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CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM 



GAILLARDIA, FOUGER. BLANKET 

 FLOWER. 



(Composites.) 

 ***G. aristata, PURSH. Blanket Flower. 



North America. 

 Syn. F. grandiflora, Hort. 

 PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. Fl. 

 yellow. Many named varieties 

 varying in colour from yellow to 

 crimson; June 11 to Oct. 20. 



***G. aristata, PURSH. Blanket Flower. 

 PL, 1904. Hardy. Ht. 1 to li ft. 

 Flowers in many shades. More 

 compact than the species. 



GALANTHTTS, L. SNOWDROP. 

 (Amaryllidacece.) 

 **G. cilicicus, BAKER. Cilicia. 



PL, 1900. Hardy. Ht. 4 to 6 in. 

 FL white; April to May. 



***G. Elwesii, HOOK, F. Asia Minor. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 6 in. FL 

 white; April to May. 



***G. nivalis, L. Common Snowdrop. 



Europe. 



PL, 1908. Hardy. Ht. 4 to 6 in. 

 Fl. white; April to May. 



GAIEGA, . TO URN. GOAT'S KUE. 

 (Leguminosos.) 



G. 'bilo'ba splendens = G. officinalis 

 splendens. 



*G. officinalis, L. Goat's Eue. Europe, 



&c. 



PL, 1897. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 3 ft. 

 Fl. purplish blue; July and Aug. 



**G. officinalis alba. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 24 ft. FL 

 white; July 3 to Aug. 25. 



**G. officinalis compacta alba. 



PL, 1905. Hardy. Ht, 1 to 2 ft. 

 FL white; July 6 to Sept. 1. 



G. officinalis splendens. 



Syn. G. ~biloba splendens. 

 PL, 1908. 



*G. orientalis, LAM. Caucasus. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 3 ft. 

 FL mauve; June 7 to July 28. 



G. patula, STEV. Tauria. 

 PL, 1903. Tender. 



GALTONIA, DECNE. GIANT SUMMER 

 HYACINTH. 



(Liliacece.) 



***G. candicans, DECNE. South Africa. 

 Syn. Hyacinthus candicans. 

 PL, 1898. Hardy. Ht. 3 to 4 ft. 

 FL white; Aug. 22 to Oct. 8. 



GENTIANA, TOURN. GENTIAN. 



(Gentianacece.) 

 G. alba, MUHL. North America. 



PL, 1905. Hardy. Ht. 1 to 2 ft. 

 FL dull white tinged with purple 

 and with greenish spots ; July 17 

 to Aug. 7. 



G. asclepiadea, L. Willow Gentian. 



Europe. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. FL 

 deep blue; July 1 to Aug. 6. 



G, cernua, H. B. & K. Ecuador. 

 PL, 1907. 



**G. excisa, KOCH. Europe. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. li to 2 ft. 



Fl. bright blue; July 9 to Sept. 1. 







G. Fetisowi, REGEL & WINKLER. Tur- 

 kestan. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. li ft. FL 

 deep blue; June 11 to Aug. 5. 



G. Kesselringi, REGEL. Turkestan. 

 PL, 1905. Half hardy. 



G. macrophylla, PALL. Siberia. 

 PL, 1906. 



*G. Pneumonanthe, L. Calathian Vio- 

 let. Europe, &c. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 6 to 12 in. 

 FL deep blue; July. 



G. scabra Buergeri, 



PL, 1897. Hardy. Ht, 8 in. Fl. 

 deep blue. 



G. septemfida, PALL. Caucasus, &c. 

 PL, 1907. 



G. tibetica/ KING. Himalayas, &c. 

 PL, 1902. Hardy. Ht. li to 2 ft. 

 FL blue ; July 4 to July 24. 



