A. Sthjiii'i ciipitate. 

 hyacinthina, Herb. BulK frlni.o.r : h-. r. n in. long-. 

 2-3 in. broad, rounde.l at th. Ii:.. ' : ; > ti 



ole as lous; as the blade : M.ip,. i _■ ; , i, rU 



none or very short : staiiu-Eis mu.l, -!>..,i.i i,,,,,, ilio 

 segments. B.R. 2:163 (as _l,«„, ;/,,',., ;,./.<, ,„;;,,-ui. 

 Upper sefrments tinged blue, lower ones nearly white). 

 J.H. HI. 31:371. Var. maxima, Gn. 50, p. 209, Is prob- 

 ably the best garden form. Called "Blue Amaryllis " in 



■ AA. Stigma distinctly S-cut. 

 Blumenivia, K. Koch cS; Bouch^. Bulb ovoid : Ivs. 

 4-5 in. long, cuneately narrowed to a petiole, shorter 

 than the blade: scape 6-8 in. long: pedicels K in. long: 

 stamens as long as the perianth. B.M. 5666 (veins rose- 

 colored). R.H. 1867:32. Gn. 50:1083 (veined and flushed 

 with rose). 



6BIND£LIA (Prof. Hieronymus Grindel, of Riga and 

 Dorp t) t I 6s I rh s genu conta ns plants from 

 ■wh ch a flu 1 xtr t obt ned that u e 1 externally 



aga n t po son g I y 1 o Tl hard plants 



so net mes cult for th i wh ch are 



14 '' n aero s and bor I A genus 



of about 14 spec es t on et mes 



shrubl of coar 11 1 e I S 



we t of the M j I p ff 



and usually e 1 



branche Tl e ] 1 I 

 cially the heal 



thej are calle 1 i I I i I Ij 



ff o6 ( wl ch h II I de 

 scr bed below have root that 

 lived but somet mes ann 1 



. Groundnut, Apios and Panax; also Old 

 le for peanut or goober (Arachis). Ground 

 podium. Ground Fink, Phlox siOjxtlata. 



Groundsel Tree. Bac- 



GKUMICHAMA. Eugenia Brasiliensis. 



GRUMfLEA. All referred to PsycUotria. 



GTJAlACUM (native West Indian name). Zygopliyl- 

 Idcew. Guaiacum is kept in every good drug store, and 

 the tree which produces the resin used in medicine has 

 a hard, heavy wood, used for blocks and pulleys, lulers, 

 etc. It is cult, to a very slight extent in S. Calif, and 

 in tropical Fla. for ornameutal value. The genus has 

 8-10 species of trees or shrubs, mostly tropical Ameri- 

 can, and all have hard wood and abundant resin : Ivs. 

 opposite, abruptly pinnate, leathery : Ifts. 2-14, entire: 

 peduncles borne in pairs between the deciduous stip- 



le 1 flj fl 1 lue or purple sepals 4 5 dec 1 ous, 

 iual petal 4 broadly obovate sta nens b-10, 



n e te 1 m the hort nconsp cuous d sk 



oKicini e L nn M ddle s zed or low tree nhil ting 

 ar 1 plans from tie Fla kej » to Venezuela Lfts. in 

 pa r evergreen a luarter to half an n h long 



GUAM ISLAND OF See i Z o s 



GUAVA ( lec ot Ps d which see) Pg 1007. 



Tl u var ous spec es s o ea ly cult vated 



au 1 1 d o rea 1 ly from 1 1 t t nost a 



wl 11 f,l 



lul 



e prop by 



arly n the 



best for 



\ M nn ng 



m h [ 111 1 u 1 uat ly 



gathe el t r 1 111 Hie extract also 



ton c and sedat ve an 1 s sed n asthma The rays are 

 numerou somet mes 30 about A n long 



squarrdsa, Dunal. Shrubby, branched from base, 1 2 

 ft. high : outer akenes usually squarely truncate and 

 even at summit. B.M. 1706. 



roMsta, Nutt. Gitm-Plant. Herbaceous : Ivs. larger 

 and more rigid : akenes all, or some outer ones, 1-toothed 

 or bordered at the summit. Fls. throughout the Califor- 

 nian winter. Collected stock is offered. ^_ jj^ 



GRISELtNIA (after Franc Griselini. Venetian bota- 

 nist, middle of eighteenth century ) . Including D: 

 Corndcere. This includes a tree and a shrub with large, 

 glossy, laurel-like foliage, rarely cult, in the South, and 

 nearly hardy at Washington. A genus 

 of 8 species of trees, shrubs or climVt 

 ers from New Zealand, Chili and Brazil, • — ^''"-.^^ 

 with Ivs. alternate, often inequal-sided, /^ea,^ — ^^^ 

 leathery: fls. minute, in glabrous or 

 pubescent racemes or panicles. 



littorail3, Raoul. Tree. 30 ft. high : Ivs. ovate or ob 

 long, wedge-shaped or narrowed into a petiole: veins 

 obscure beneath. New Zealand. 



Ilicida, Forst. f. Shrub. 10-12 ft. hiirh: Ivs. obov.ate 

 or oblong, very unequal at the base: v.in-s .listin.-t ))e- 

 neath. New Zeal. Not cultivated h. ic \':ir. macro- 

 phylla [G. macrophylla, Hort.) is a lari.'..--!. av.il furm. 

 G. liiclda is prized in Europe for apartments. Showy, 

 Requires shade and moisture. 



6E0MWELL. Lithospermum. 



GROUND CHERRY is Phy^aUs: in the Old Woric 

 Prunus Chamieeerasus. Ground Hemlock or Ameri 

 can Yew, is Taxus Canadiiisix. Ground Ivy. yepeta 

 Glechoma. Ground Laurel. Old World uame for JSpi 



tojs, a 

 ceding 



e the 



ne e are now It ated 1 I t they 



w U Stan late peraturea 1 1 te of 



the e t o sort s ve y o n I 1 glossy 



green not unl ke that of C J 



The Guava o t read ly propag t d 1 o n seed but 



qu te var alle 1 > br d z ng so eas ly that to secure a 

 ety recourse m st be had to graft ng or 



. Cattley Guava. 



propagating from cuttings. Grafting is performed after 

 the usual methods Propagation by cuttings is difficult, 

 but possible, and the best results seem to be had from 

 half -ripened wood, using bottom heat in a frame or 

 house. Large cuttings are occasionally rooted in the 

 open ground, after the same method of rooting figs or 

 willows. If grown from seed, the young plants should 



