GREENS 



cinity of Sturgeon Bay, west nearly to St. Paul. The 

 green belt in that state annually moves northward as 

 the country becomes settled and as the woods and 

 swamps ire depleted This plant seems to thrive best 

 in moist, shaded localities, and when plucked out by the 

 roots, as is done whengithenng, is not lepliced b\ new 

 growth of Its kind More open situ 1 i 1 luer 



ground produce l}copodiumof a li.,! 1 1 ^h 



color, and consequently of less decor t I I 1 iis 



pick the best green hut ire unrrli il 1 1 Its 



must be met Th( i i t li lu Wis 



consin lb pel hap it t lis 



TheuseofhU 1 L,iiwnfrom 



a very small be„'ii I | li )ns withm 



fifteen jeais Unt 1 1 i t f the holl> 



was handled by wh It il s \m i n md H lists \\ ith 

 in that time the sale of hollj h ts been txken up 1 y the 

 produie commission houses in liige citits then! j tie 

 blingthe\olume but reducing til | nl t\ Dl i ul 

 Maryland furnish the bt t I I I 



eastern holly while Tenu 

 the South ship what is 

 Holly IS almost alwaj s p i 1 

 ft Freezm? while picked ii 1 



tie provided the hoUj be alk « t, 1 to th s out m a M,r j 

 cool md preferably dark plate where the temperature 

 IS not lUowed to exceed 40° P If howt\ o frozen hollj 

 is shipped in warm express cats, the foliio'e may turn 

 black in a night 



English holly has otcasionallj been imported into the 

 United States and into Canada, but never satisfactorily 

 coniniLi nlh The eastern titi s use mistletoe from Eng 

 1 1 1 I i t steamers Theber 



I Vmerican mistletoe, 



k ntucky, Arkansas 

 1 I I Ih shipped m crates 



ol I il 11- 1 111 1 ill i ii\ quarteis on ship 

 boaid otten Ldust, the loss i t the li ncs The western 

 states use probably not more th in b 0(10 1 3 111 000 pounds 

 of American grown stock tiom the lo ilities named It 

 IS ds } shii 1 ( 1 m othei kmds ot packages Mistletoe 

 IS 1 I mage fiim fiost 



le non but little used during the 

 1 t on ( ther occasions, where open air 



i I 1 tl \ I ti luentlj made into 



ro) iiu rwieitl I 1 1! lull nd \ irginia 



IS mostly used in 



Wild sniilax u I M m three sizes, is 



shipped by expu \ 1 i lul Georgia 



It lb as liable tj iii|ui\ II i tl toe, but is 



not damaged if allowed t tl t 



remo\al from the case \1 it I 

 annualh 



Eight million hardy fern wei i 

 one wholesale dealer in C hristni is ( 

 are largely gathered m Massachusi t 



Among the newest and most u 



side ot Chiistmas deeoratiou see illustiated articles 1 ^ 

 P Schuyler Mathews m American Florist 8 48i in 1 

 9--t93. J. c. Vaughan. 



GREENS, EDIBLE, or POT-HERBS. This terra 

 Greens is generally applied in America to any Pot-herb, 

 that is to say, to any green herbage which is cooked and 

 served separately from the other principal and secon- 

 dary dishes of a square meal. The terra Greens is usu- 

 ally used for the mess of cookery which is brought to 

 the table. It is not so often applied to the plants grow- 

 ing in the garden. In the garden, perhaps, they are 

 herbs — Pot-herbs— though this term is not so much em- 

 ployed as it conveniently might be. Greens are served 

 early in the spring, when the appetite craves anything 

 which tastes like out-of-doors. 



All sorts of plants are used as Pot-herbs. Almost any- 

 thing which shows a succulent growth in the spring is 

 likely to be tried by somebody. Turnip tops, potato 

 leaves, pig-weeds, purslane, and many other apparently 



GREVILLEA 



697 



impossible herbs, are often impressed into the service. 

 The really good Pot-herbs are comparatively few, how- 

 ever. Probably the best are dandelion, spinach, mustard 

 (various species), endive, chard, beet-top and kale. 



The following plants ha^ e been more or less used as 

 Pot herbs 



Buck 

 tahfc 

 Cirdi 

 Chaid 

 Cher\ 



; horn Plantain Plantago Coronopus 

 raia Peppeigrass Bra£8ica Japonica 

 m Cynira Lnrdunculus 



Beta iidjari<t 

 ,1 Anthri'^cus Cerefohum 

 ^ tl h i,u I Intihw: 



affinisor S tuberifera) . 



I dense, Lepidium 

 I lera pinnatifida, 

 ntaphylla. 



Lotui'! Henncus. 

 iin tlv C album 

 mum crystalltnum 

 iianella enocaipa 



illy the wild species some of which 



llz alba md Lastlla rubra. 



( ; erfoUata 



1 s are wanted at the earliest possible 



1^ They are therefore, often grown 



r m greenhouses (see Spinach, 



1 etc I Thej must be succulent 



le essai \ on this account that they be 



loose ver\ rich well drained soil, with 



Specific directions for the cultivation 



various plants will be found under the several 



F A Waugh. 



GRENADIN or GRENADINE A tj pe of Carnation. 



GREVlLLEA (Chas F Greville, once vice-president 

 of the Royal Society of England, and a patron of botany). 

 Protei)eeiv. Trees or shrubs, of nearly lion ^;h > i,. , in.i i Iv 

 Australian, of which one is everywlni- . i ! ■< 



country as a decorative pot-plant. FN, i : ; :. 



mostly in pairs in the clusters or rarcni. -, ;i|.< rilni-, 

 the calyx with 4 recurved parts; stamens ot 4 sessile 

 anthers borne on the sepals; style 1, long and curved: 

 Ivs. alternate, of many forms: fr. a follicle, with 1 or 2 

 winged seeds. . 



robiista, Cunn. Silk Oak. Fig. 1000. One of the 

 most popular of all fern-leaved pot-plants, and easily 

 grown from seeds (which are imported in large quanti- 

 ties). When young (from 2-5 ft. high) it makes a most 

 graceful subject. lu glasshouses it is not grown to 

 large size, and, therefore, little is known of the great 

 size which it attains in its native forest. According to 

 Von Mueller, it is "indigenous to the subtropical part of 



