628 GARDEN LEMON 



GARDEN LEMON. See under Ciinuiiis Melo. 



GA.ED6QUIA, betonicoides = Cc(Z)-OHe/((i Mexican 



GARLAND FLOWER in the South sometimes m. 

 nedyrhniM mromirinm. Often means Daphne C 



GARGET. Phytolacca deciDidra. 



of southern Europe. 



.). Hardy perennial 

 the onion. It is native 

 IS 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 

 ■t-6in. apartin drills, inordi- 

 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 



GARRYA (after Nicholas 

 Garry, secretary of the 

 Hudson Bay Company). 

 Including Fadyhiia. Cor- 

 nAcew. 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 

 -p<-<-i<-s is hardy North, but 



ali.l nlso (/. /'/-.inoith', which 

 !iro tlie liariliest. can prob- 

 ably be grown north to New 

 York in sheltered positions, 

 while the others are hardy 

 only South. They are well 

 adaptedfor evergreen shrub- 

 beries, and the staminate 

 plants are especially decora- 

 tive in early spring with the 

 showy, pendulous catkins, which in G.tUiptica attain 

 to 1 ft. in 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. dicecious, 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. 



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

 oblong, obtuse or acute, usually undulate, glabrous 

 above, densely tomentose beneath, lJ^-3 in. long: 3 fls. 

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



GASTERIA 



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

 pistillate 1-3 in. long : fr. globose, silkv 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. 



Thur§ti, Carr. ( G. eUipfira x FmUj,,ii\. Shrub, to 

 15tt. : Ivs. elliptic to elliptii-obloug. 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. B.H. 1869, 

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



G. Fiidueni Hook. (Failyeiiia Fr.K.keri, Griseb.). Shrub, to 

 ir. ft, Iv^ .lliiiti.- tr, nl,!,,riL', :m iiT- iM- TVinrrnTinlrifo, glossy 

 al"i>- ■■■ • I" ■'.-'<i' -■ ■•>' ' ■■' •'-• • ' i.-:;lh.2-(in. 



C'edr. 







)se beuc.-ith, llir^^ in. 

 sessile, usually silky to- 

 .~Var. flav^scens, Coult. 

 the Ivs. smaller, longer 

 ninrp northern form and 

 . Ii, lintanical explorer of 

 Alfred Rehder. 



/-,,,,►. This includes 

 rc-aohing 60 ft., and 

 ts fruits, which are 

 eaten raw, but chiefly 

 tropical Asia, 

 trees: Ivs. crowded at 



GARt6A(n.iln.-, 

 a deciduous i::,-i 

 cult, in S. n I. aiM 

 the size of a k""-' I' 

 pickled. The g.iiu 

 Amer. and Australia 

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

 subsessile, 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. 



pinn&ta, Roxb. Lvs. nearlv villous; Ifts. obtusely cre- 

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



GAS PLANT. Consult Dletumniix. 



6ASI£RIA 



swollen basi- •■ 

 greenhouse • 



(/•i-'fc. belly; referring to the 

 I,, In'icece. About 50 species of 

 . iileuts, allied to Aloe, and 

 li:iilier small plants, mostly 

 acaulescent, w iih u-ui]!} ■ li.iigated leaves, crowded in 

 2 ranks era 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 taverinq qrtiditallu to the point, concave- 



verrucdsa, H i v • l /.. /. micfisa, Mill.). Lvs. in two 

 straight or at lri!_-tli twi^trd ranks, narrow for the ge- 

 nus, dull grav, ver\- i-->u;,'ii, with small white tubercles. 

 Cape. B.M.837. 



carin&ta, 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). 



excav4ta. Haw. Like the last, but without raised tu- 

 bercles. Doubtfully distinct from the next. Cape. 



gUbra, Haw. (Aide glibra, Salm-Dyck. A. cari- 

 ndta, var. sitbgldhra) . Lvs. larger, green, somewhat 

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

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



acinacifblia. Haw. (Aide acinacifbUa). Lvs. dark 

 green, more elongated, somewhat glossy, the scattered 

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



