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GARDEN LEMON 



GASTERIA 



GARDEN LEMON. See under Cucumis Melo. 

 GARDOQUIA betonicoides = Cedronella Mexicana. 



GARLAND FLOWER in the South sometimes means 

 Hedychium coronarium. Often means Daphne Cneo- 

 rum. 



GARGET. Phytolacca decandra. 



GARLIC (A Ilium satlvum,Linn.). Hardy perennial 

 bulbous plant, closely allied to the onion. It is native 

 of southern Europe. It has flat leaves, and the bulb is 

 composed of several separ- 

 able parts or bulbels, called 

 cloves. These cloves are 

 planted, as onion sets are, 

 in spring or in fall in the 

 South. They mature in sum- 

 mer and early fall. If the 

 soil is rich, it may be neces- 

 sary to break over the tops 

 to prevent too much top 

 growth and to make the 

 bulbs better, as is sometimes 

 done with onions. This is 

 done when the top growth 

 has reached normal full size. 

 The cloves are usually set 

 4-6 in. apart in drills, in ordi- 

 nary garden soil. The bulbs 

 are used in cookery, but 

 mostly amongst the foreign 

 population. Strings of bulbs 

 braided together by their 

 tops are common in metro- 

 politan markets (Fig. 894). 

 L. H. B. 



GARLIC PEAR. See 



Cratceva. 



GARRY A (after Nicholas 

 Garry, secretary of the 

 Hudson Bay Company). 

 Including Fadyenia. Cor- 

 ndcece. Ornamental ever- 

 green shrubs with opposite, 

 petioled, entire Ivs., with 

 the small greenish white or 

 yellowish fls. in catkin-like, 

 often pendulous spikes, and 

 with dark purple or dark 

 blue berries. None of the 

 species is hardy North, but 

 G. Veatchi, var. flavescens, 

 and also G. Fremonti, which 

 are the hardiest, can prob- 

 ably be grown north to New 

 York in sheltered positions, 

 while the others are hardy 

 only South. They are well 

 adaptedf or evergreen shrub- 

 beries, and the staminate 

 plants are especially decora- 

 tive in early spring with the 

 showy, pendulous catkins, which in G. elliptica attain 

 to 1 ft. ia length and often bloom in midwinter. The 

 Garryas thrive well in a well-drained soil and in sunny, 

 sheltered position; in England they are often grown on 

 walls. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of half-ripened 

 wood under glass ; also by layers and sometimes by 

 grafting on Aucuba. About 10 species in W. N. America 

 from S. Oregon to S. Mexico, west to W. Texas. Shrubs 

 with exstipulate Ivs. : fls. dioecious, apetalous, 1-3 in the 

 axils of opposite bracts on elongated, often drooping, 

 axillary spikes; staminate fls. with 4 sepals and 4 sta- 

 mens., pistillate with 2 sepals and 2 styles and a 1- 

 celled ovary: berry 1-2-seeded, rather dry. 



elliptica, Dougl. Shrub, to 8 ft.: Ivs. elliptic to oval- 

 oblong, obtuse or acute, usually undulate, glabrous 

 above, densely tomentose beneath, l%-3 in. long: 3 fls. 

 in the axils of short and broad, pointed bracts; spikes 



894. Garlic, as strung for 

 market. 



rather dense, staminate 2-12 in. long, often branched, 

 pistillate 1-3 in. long : fr. globose, silky tomentose. 

 Calif, to New Mex. B.R. 20:1686. Gn. 33, p. 562; 51, p. 

 257; 53, p. 449; 55, p. 258. This is the handsomest 

 species, and stands about 10 of frost (sometimes more) 

 in a sheltered position. 



Thureti, Carr. (G. elliptica x Fddyeni). Shrub, to 

 15ft.: Ivs. elliptic to elliptic-oblong, at length glossy 

 and glabrous above, whitish tomentose beneath, 2-5 in. 

 long: bracts remote, ovate-lanceolate, with usually 1 fl. 

 in each axil; spikes shorter than those of the former: 

 fr. ovoid, tomentose. Originated in France. R.H. 1869, 

 p. 17; 1879, p. 154,155. 



