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moniacese] . Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Hardy annuals, except G. aggrega'ta. Sown 

 in September, and slightly protected during win- 

 ter, they bloom early in the summer ; sow in the 

 end of March in open border; common soil. 

 The greenhouse biennial, sown in August, potted, 

 and kept over the winter, will bloom, freely the 

 following summer. 



G. achillecefo'lia (milfoil - leaved). l. Pink. 

 August. California. 1833. 



aggrega'ta (crowded). Scarlet. July. Ame- 



rica. 1822. Greenhouse biennial. 



arena' ria (sand-inhabiting). 1. Blue. June. 



California. 1833. 

 ~ caaita'ta (rownrf-headed). 2$, Blue. July. 



Columbia. 1826. 

 coro'lla a'lba (white-coroilaed). 2. White. 



June. Gardens. 1829. 



coronopifo'lia (coronopus- leaved). 2. Scar- 



let. July. Carolina. 1726. 



crassifu'lia (thick-leaved). 2. Yellowish. June. 



Chili. 183-2. 



gra'cilis (slender). $. Pink. July. N. Amer. 



1826. 



inconspi'cua (inconspicuous). 2. Blue. Au- 



pust. N. Amer. 1/93. 



lacinia'ta (cut-leaved). . Purple. July. Chili. 



1831. 



liniflo'rn (flax-flowered). . White. June. 



California. 1833. 



lu'tea (yellow). Yellow, f. California. 1852. 



multicau'lis (many-stemmed). 2. Blue. Cali- 



fornia. 1833. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 2. Blue. Oc- 



tober. America. 1/03. 



pharnaceoi'des (pharnaceum-like). . White. 



June. California. 1833. 



pulche'tla (pretty). 2$. Scarlet. July. North- 



west America. 1826. 



pu'ngens (prickly). 1%. Pink. July. N. 



Amer. 1827. 



pusi'lla (dwarf). $. June. Chili. 1833. 



tenuiflo'ru (thin-flowered). 2. Rose, violet. 



August. California. 



tri' color (three-coloured). 1. Purple, orange. 



August. California. 1833. 



flo'rihusalbica'ntibus (whitish-flowered). 



. White. July. California. 1833. 



GILIBE'RTIA. (Named after Gilibert, a 

 German botanist. Nat. ord., Ivy worts 

 [Araliacea?]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Cussonia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of the young 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in heat ; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam. Summer temp., 

 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 



6. palma'ta (hand-leaved). 6. White. March. 

 E. Ind. 1818. 



GILLE'NIA. (Named after one Glllenius. 

 Nat. ord., Eoseworts [Kosaceae]. Linn., 

 12 Icosandria 2-Penlagynia. Allied to 

 Spiraea.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, with red and 

 white flowers, from North America. Division ol 

 the plant ; common soil. 

 G. stipula'cea (tar^e-stipuled). 2. July. 1805. 



trifoha'ta (three-leaved). 2. July. 1713. 



-ma'jor (greater). 3. July. 



GILLYFLOWER. Jtfatthi'ota inca'na. 



GINGER. (Zingi'ber ojficina'le.} Green 

 ginger maybe easily cultivated two ways, 

 either in pots, or in a deep pit. If in pots, 

 take the plants, shake them out of the pots 

 when at rest in February, divide them, 

 and pot each piece into a pot six inches 

 across ; plunge them, as soon as the heat 

 is temperate, in a bark-pit, or a frame 

 heated with dung like a cucumber-bed, 

 the surface being covered with tan deep 

 enough for the pots. As soon as the 

 plants come up give a small supply of 

 water, gradually increasing the quantity 

 as the plants advance in growth. By 

 August they will be fit to take up and 

 preserve. If a large quantity is re- 

 quired, a deep pit of two or three 

 lights will be necessary, the bottom to 

 be filled with rich soil to the depth of a 

 foot; plant the roots in this soil, and 

 line the pit with hot dung, renewing it 

 as the heat declines. The time for plant- 

 ing in the pit is February or March. 

 Water whilst growing, give air in hot 

 weather, and in September you will have 

 a large supply of fine ginger-roots, equal 

 to foreign. 



GINGERBREAD-TREE. Parina'rium ma- 

 crophy'llum. 



GLADI'OLUS. Corn Flag. (From yhi- 

 dius, a sword ; referring to the shape of 

 the leaves. Nat. ord., Irids [Iridacese], 

 Linn., %-Triandria l-Monogynia.) 



Bulbs, from the Cape of Good Hope, except 

 where otherwise mentioned. The hardiest merely 

 require border-room, and are propagated by seeds, 

 and by taking up and dividing the bulbs before 

 growth has commenced. Those generally desig- 

 nated frame and greenhouse species will thrive 

 very well in dry, sandy loam and peat out of doors, 

 if planted from six to ten inches deep, according 

 to the strength of the bulbs. The earliest-flower- 

 ing, such as lila'ndus, &c., may be planted in the 

 end of October ; rumo'sus, formosi'ssimus, &c., 

 in December; and Gunduue'nsis, florifni'ndus, 

 psittaci'nus, and spte'ndens from February to 

 March, when they will keep blooming all the 

 autumn. The whole make fine pot plants, potted 

 in autumn and spring, and kept in a cold pit 

 until they show flower. They may also be forced 

 for the greenhouse after the roots have filled the 

 pots. 



G. cequinoctia'lis (equinoctial). April. Sierra 

 Leone. 1842. 



ala'tus (wing-flowered). J. Scarlet, yellow. 



June. 1/95. 



Algoe'nsis (Algoa Bay). |. Orange. July. 



1824. 



a'lbidus (whitish). 1. White. June. 177*. 

 pi'ctus (painted). 1. Red, white. July. 



'794. 



angu'stus (narrow-teaed). 2. Yellow. June. 



)7o6. 



bln.ind.wi (fair). l. Flesh. June. 1774. 



brevifu'lius (short- leaved). 1$. Pink. June. 1802. 



