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Hed'-guar. These tufts are caused by the 

 Cynips roste, another species of Gall-fly. 



GALPHI'MIA. (An anagram of Mai 

 pighia, to which it is nearly allied. 

 Nat. ord., Malpiyhiads [Malpighiacese]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria 3-Trigynia.) 



Stove evergreens, from Mexico, with yellow 

 flowers. Cuttings of young shoots, firm but not 

 too old. in sand, under a bell-glass, and in bot- 

 tom-heat; peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 75; winter, 40 to 55. 

 G fflau'ca (milky-green). 8. 1829- 



glunriulo'm (glanded). April. 1824. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). September. 1824. 

 GAMMA MOTH. Just after sunset, in 



October, and hovering round flowers, 

 rnay be seen this moth (Noctua gamma}. 

 It is called the Gamma Moth, because 

 about the middle of the upper wings, but 

 towards their inner border, there is a 

 silvery shining mark, like the Greek let- 

 ter gamma (7). The shape of this mark 

 has acquired to this insect another name, 



the Y-Moth. The outspread wings are 

 about an inch across; the upper ones 

 grey-coloured, marbled with brown, and 

 shilling ; the under wings pale ash, with 

 a brown edge ; the head and throat 

 brownish, edged with grey lines; the 

 belly, or abdomen, yellowish -grey, tufted 

 with brown hairs. In October they de- 

 posit their eggs ; and it would be an aid 

 to the warfare against them to ascertain 

 what plants they select for this purpose. 

 The eggs hatch at various times from 

 May to September, but chiefly during 

 July. The caterpillars proceeding from 

 them are green, beset with greenish single 

 hairs ; head brownish- green ; on the back 

 and sides three or four yellowish-white 

 lines ; feet twelve in number, and marked 

 with a yellow stripe. These caterpillars 

 commit great ravages, especially in the 

 south of England, upon our peas and 

 other garden vegetables, the best re- 

 medy for which is hand-picking. 



GANGRENE. See CANKER. 



GAKCI'NIA. Mangosteen. (Named 

 afti.-r Dr. Garcia, an eastern traveller. 

 Nat. ord., Guttifers [Clusiacese]. Linn., 



ll-Dod>candria l-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Mammea.) 



Of all the fruits in the East, that of G. Man- 

 gosta'na is the most highly extolled by Europeans ; 

 and the Gamboge from Siam is furnished by G. 

 Gumbo 1 gia. Store evergreen trees. Cuttings of 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in a 

 strong bottom-heat ; peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 90, with moist atmosphere ; winter, 

 60 to 65. 

 6. co'rnea (horny). 30. Yellow. E. Ind. 1823. 



Co'wu (Cowa). 20. Yellow. E. Ind. 182-2. 



Gambo'gia (Gamboge). 30. Ye'.low. E. Ind. 



1820. 



Mangosta'na (Mangosteen). 20. Purple. Java. 



1789. 



GARDEN BALSAM. Justi'cia pectora'Hs. 



GARDEN BEETLE. In June and July, 

 a small, pretty beetle very often may be 

 found among the petals of white roses. 

 It is nearly half an inch long, and rather 

 less than a quarter of an inch broad. Its 

 wing-cases are reddish brown, shining, 

 and shorter than the body ; the body and 

 head are dark green, and the antennas 

 reddish, having at their ends a dark green 

 club. This is the garden beetle ( Pkyl- 

 lopertha horticola and Melolontha horlicofa 

 of some). It feeds on the leaves of 

 apples, pears, and roses, gnawing them 

 full of small holes, and even transferring 

 its attacks to the young fruit of the apole. 

 During the latter part of July the female 

 retires into the earth for the purpose of 

 there depositing her eggs, from which the 

 grubs are speedily produced, and feed 

 upon the roots of plants. The only mode 

 of reducing the number of these beetles 

 is by searching for them during the even- 

 ing, when, if detected, they stiffen their 

 outstretched legs, and feign death ; but 

 in the day they fly about swiftly, and are 

 captured with great difficulty. 



GARDEN PEBBLE-MOTH (Scopula for. 

 ficuluris). The perfect insect, says Mr. 

 Curtis, measures rather more than an 

 inch across when its wings are expanded. 

 The upper pair are hazel-coloured, with 

 four stripes, two of which are distinct, 

 and the other faint ; the under wings as 

 well as the body are whitish ; and on the 

 former, near the centre, there is a curved 

 brown streak, and another black on the 

 margin. The first brood of caterpillars 

 occurs in May, and the second in the 

 autumn ; and when very numerous they 

 do considerable injury to cabbages and 

 plantations of horse-radish. The cater- 

 pillar is eight or ten lines long, with the 

 head of a light brown colour, and the 

 body is yellowish green, with black, longi- 



