GREENS 



ciuity of Sturgeon Bay, west nearly to St. Paul. The 

 green belt in that state autuially moves northward as 

 the country becomes settled and as the woods and 

 swamps are depleted. This plant seems to thrive best 

 in moist, shaded localities, and when plucked out by the 

 roots as is done when g-ithei nf, is not re[ Uce 1 bj new 

 growth of Its kind More o\ en situations nd drier 

 gro md produce lycopodiumof a lighter and jellowish 

 olor and consequently of less de orati\e\ilue Indians 

 [ k the best green but aie unrel al le when exact date 



GREVILLEA bU / 



impossible herbs, are often impressed into the service. 

 The really good Pot-herbs are comparatively few, how- 

 ever. Probably the best are dandelion, spinach, mustard 

 (various species), endive, chard, beet-top and kale. 



The following plants have been more or less used as 

 Pot herbs 

 Buck 1 PI Pin tajo Coro o; us 



The 



m tie met 

 01 s n IS perhai S 

 The use of hoU 

 a erj mill beg n 

 hfteen year Lnt I 



IS hipped in w 

 black man ght 



Engh h holh has o ct i 

 Ln ted States anl nto C 

 ommer lallj Theea t ru 

 1 n Ian I Fiance 1 ought 

 r es ire much la ger than tl i 



1 ith grows chiefly m Tei 

 1 e\as and ^fe v Mex co It 



f alout 11 pounds an 1 

 1 oird otten cau e the 1 



of \ uer n gro\\ I 



is r> 1 al le to 1 f 



Ce 1 r cl ppings 



1 1} daik \\ 1 1 t 1 t 



exceed 4o° P If howe\ ei frozen hoUj 

 11111 express cars the foliage may tun 



but I 



otl 



are de red tl I I 



eatl Lam el t ill 1 \ 



u ed 1 ea tern t te 

 lias in light case i Uj m three size is 

 1 txpie mostly fr n \1 bama and Georgia 

 al le to iniury b> frecz ,, as m stletoe but is 

 iged if allowed to thaw out giadually before 

 from the case. About $10,000 worth is used 



are largely gathered in Massachusetts and Michigan. 



Among the newest and most artistic materials for 

 Christmas decoration are galas leaves and leucothoe 

 sprays, which are here figured and are elsewhere fully 

 described. Galax grows in the mountains from North 

 Carolina to Georgia, and nowhere else in the world. 



For further particulars concerning this industry, see 

 American Florist 14:598-600 (1898). For the artistic 

 side of Christmas decoration, see illustrated articles by 

 F. Schuyler Mathews in American Florist 8:484 and 

 ^■■i93. J. c. Vaughan. 



GREENS, EDIBLE, or POT-HEKBS. This term 

 Greens is generally applied in America to any Pot-herb, 

 that is to say, to any green herbage which is cooked and 

 served separately from the other principal and secon- 

 dary dishes of a square meal. The term Greens is usu- 

 ally used for the mess of cookery which is brought to 

 the table. It is not so often applied to the plants grow- 

 ing in the garden. In the garden, perhaps, they are 

 herbs — Pot-herbs — though this terra is not so much em- 

 ployed as it conveniently might be. Greens are served 

 early in the spring, when the appetite craves anything 

 whii'h tastes like out-of-doors. 



All sorts of plants are used as Pot-herbs. Almost any- 

 thing which shows a succulent growth in the spring is 

 likely to be tried by somebody. Turnip tops, potato 

 leaves, pig-weeds, purslane, and many other apparently 



md prmcox 



'mi Ch lense Lepidlum 

 Senebiera pmnatiHda, 

 psis pentaphylla. 



p c es <!ome of which 

 Basella r bra. 



Mustard Brasi 



Cult ire —Pot herbs are wanted at the earl e t possible 

 moment m the spring. They are, therefore, otton grown 

 in hotbeds, frames, or in greenhouses i^n- N;ii».i.;, , 

 Dandelion, Mustard, etc.). They must lir sm-.iii.iit 

 and tender. It is necessary, on this account , tliat tiny 1..- 

 quickly grown in loose, very rich, well-dniiti.-.l s.iil. with 

 plenty of water. Specific directions for tin- .uliivatii.ti 

 of the various plants will be found undir thr s.v. lal 

 heads. p. .\. \VAf.;ii, 



GREENWEED. Genista tinctoria. 



GREGORIA. See Douglasia. 



GRENADIN or GRENADINE. A type of Carnation. 



GREVlLLEA (Chas. F. Greville, once vice-president 

 of the Royal Society of England, and a patron of botany). 

 Proteacew. Trees or shrubs, of nearly 200 species, mostly 

 Australian, of which one is everywhere cult, in this 

 country as a decorative pot-plant. Fls. small, perfect, 

 mostly in pairs in the clusters or racemes, apetalous, 

 the calyx with 4 recurved parts; stamens of 4 sessile 

 anthers borne on the sepals; style 1, long and curved: 

 Ivs. alternate, of many forms: fr. a follicle, with 1 or 2 

 winged seeds. 



robiista, Cunn. Silk Oak. Fig. lOOC. One of the 

 most popular of all fern-leaved pot-plants, and easily 

 grown from seeds (which are imported in large quanti- 

 ties). When young (from 2-5 ft. high) it makes a most 

 graceful subject. In glasshouses it is not grown to 

 large size, and, therefore, little is known of the great 

 size which it attains in its native forest. According to 

 Von Mueller, it is "indigenous to the subtropical part of 



