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GEE 



G. nngula'tum (angular-su/#ed). It Purple, 

 .lurie. 1769. 



asphod,:lui'des (asphodel-like). Levant. 1828. 



batruchim'des (batrachium-like). 1. Blue. 



July. Europe. 1817- 



cceru'teum (blue). 1. Blue. July. Dahuria. 1824. 



cine'reum (grey). 1. Red. August. Pyrenees. 



colli'nnm (hill). 1. Purple. July. Siberia. 1815. 



cristu'tum (crested). 1$. Red. July. Iberia. 



1820. 



Duhu'ricum (Dahurian). 1. Purple. June. 



Dahuria. 1820. 



eria'nthum (woolly-floweret). 2. Crimson. 



June. California. 1839. 



erioste'mon (woolly-stemmed). lj. Blue. July. 



Siberia. 1822. 

 pa'llidum (pale). 14. Pale blue. August. 



Nepaul. 1822. 

 fu'scum (brown). l. Brown. July. South 



Europe. 1759- 



gymnocau'lon (naked-stemmed). 1. Blue. 



July. Iberia. 18U. 



Ibe'ricum (Iberian). l. Blue. July. Levant. 



1 802. 



Lambe'rti (Lambert's). 14- Red. July. 



Nepaul. 1824. 



Lancttstrie'nse (Lancaster). $. Striped. June. 



Britain. Trailer. 



lo'ngipes (long-stalked). 1. Lilac. July. 



1823. 



lu'cidum (shining). 4- Pink. June. Britain. 



macrorki'zum (large-roo(ed). l. Purple. 



June. Italy. 15/6. 



macula 1 turn (spotted). J. Purple. July. 



N. Amer. 1732. 



multi'fidum (mucti-cut). 1. Red. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1817. 



nemoro'sum (grove). 1. Purple. July. Italy. 



1821. 



Nepale'nse (Nepaulese). 4- Red. June. 



Nepaul. 1818. 



palu'stre (marsh). 2. Purple. July. Germany. 



1732. 



parviflo'rum (small-flowered), f. Purple. 



June. Van Diemen's Land. 1816. 



phee'um (dusky). 14. Black. May. England. 



pilo'sum (shaggy). 3. Purple. July. New 



Zealand. 1821. 



pratefnse (meadow. Crowfoot-leaved). lj. 



Blue. June. Britain. 

 flo're-a'lbo (white-flowered). 1^. White. 



June. Britain. 

 flo're-a'lbo-ple l no(AoublR- white-flowered) . 



2. White. May. Britain. 

 ~ flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). 2. Blue. 



June. Scotland. 

 flotre-variega'ta (variegated-flowered). 14. 



Variegated. July. Britain. 



Pyrena'icum (Pyrenean). 1. Purple. June. 



Britain. 



refle'xum (berit-back-Jfoujered). l. Red. July. 



Italy. 1758. 



Roltertia'num (herb Robert). 1. Red. April. 



Britain. 



.' flo're-a'lbo (white-flowered). 1. White. 



April. Britain. 



rubifo'lium (bramble-leaved). 1. Pink. JuJy. 



Himalayas. 183<j. 



sangui'neum (bloody). 1. Crimson. July. 



Britain. 



. villnsi'ssimum (hairiest). $. Blood. July. 



Europe. Trailer. 



. Sibi'rieum (Siberian). I. White. July. Si- 

 beria. 1/58 



~ stria' turn (channelled), 1. Striped. August. 

 Italy. 1629. 



G. tubero'sum (tuberose-roof e<2). 1. Pink. July. 



Italy. 1596. 

 ramo'sum (branching). 1. Purple. July. 



South Europe. 



umbro'sum (shaded). 1. Purple. July. Hun- 



gary. 1804. 



Vlassuma'num (Vlassov's). 1. Red. July. 



Crimea. 1821. 



WalUchia'num (Wallich's). g. Striped. July. 



Nepaul. 181Q. 



GERA'RDIA. (Named after erarr/,the 

 English herbalist. Nat. ord., Figworls 

 [Scrophulariaceaa]. Linn., l^-Didynamia 

 2- A ngiospermia. ) 



All but delphinifo'lia from North America. An- 

 nuals, biennials, and perennials by seed, in sandy 

 peat ; perennials and biennials also by cuttings in 

 sandy peat, under a hand-light ; such as querci* 

 fo'lia, by divisions in spring; sandy, fibry loam, 

 if peat is not to be had ; the stove species re- 

 quires similar treatment, but extra heat. 



STOVE HERBACEOUS. 

 <?. delphinifo'lia (larkspur-leaved). 2. Pink. 



July. E. Ind. 1800. 

 HARDY ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 

 O. aphy'llu (le&fiess-sternmed). 3. Rose. July. 

 1834. Annual. 



mari'tima (sea-side). 2. Yellow. July. 1823. 



pedicula'ria (pedicularis-like). Yellow. June. 



1826. 



purpu'rea (purple). 14. Purple. July. 17/2. 



tenuifii'lia (slender-leaved). 1. Purple. Juiy. 



1812. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 G.fla'tta (yellow). 1$. Yellow. July. 1/96 



quei-cifo'lia (oak-leaved). 1. Yellow. July. 



1812. 



GERBE'RA. (Named after Gerber, a 

 German naturalist. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., 19-Syngenesia 2- 

 SitperJIua.) 



A greenhouse biennial ; seeds or cuttings of 

 the side-shoots, and preserved over the winter ; 

 sandy loam and a little peat. Winter temp., 40 

 to 45. 



G. crena'ta (scollop-leaved). . Purple. July. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1822. 



GERMAN CATCHFLY. Visca'ria vulga'ris. 



GERMANDER. 2\'u'crium. 



GERMINATION is the sprouting or first 

 step in vegetation of a seed. To enable it 

 to germinate it must have a perfectly- 

 developed embryo, and be ripe, or nearly 

 ripe. It must not be too old, and there 

 must be present a certain degree of heat, 

 moisture, and oxygen gas, the latter 

 | being furnished by the air. 



GEROPO'GON. Old Man's Beard. (From 

 yeron, old man, and pot/on, a beard ; re- 

 ferring to the hair-like pappus which 

 crowns the calyx in this order. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese], Linn., I9-Synqe- 

 nesia l-Jqualis. Allied to Scorzouera.) 



Hardy plants, from Italy. Animale by seed in 

 April, iu common soil; perennial by seed and 

 division o r the plant in spring. 



