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attained a leaf or two, transplant them 

 thinly on the surface of shallow pots, 

 and let them grow there during the sum- 

 mer. Allow them to go to rest in the 

 autumn, and keep them in the same 

 pots through the winter, giving but little 

 water. As soon as life appears again in 

 the spring, pot them off singly into small 

 pots, watering and re-potting the same 

 as the cuttings ; but it is more than 

 probable they will not flower till the 

 second year. 



Soil. Light, fibrous loam, turfy peat, 

 and half-decayed leaves, in equal parts, 

 with a due portion of sand, well-mixed, 

 but not sifted. 



Summer Culture. To have a succes- 

 sion of bloom, pot a portion of the 

 bulbs in January, and place them in heat, 

 giving a little water. Temp., 60 to 80. 

 Pot a second batch about the middle of 

 February, and another towards the end 

 of March. These will supply flowers for 

 several months. Put them in pots, ac- 

 cording to the size of the bulbs ; keep 

 them regularly watered, but never very 

 wet._ They may be syringed occasionally 

 previously to flowering, but not much ; 

 for the leaves are so woolly that they hold 

 moisture too long, if syringed severely. 

 When the blooming season is over they 

 may be set out of doors during summer, 

 but should be sheltered from heavy rains. 

 They will then gradually go to rest. 



Winter Culture. All that they require 

 is to be kept in their pots in a place where 

 neither frost nor wet can reach them ; yet 

 the place should never be below 45, nor 

 above 55. If the cold is much lower 

 they will be apt to rot ; and if higher, to 

 start into growth. 



Diseases. The only disease that these 

 plants are subject to is a kind of dry rot 

 in the bulbs, which changes the sub- 

 stance into a soft pulp, destroying the 

 buds, and so causing them to perish. 

 There is no cure for it. 



GETHY'IJS. (From getheo, to rejoice; 

 referring to the sweetness of the flowers 

 of some of them. Nat. ord., Amaryl- 

 lids [Amaryllidacese]. Linn., 6-Hexan- 

 dria l-Monoyynia. Allied to Sternbergia. ) 



Here the Amaryllid* reach their minimum 

 stature ; G. cilia? rig, if not the smallest, is as 

 dwarf as any in the order. There are only three 

 of them in cultivation : A'fra, cilia'ris, and spi- 

 ra'/is. Greenhouse bulbs, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, with white flowers. Offsets and seeds ; 

 sandy loam and peat; kept nearly dry in winter. 

 Winter temp., 35 to 45. 



G. A!fm (African). . July. 1820. 



cilin'ris (hair-fringed). . July. 1788. 



la-nceolu'ta (spear-head-terawerf). 3. July. 1790. 



spira'lis (spira.1- leaved), j}. July. 1780. 



villo'sa (shaggy), f . July. 1787. 



GETO'NIA. (Probably the native name. 

 Nat. ord., Myrobalans [Combretacepej. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria li-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Terminalea.) 



Stove evergreen climbers. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a glass, in bottom-heat ; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam. Summer temp., to 

 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



G.floribu'nda (bundle-flowered). 6. Yellow, 

 green. E. Ind. 1815. 



nu'tans (nodding). 6. E. Ind. 1816. 

 GE'UBI. Avens. (From geyo, to sti- 

 mulate ; the roots of some of them, and 

 of allied species, have the same properties 

 as Peruvian bark. Nat. ord., Roseivorls 

 [Rosacese]. Linn., 1%-Icosandria 3-Poly- 

 gynia. Allied to Potentilla.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Cocci'neum is 

 very showy. Seeds, and dividing the plants in 

 spring; sandy loam, with a little leaf-mould. 

 G. agrimonioi'des (agrimony-like). 1|. White. 

 July. N. Amer. 1811. 



a'lbum (white). 1. White. July. N. Amer. 



1730. 



Atla'nticum (Atlantic). 1. Yellow. July. 



South Europe. 1810. 



brachype'talum (short-petaled). 1. Yellow. 



July. 1818. 



Canade'nse (Canadian). l. Yellow. July. 



Canada. 1810. 



Chile'nse (Chili). 2. Copper. July. Chili. 1825. 

 a'tro-sungui'neum (dark-blood-coloured). 



2. Dark blood. 



grandiflu'rum (large-flowered). l. Scar- 

 let. July. 



cilia' turn (hair-fringed). 1. Yellow. July. 



N. Amer. 1818. 



heterophy 'Hum (various-leaved). 2. White. 



July. 1816. 



hy'bridum (hybrid). 1. Red, brown. July. 



Europe. 



interme'dium (intermediate). l. Yellow. 



July. Volhinia. 1794. 



macrophy 1 Hum (large-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



July. Kamtschatka, 1804. 



niva'le a'lbum (snowy-white). White. June. 



nu'tans (nodding). 14. Yellow. July. N. 



Amer. 1825. 



Portenschlagia'num (Porlenschlag's). l. 



Yellow. July. 1820. 



Pyrenn'icum (Pyrenean). 1. Yellow. July. 



Pyrenees. 1804. 



radio.' turn (radiated). 1. Yellow. July. N. 



Amer. 1815. 



ranunculoi'des (ranunculus-like). 1. Yellow. 



July. 1823. 



rotundifo 'Hum (round-leaved). 1. Yellow. 



July, Russia. 1820. 



stri'ctum (upright). 1. Striped. June. N 



Amer. 1//8. 



Virginia'num (Virginian). l. White. July. 



N. Amer. 



GIANT FENNEL. Fe'rula. 

 GI'LIA. ( Named after Gilio, a Spanish 

 botanist. Nat. ord., Phloxworts [Pole 



