GBEVILLEA 



. 150 feet, of rather rapid growth, 

 rmrknhle decree , hence one 

 lit 1 If^t-rt I ulture,though 



ks, also for 



\ llow trusses 



1 1 liees through 



1 (' '»* If;' 



1006. Grev 



robusta (> 



several months of the year. The seeds are copiously 

 produced and germinate readily. Rate of growth in 

 Victoria, 20-30 ft. in 20 years. In Ceylon it attained a 

 stem-circumference of 5 ft. in 8 years." In California 

 and S. Fla. it is a valuable lawn tree. When grown in 

 the open, it will stand some frost. As a glasshouse plant 

 it is grown almost wholly from seeds, and is used in its 

 young state ; as the plant becomes old, it loses its 

 leaves and becomes ragged below. It thrives in the tem- 

 perature suited to geraniums or roses, and it stands 

 much hard usage and neglect. It is popular as a window 

 subject. Best results with Grevillea are usually secured 

 by raising a fresh stock every year, from seed sown late 

 in winter or in spring. The foil.. win- vluUr ..,■ spring 

 they will be in 4-C-in. pots, and will }■•■ in tin '<<■ j.rime. 



The young plants need frequent rr|iMif j;.- ii 1 p them 



in good condition. Grevillea r«hi,:.i,: li;i, .^.m.- to be 

 ppnorally known as a florists' plant withm the past ten 

 vriir^. '\,\~. twice-pinnatifid, the ultimate divi>ii'ii-i 

 i,.iir,,\v :in'l pointed and sometimes lobed, pubes.-c nt. 

 i;..M. :;i,-l. A.G. 14:115. A.P. 4:413.-In the W.-t 

 llldiu^ ill!' plant is much grown, and it is often triiiiino'l 

 to desired .shape. In exposed places the foliage be- 

 comes golden in cast. 

 There are no other Orevilleas in the Amer. trade, but follow- 



Cunn. \'.\["''l--- '• '-, s'.- -M. 'VI •<• .■■':.:i!:.. var! 



Lindl,' !■ -I - "■: '■ M ■-: ' - ': i' v ■:" '. .unniUf- 



era, M'h I " I . ■ " ., i: 'ii . • M.-s<-ens, 



R.Br.i. I- ••! .1- . ' • • ' ■ - ■ r. ■. v:". R.H. 



5919- 



26:4(;!l 



G.C. 11 . ■ ' ' ■.,-.. \l \'v. I, .i.i>.: . ': !■.' !■■ \I._:i798. 



Hneg. I; II I----' i '■ L. H.B. 



GEfiWIA iNMiriiiiah Grew, of Coventry, 1628-82, 

 author lif a \v..rk i.n anatomy of plants). Tilidcetn. 

 This ini-ludes two little known plants slightly cult, in 

 S. Fla. A getuis of about ('ill species of trees and shrubs 

 in the warmer parts of the Qld World, often having 



GRIFFINIA 



stellate pubescence : Ivs. entire or serrate, 3-7-nerved • 

 fls. yellow or rarely purple, in axillary, few-fid. cymes or 

 terminal panicles ; petals 5, with pits or glands inside 

 at the base ; stamens indefinite : drupe 1-i-stoned. 

 G. C&ffra, Meissn., from Natal, was int. by Reasoner 

 Bros, in 1891. A bushy plant, Vith pink star-shaped fls. 

 borne during most of the year. G. denticulElta, Wall., 

 from India, was never described. Under this name 

 Reasoner cultivates a plant "resembling a mulberry in 

 growth, which bears enormous quantities of acid drupes, 

 about the size of cranberries; used for pickling." 



GRfiYIA (after Sir George Grey, once Governor of 

 Cape Colony). Sapindctceai. A monotypio genus, con- 

 taining a small tree from Natal, which bears 

 large pikes of pendulous, 5-petaled, scarlet fls., 

 ad is cult, outdour- m >. i ihi. and abroad 

 under glass in manx I . :m:',-. In R.H. 



