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O. pneumonn'nthe gutta'ta (spotted). . Blue. 

 August. 



pseu'do-pneumonii'nthe (bastard-wind-flower). 



. Blue. August. N. Anier. 1800. 



pu'mila (dwarf). *. Blue. May. Switzerland. 



18)7. 



puncta'ta (spotted-flowered). 3. Yellow. July. 



Alps. 1775. 



purpu'rea (purple). 3. Blue. July. Alps. 1/68. 

 fio're-u'lbo (white-flowered). 2. White. 



July. European Alps. 1823. 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). . Blue. July. Pyre- 



nees. 1825. 



*- quinqueflo'ra (five-flowered). $, Blue. August. 

 N.Amer. 1824. 



sapona'ria (so&pv/ort-leaved). 2. Blue. August. 



N.Amer. 1776. 



flo're-a'lbo (white-flowered). J. White. 



September. N. Amer. 1826. 



septe'mfi'da (seven-cleft). |. Blue. July. Persia. 



1804. 



gutta'ta (spotted). . Blue. June. Le- 

 vant. 1804. 



Cauca'sica (Caucasian). Blue. August. 



Caucasus. 



triflo'ra( three -flowered). $. Blue. July. Si- 



beria. 1807. 



umbella'ta (urabelled). |. Purple. June. Cau- 



casus. 1823. 



utriculo'sa (bladdery). . Purple. April. 



South Europe. 1822. 



ve'rnn (spring;). |. Blue. May. England. 

 flo're-a'lbo (white-flowered). $. White. 



April. 



GEOFFRO'YA. Bastard Cabbage -tree. 

 (Named after Dr. Geojfroy, of Paris, 

 author of " Materia Medica." Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia k-Pentagynia. Allied to 

 Andira.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cutting! of ripened 

 shoots in sand, in peat, and under a bell-glass j 

 peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 

 4> to 55. 



G. Bredeme'yeri(Bredemeyet'&'). Yellow. July. 

 Caraccas. 1824. 



spino'sa (spined). 30. Yellow. S. Amer. 1818. 



viola'cea (violet). 20. Violet. Guiana. 1823. 

 GEOMETRA. The Amphidasis and Hy- 



lernaria of some entomologists is a genus 

 of moths including G. polosaria, Pale 

 Brindled Beauty-Moth, which appears in 

 March ; eggs deposited in bands round a 

 twig, as done by the Lackey-Moth. Cater- 

 pillars appear with the opening leaves of 

 the elm, lime, lilac, and apple-tree. They 

 are, at first, a light green. 



G. defoliaria, Lime-Looper, or Mottled 

 Umbre-Moth, feeds on the leaves of the 

 lime and apple. Moth appears in No- 

 vember. Caterpillar reddish, with a bright 

 yellow stripe on each side. Female moth 

 has no wings, so that a piece of cloth 

 dipped in tar, and bound round a tree's 

 stem, prevents its ascent. 



G. piniaria attacks the pine and fir 

 tribe. 



GEO'NOMA. (From geonomo*, skilled in 



agriculture; as much as to say that only 

 a skilful plauter could increase the^e 

 palms. Nat. ord., Palms [Palmaceaa]. 

 Linn., 22-Dioecia 6-Hexandria. Allied to 

 Borassus.) 



Stove palms. Seed ; rich, sandy loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 G. acau'lis (stemless). 5. Brazil. 1823. 



coralli'fera (coral-bearing). 5. Red. 



macrosta'chys (large-spiked). 5. Brazil. 1328. 



pinna' tifrons (leaflet- leaved). 15. Caraccas. 



1821. 



Schottia'na (Schott's). Brazil. 1820. 



simpli' cifrons (simple-leaved). 6. Trinidad. 



is'is. 



Spixia'na (Spix's). 15. Brazil. 1824. 



GEORGI'NA. Attempts were made some 

 years since to substitute this name for 

 that of Dahlia; but the law of prioriiy 

 settles the question. Dahlia was named 

 by the Spanish botanist Cavanilles in 

 1791 ; and neither Wildenow nor Spren- 

 gel's Georgina appeared for more than 

 eighty years subsequently. 



GERA'NIUM. See PELARGO'NIUM. 



GERA'NIUM. Crane's Bill. (From 

 geranos, a crane ; referring to the beak- 

 like torus, or projection beyond the seeds. 

 Nat. ord., Cranesbills [Geraniacese]. Linn., 

 IG-Monadelphia 6-Decandria.) 



A very few require the pit or greenhouse in 

 winter, and these should have equal portioni of 

 peat, loam, leaf-mould, and sand. Almost all 

 are hardy, and flourish in common ground; 

 many grow under the shade of trees and hedges, 

 and thus secure a portion of vegetable earth. 

 There are worse things than the common weed 

 Robertia'num for twining itself round the sides 

 of a rustic basket, or crawling over a rock-work. 

 The following are a few of the best for gardens : 

 Mexica'num, rubifo'lium, stmgui'neum, Lancux- 

 trie'nse, Wallichia'num, pra'e'nse flo're-ple'no, 

 Dahu'ricum, pilv'sum, and cristu'tum. There is 

 hardly an annual worth sowing. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 G. aconitifo'lium (aconite-leaved). l. White. 

 June. Switzerland. 1775. 



arge'nteum (silvery-teawed). $. Striped. July. 



South Europe. 1699. 



cantfscens (hoary). 4. Pink, June. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1787. 



inca'num (hoary-wany-ete/0. i Pink, June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1701. 



Mexica'num (Mexican). 1. Pale purple. 



August. Mexico. 1832. 

 HARDY ANNUALS. 



G. lanugino'sum (woolly). Rose. July. N. Amer. 

 1817. 



pa' liens (pale). Pale. June. Iberia. 182F. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 G. affi'ne (related). 1. Blue. June. Altaia. 1832. 



dlbiflu'rum (white-flowered). 14. Whitish. 



July. N. Amer. 1827. 



Alta'icum (Altaic). 1$. Pale red. July. Altaia. 



1818. 



anemonfifo'lium (anemone-leaved). 3. Red. 



August. Madeira. 1788. Greenhousa 

 evergreen. 



