108 GILIA 



GI'LIA continued. 



G. min'ima coeru'lea. Height 6 ins. Blue flowers, 

 useful for carpet work for taller plants and as 

 an edging. 



(?. multicauVis. See G. achillecefolia. 



G. nivaflis. 1 ft. high. Snowy white, as its name 

 suggests, with a crimson inner ring and yellow 

 centre. A pretty little plant for edging and 

 rockwork. 



G. pulchel'la. See IPOMOPSIS elegans. 



G. ro'sea splen'dens has very showy pink flowers, 

 about 12 ins. high. 



G. tri'color. Height 1 ft. White edged with 

 purple, dark violet inner ring, and yellow 

 centre. California, 1833. 



Sow seeds yV in. deep in September out of 

 doors, giving slight protection during winter for 

 early flowering the following year. Sow again in 

 March or April for later flowering, thinning out to 

 3 ins. apart. Aspect sunny. The biennial G. 

 coronopifolia should be sown in pots in June and 

 kept moist till the seed has germinated, when the 

 seedlings should be potted up singly in forty- eight 

 pots, and not given much water till the flowers 

 show. 



GILLYFLOWER, GILLIFLOWER, or GILLOFLOWER. A 

 commonplace name for several plants. It was 

 formerly spelt gyllofer and gilofre, from the French 

 giroflee, Italian garofalo, modern Latin gariofilium, 

 corrupted from the Latin Caryophyllum, the Clove- 