1894:252 the plant is shown : - : iih a spike 6 



in. long and 2-3 in. wide, cmih ;ni,iii:; |.r..lolily over 100 

 tls.,each three-fourths of an in.-b a.-n.ss. In France this 

 flowered from the end of autumn throughout the 

 winter. The long-exserted stamens with reddish pur- 

 ple anthers make a striking feature. The structure of 

 the fls. is so peculiar that Harvey referred the genus 

 doubtfully to the saxifrage family. In European green- 

 bouses Greyia is a shrub requiring full sunlight, 

 thorough ripening of the wood and a season of rest 

 before llowering. In Natal it flowers in August or Sep- 

 temlKT, which is early spring there. Europeans recom- 

 nicnd a sandy loam. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings from 

 half-ripened wood. 



Siitherlandi, Hook. & Haw. Small tree, with thick, 

 naked branches : Ivs. clustered at the ends of the 

 branches, 2-3 in. long, orbicular, ovate or oblong, deeply 

 cordate at base, toothed ; petiole 9-12 lines long ; disk 

 cup-shaped, with 10 marginal teeth, each crowned by a 

 peltate gland ; stamens 10 : ovary laterally 5-lobed, 5- 

 celled ; ovules numerous, in 2 series in the inner angle 

 of the cells: fr. capsular, 5-valved : seeds albuminous 

 B.M. 6040. R.H. 1894:252. G.C. II. 19:625. .T.H. III. 

 30:101. 



GEIFFtNIA (after William Griifin, who brought these 

 plants from Brazil). Amarylliddcets. Seven species of 

 Brazilian bulbs, with distinct foliage and fls. about 

 2% in. across, which are more or less tinged with lilac 

 or rose. Like many other genera of the amaryllis 

 family, bulbs of flowering size are too costly for gen- 

 eral use. Lvs. usually petioled, and with a very broad 

 blade : perianth tube none or very short ; the 3 lower 

 segments narrower than the upper : ovary 3-celled : 

 stigma capitate, rarely 3-fld: imibel 6-15-fld. Griflinia is 

 distinsruisheil from many other genera by its 2 ovules, 

 wl,,-l,".ir.' 1i,l:,1 and collateral. See Bal,. i-, .\,u:„■^]\]■h■:^^. 

 \ . ■■ . iii^ to be no record, ^l - ■ i .ri- 



I •■■ ■ line bulbs, the foil.. V : ■ v]..'- 



■ in.m W.Watson's aiih- ■ .n I i- '...i.l.-n 

 .'...,; ': . ■ inias are called stuvc piai.i^. Jlny<lo 



T,.,i , ':,:.• under cultivation, but where they do 



ti;, '. I :-ly ornamental. Herbert states that in 



111,. ,1:.. . u I'u'ried 8 inches deep in strong loam, the 

 icap, .i:i.i l.-.a\ ls rising to the height of 2 feet, whereas 

 in our stoves they rot when potted in strong soil. He 

 recommends light peat and sand for them. But they 

 thrive when planted in fibrous loam three parts, leaf- 

 mold one part, and a good sprinkling of silver sand. 

 The bulbs sli..nl.l )..■ partiv l,;ii :. .1 :iim1 i1i.' p. .ts carefully 

 drained. 1 iiii-iml' \\ in;, r iIm- i - .■ ; :i!..l require no 



water. Tb.;. ^li-uM I..- pm . ■ . . -' ■< if in a warm 

 or interni.'.ii.i!.' ii..M . :ii,.i 1, : ■ ; i . 



whe 



likes 



up. Tin- 1 : ■: ' ' ' I li their best in May, 



though till I, . I, I I .1- at any definite time 



undercnln I i i ma.le to flower in win- 



t,.r bv fi.i I J. I I , : lesult of this is the 



sill. 11.1 _ Ii' ' -. are deciduous, new 



1,1,. ! . 11 , till- flower-spikes, as in 



11,, 1 1 , : - I 111 ill' I , ipiire moderate sup- 



pli,,- ,,r ' i.iiir.,, I mill ill 'ill r rii.it and overhead, and a 



light i.osition. They do not ripen seeds under cultiva- 

 tion, but may be propagated by means of offsets from 

 the bulbs." 