G. Fddyeni Hook. (Fadyenia Hookeri, Griseb.). Shrub, to 

 15 ft.: Ivs. elliptic to oblong, acute or mucronulate, glossy 

 above, tomentose beneath or almost glabrous at length, 2-4 in. 

 long: bracts oblong-lanceolate, remote: fr. tomentose. Jamaica, 

 Cuba. G. Fremonti, Torr. Shrub, to 10 ft.: Ivs. ovate to ob- 

 long, acute, glabrous on both sides, yellowish green, 1-3 in. 

 long : spikes dense, 2-5 in. long, with short bracts : fr. pedi- 

 celled, glabrous. Ore. to Calif. G.C. II. 15:431. G. macro- 

 phylla, Benth. Shrub, to 6 ft.: Ivs. ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 glabrous above, villous-pubescent beneath, 2-5 in. long: spikes 

 dense and short: fr. sessile. Mexico. G. Veatchi, Kellogg. 

 Spreading shrub, to 8 ft.: Ivs. elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, yellowish green, silky-tomentose beneath, l%-2% in. 

 long: spikes dense, 1-2 in. long: fr. sessile, usually silky to- 

 mentose. Nevada to Calif, and N. Mex. Var. flavescens, Coult. 

 & Evans (G-. flavescens. Wats.), has the Ivs. smaller, longer 

 petioled and less pubescent; it is the more northern form and 

 hardier. Species named for J. A. Veatch, botanical explorer of 

 Cedros Island, Lower California. ALFRED REHDER. 



GARtTGA (native name). Burseracece. This includes 

 a deciduous East Indian tree, reaching 60 ft., and 

 cult, in S. Fla. and Calif, for its fruits, which are 

 the size of a gooseberry, and are eaten raw, but chietly 

 pickled. The genus has 6 species in tropical Asia, 

 Amer. and Australia. Tomentose trees : Ivs. crowded at 

 tips of branches, alternate, odd-pinnate; Ifts. opposite, 

 aubsessile, serrate: fls. polygamous, panicled; calyx bell- 

 shaped, 5-cut; petals 5, inserted on the tube of the ca- 

 lyx above the middle: ovary 4-5-celled; ovules in pairs: 

 drupe with 5, or by abortion 1-3, stones, which are wrin- 

 kled and finally 1-seeded. 



pinnata, Roxb. Lvs. nearly villous; Ifts. obtusely cre- 

 nate. India and Malaya. Also cult, abroad under glass. 



GAS PLANT. Consult Dictamnus. 



GASTERIA (Greek, gaster, belly; referring to the 

 swollen base of the fls.). Lilidcece. About 50 species of 

 greenhouse evergreen succulents, allied to Aloe, and 

 native of South Africa. Rather small plants, mostly 

 acaulescent, with usually elongated leaves, crowded in 

 2 ranks or a loose rosette. Flowers with a rosy ventri- 

 cose, curved tube and short, suberect, greenish seg- 

 ments, about as long as the stamens and pistil. Several 

 species are proliferous on aborted peduncles. Hybrids 

 are frequent between the species, and with other genera 

 of the tribe. Gasterias flower in winter. For culture, see 

 Aloe. 



A. Leaves tapering gradually to the point, concave- 

 convex or concavely 3-sided. 



verrucdsa, Haw. (Aloe verwicbsa, Mill.). Lvs. in two 

 straight or at length twisted ranks, narrow for the ge- 

 nus, dull gray, very rough, with small white tubercles. 

 Cape. B.M.837. 



carinata, Haw. (Aide carindta, Mill.). Lvs. at length 

 spreading in every direction, an inch or more broad, 

 mostly inequilaterally 3-sided, dull, greener, the greener 

 protuding tubercles coarser and more separated. B.M. 

 1331 (except left-hand leaf). 



excavata, Haw. Like the last, but without raised tu- 

 bercles. Doubtfully distinct from the next. Cape. 



glabra, Haw. (Aide glabra, Salm-Dyck. A. cari- 

 nata, var. subgldbra). Lvs. larger, green, somewhat 

 glossy, some of the coarse, remote, pale dots persis- 

 tently elevated. Cape. B.M. 1331 (left-hand leaf). 



acinacifdlia, Haw. (Aide acinacifdlia). Lvs. dark 

 green, more elongated, somewhat glossy, the scattered 

 pale dots not raised. Cape. B.M. 2369. 



