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GEN 



0. Laro'c.Jiei (De la Roche's), f . Violet. May. 

 179 ( >. 



obtusa'ta (blunted). 1. Yellow. May. 1801. 



secu'nda (nAe-flowefmg). 1. White. May. 1795. 



ulfie'scens (whitish). 1. White. May. 17y5. 



casru'lea (blue). 1. Blue. May. 1795. 



setu'cea (brist\e-/ewed). 1. Sulphur. July. 1809 . 



sublu'tea (yellowish). 1. Yellow. May. 1825. 



vagina' tit (sheathed). 14. Yellow, blue. May. 



1S24. 



GE'LA. (From geleo,to shine; refer- 

 ring to the surface of the leaves. Nat. 

 ord., JRueworts [Kutacere]. Linn., S-Oc- 

 tandria I-Monoyynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in May, under a hand-light, in 

 sandy soil ; sandy peat. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 G. lunceola'ta (spear-head-teaued). 4. Yellow. 



Cochin China. 1820. 



oblongifo'lia (oblong-leaved). 6. White, green. 



June. N. Holland. 1823. 



GELASI'NE. (From pelasinos, a smiling 

 dimple; referring to the flowers of these 

 pretty hulbs. Nat. ord., Irids [Iridaceae] . 

 Linn., 3-Triandria 1-Monoyyuia. Allied 

 to Trichonema.) 



A bulb, from the Rio Grande in South America, 

 almost, if not altogether, hardy ; but we fear it 

 has been lost at the dispersion of Dr. Herbert's 

 collection, who had dry specimens of five more 

 species of Gelasine. Nuttall's Nemosty'tis is the 

 nearest genus to it; but Trie-hone' >na, so well 

 known, will give a good idea of it ; light, sandy 

 soil suits them best ; they seed freely, and MOaliOgl 

 flower the second season from the sowing, and, 

 li'xe most Irids, they increase by offset-bulbs. 

 G. uzu'rea (blue). 1. Blue. May. S.Amer. 1833. 



GENETY'LLIS. (From genetyllis, pro- 

 tective of birth ; alluding to the form and 

 position of the flowers. Nat. or A., Myrtle- 

 blooms [Myrtacesej. Linn., ~L2-2cosaiidria 

 1 - Man oyy nia.) 



Greenhouse evergreens. Cultivated like the 

 Myrtle. 



G. tulipi'fera (tulip-bearing). 2J. Straw, crim- 

 son. April. Swan River. 1854. 



macroste'gia (large-involucred). 2. Crimson. 



May. Western Australia. 1854. 



GENI'PA. Genip-tree. (From Gene- 

 papa, the native name. Nat. ord., Cin- 

 dwnads [Cinchonacese]. Linn., 5-Pfw- 

 tandriu \-Monoyynia. Allied to Gardenia. ) 



The Genipap, a South American fruit, is pro- 

 duced by G. America! na ; it is as large as an 

 orange, and much esteemed. Stove evergreen 

 trees. Cuttings of shoots just getting a little 

 firm, in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 bottom-heat; peat and loam, with a little sand 

 and cow-dung. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; win- 

 ter, 45 to 50. 



G. America' na (American). 30. Pale yellow. S. 

 Amer. 1/79. 



edu'lis (eatable). 30. White. Guiana. 1824. 



fucuk'nta (eatable). 20. China. 1823. 



Mena'nee (Merian's). 10. White. Cayenne. 



1800. 



oblongifo'lia (oblong-leaved). 20. Yellow. 



Peru. 1821. 



GENI'STA. (From the Celtic, gen, a 

 small bush. TS&t.o\:d.,Leyumiituus Plants 

 [Fabacese]. Linn., lQ-Monetdelph,iq 6- 

 Decandria. Allied to Spartium.) 



Low shrubs, all with yellow flowers, good for 

 making quickly an ornamental appearance in a 

 shrubbery. The greenhouse and half-hardy kinds 

 like peat and loam, with a little sand and leaf- 

 mould, and are propagated by cuttings of the 

 young shoots in summer, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass. The hardy kinds are easily propagated by 

 seed, and the most rare by cuttings under a 

 hand-light, after April, in a shady place. What- 

 ever plan is adopted, they should be frequently 

 transplanted, or at once removed to their position 

 in the shrubbery, as they make long, naked roots. 

 Canarie'nsis is about the best of the greenhouse 

 ones, and that in a dry place requires only a little,, 

 protection out of doors. Lusita'nica and radia ta 

 look interesting, even in winter, when the leaves 

 are gone. Ange'lica is the rough-looking spring 

 dwarf-bush that blooms so freely in our moist 

 moors. Tincto'ria is used in all its parts for pro- 

 ducing a yellow dye; and on a rock-work, or on 

 the top of a mound, with its branches allowed to 

 creep downwards, few things in spring and the 

 beginning of summer are more splendid than the 

 trailing trique'tru, and its next-door neighbour, 

 triungtUa'rit. Common, loamy soil suits all the 

 hardy ones. 



GREENHOUSE DECIDUOUS. 

 G?. conge'stu (close-irancAed). 4. June. Tene- 

 riffe. 



monospe'rma (single-seedec!). 4. July. South 



Europe. 1690. 



tphteroca'rpa (round-podded). 4. July. South 



Europe. 1/31. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 G. bracteola'ta (small-brarted). 2. May. 1823. 



Cunnrie'nsis (Canary). 2. June. Canaries. l65<]. 



claoa'ta (club-leaved), 3. June. Mogadoie. 



1812. 



fe'rox( fierce). 1$. July. Barbary. 1800. 



linifo'lia (flax-leaved). 3. June. Spain. 1739. 



S/>iichia'na (Spach's). 2. Canaries. 



umbellu'ta (umbelled). 3. June. Barbary. !/99. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 



G. aphy'lla (leafless). 4. Violet. July. Siberia 

 1800. 



humifu'sa (trailing). 1. July. France. 1819- 



Trailer. 



sco'rpius (scorpion). 4. April. South Europe. 



1570. 



tetrago'na (four-argled-6rancAed). 1. July. 



Podolia. 1822. Trailer. 



virga'ta (/on^-twigged). 5. June. Madeira. 



1777- 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 

 G. Mthne'nsis (Etna). 3. July. Sicily. 181 8. 



A'nglica (English. Petty whin}. 2. July. Britain. 



angula'ta (angled). 3. June. Maryland. 1739- 



Anxu'nticn (Anxantic). 4. July. Italy. 1818. 



ca'ndicans (whitish). 2. May. Spain. 1735. 



cine'rea (greyish). 4. July. South Europe. 



decu'mbens (decumbent). 4. June. Burgundy. 



1775. Trailer. 



di/u'sa (spreading). 3. June. Hungary. 18)6. 



fl,.i r ida (flowery). 6. July. Spain. 1?52. 



Germa'nica (German). 2. July. Germany. 17/3. 

 ine'rmis (near/^-unarmed). 2. July. Ger- 

 many. 



7/fspa'rck'afSpanish). 2. July. Spain. 1759. 



