G9S 



GREVILLKA 



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Sf'^-^m^ 



1006. Grevillca robusta (X M). 



several months of the year. The seeds are copiously 

 produced and germinate readily. Rate of growth in 

 Victoria, 20-30 ft. in 20 years. In Ceylon it attained a 

 stem-circumference of 5 ft. in 8 years." In California 

 and S. Fla. it is a valuable lawn tree. When grown in 

 the open, it will stand some frost. As a glasshouse plant 

 it is grown almost wholly from seeds, and is used in its 

 young state ; as the plant becomes old, it loses its 

 leaves and becomes ragged below. It thrives in the tem- 

 perature suited to geraniums or roses, and it stands 

 much hard usage iind n(i,'li'ct. It is popular as a window 

 subject. Best r. -uli - v, 

 by raising a fi' 'i 

 in winter or in |i i 

 they will be in i 

 The young pl:ii,: 



in good colKlil! ' '-' ' ,-'i.u!>iii nrm cunr i., nv 



generally kill I \' I ;'':iiii w iilnn tli.' \.:<-\ i. n 



years. Lvs. t/. ... ,...: :. .. ilu- uliimaii: .hvi^i.m.^ 



narrow and puiniid .ukI s',nii.liuii:s luljud, puljusccut. 

 B.M. 3184. A.O. 14:113. A.F. 4:413. -In the West 

 Indies the plant is much grown, and it is often trimmed 

 to desired shape. In exposed places the foliage be- 

 comes goldun in cast. 



ing :i t ^ . . I . ■ 



Ilea are usually secured 

 from seed sown late 

 ing winter or spring 

 1 be in their prime. 



R.Br.). B 

 1882, p. W 

 G.C. in. 

 R.Br.=G. 



G.C. II. 5:,W9.-0. sertci;,. K.l;.-. m; ,|„l,i:,, K.Br.). B.M. 3708. 

 ^(?. sidi)hurp-a, (.hinn. = i;. .inTiii.i-riiia. — f/. llielemaJinlAna 

 Hiieg. R.H. 1882:450. L. H.B. 



GBfiWIA (Nehemiah Grew, of Coventry, If.28-82, 

 author of a work on anatomy of plants). TilWicew. 

 This includes two little known plants slightly cult, in 

 S. Fla. A genus of about (JO species of trees and shrubs 

 in the warmer parts of the Old World, often having 



GKIFFINIA 



•■ " : I .1 c . M. . : ]■-, iritire or serrate, 3-7-ncrvcd ■ 



1 I ;!•■. in axillary, few-fld. rynies or 



- .'i. with pits or glands inside 



indefinite: drupe 1-1-stuncd. 



G. Caiira, .Uii i... li.iu Xatal, was int. by Kea.souer 



Bros, in 18111. A busliy plant, with pink star-shaped fls. 



borne during most of the year. G. denticul&ta, Wall., 



from India, was never described. Under this name 



Reasoner cultivates a plant "resembling a mulberry in 



growth, which bears enormous quantities of acid drupes, 



about the size of cranberries; iisetl for pickling." 



GKfiYIA (after Sir George Grey, once Governor of 

 Cape Colony). HapifidAccit. A monotypio genus, con- 

 taining a small tree from Natal, which bears 

 large pikes of pendulous, 5-petaled, scarlet fls., 

 and is cult, outdoors in S. Calif, and abroad 

 under glass in many botanic gardens. In R.H. 

 1894:252 the plant is shown at its best, with a spike 6 

 in. long and 2-3 in. wide, containing probably over 100 

 fls., each three-fourths of an inch across. In France this 

 tree flowered from the end of auliinju thn.uglimit the 

 winter. The long-exsertcd stani' ri- •.■'.:]: <..].i)-': |iur- 

 ple anthers make a striking' f-iim. 1' iv (,E 



the fls. is so peculiar that llai\c . i. .i . i, , ims 



doubtfully to the saxifrage lairiil) . In I. ;■ .m ji.i-n- 



houses Greyia is a shrub rt-i|uiiiiig inii snnliyht, 

 thorough rijiening of the wood and a season uf rest 

 before flowering. In Natal it flowers in August or Sep- 

 tember, which is early spring there. Europeans recom- 

 mend a sandy loam. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings from 

 half-ripened wood. 



Sutherlandi, Hook. & Haw. Small tree, with thick, 

 naked branches : lvs. clustered at the ends of the 

 branches. 2-3 in. lontr. orbicular, ovate or oblong, deeply 

 cordate at i):is., tc.nllnil ; petiole 9-12 lines long; disk 

 cup-shaj't'ii, w it!i ]M niai-u'inal teeth, each crowned by a 

 peltate glan.l ; siani. IIS 11) : ovary laterally 5-lobcd, 5- 

 celled ; oviil.s uiiincnius, in 2 series in the inner angle 

 of the cells: t'r. capsular, 5-valved : seeds albuminous 

 B.M. 0040. R.H. 1894:252. G.C. II. 19:625. J.H. III. 

 30:101. 



GBirrlNIA (after William nrJinn, uln 

 plants from Brazil). Aim,^ ■ . . n specn 



Brazilian bulbs, with di-i: inl Ms. a 



2K in. across, which are nmn ..r i. - immd with 

 or rose. Like many other gin. ra nl the aniar 

 family, bulbs of flowering size are too costly for 

 eral use. Lvs. usually petioled, and with a very b 

 blade : perianth tube none or very short ; the 3 li 

 sc:.'nients narrower tlian the upper : ovarv 3-cel 

 MiL'hM r;,,,,i.ai. .1 Mrl» ■. i].\: umbcl 6-15-fld. "Grlfliu 

 ' V i.ther genera by its 2 ovi 

 ii' ral. See Baker, Araaryllii 



thes 



IJrazil they are buried 8 in. ■ . : ■ I .in.ilio 



scape and leaves rising t" ; ' ; ' ■ r.as 



in our stoves they rot win n i ■ I Ho 



recommends light peat ami -iini hi iIimh Pmi they 

 tliiive wlien phmted in tilirnus loam Ihree parts, leaf- 

 in. .hi .in.- part, and a good sprinkling of silver sand. 

 I'hi- liiiliis sh.iiihl be partly buried and the pots carefully 

 .Iraini'.l. I )uring winter the plants rest and reci\iire no 

 water. They should be placed on :i .li . h. IT in :, warm 

 or intermediate house and kept th.i. i Mn.b, 



when growth recommences and tin i nsh 



up. The plants ought to be at iIpm n.-i m .May, 

 though thev ,]n Tint ain,,.:,!- t" 'in-.v. T al 1.1. \ .i.hnu.- lime 

 undercnln ■ ' i n . - ■ !■ ma.le to llower in win- 

 ter by I r ! ni M . .; h result of this is the 

 sickeiiiir- - ' i i -. are deciduous, new 



