i\-r. ;i-r, in, lun;,': fls. al -r ^r-sii,., rr.>,(ni\- 



S. Chi'n'i."l;'M' :■•■'< :.'/•.■' , , ,,j-illaris).'BM.'-mi 

 and Bd;. i i • , ■ , . '/.//-/s). 



O.Jan,,:- ■ .: ■ . ..■ X..voiiha;. 



Alfred Rehder. 



60BSE. Ulex Earopwns. 



GOSS'i'PIUM (name used by Pliny, probably from the 



GRAFTAGE 659 



Domiug^nais, Linn. Lvs. usually iyi-2 in. long, ellip- 

 tical, glabrate, with blunt, distant serratures ; veins 

 tapering towards the margin : capsule winged, emargi- 

 nate. West Indies. 



GOUMI. .See Elceagnus. 



GOURD. In England, a generic name for species of 

 Cui-iirliita (which see). In America the term is used to 



disiL'tKtti- those cucurbitous fruits whi'^h -.wo linrd- 

 -lirll.al, and are used for oruanic-nr ,ir i"r •'■ -;i' :: f 



The Go 



La-riiaria. In the northern I'nit.'^l Si, ,,1; 



li:ird-sliilled forms of 6'((c?fr6(7'/ P' p-^ i \ a: , ■ ■ ■' ; a: 

 commonly understood when the word Gourd is usei 

 The Gourds in the Amer. trade are referable to the 

 species as follows: 



GRAFTAGE comprises the process and operation of 

 ns-ifin:,' a part of one plant into another, with the in- 

 rntioii iliat the part shall grow on the foster root, to- 



(jraftin^' is oue of the oldest of the arts of plant-craft. 

 It is probable that the real art of grafting has held more 

 or less as a professional or class secret in the ancient 

 world, for the writers seem to have only the vaguest no- 

 tion of its possibilities and limitations.' Vergil writes 

 (Preston's translation): 



But thou Shalt lend 



purposes 



G. Davidsonii 



small Hs. I 1 ill. Inn- 1, ami ,-niall . .i . 1:. , , ; . ;, 



lvs. G. Stiirtii, F. Muell. A shrub vl - ', n.il 1. ,1. ui-.> 

 or less marked with black dots : lvs. broadly ov:it 

 entire: fls. large, purple, with a dark center. 



L. H. B. 

 GOUANIA (Antoine G^.iian. 17.-ir!-lS21. pi-of^.ssm- , 



