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G. simplex (simple). 2. Blue. July. Senegal. 1756. 



sitpe 1 i-ha (superb). 6. Orange. July. K.jnd.lficjO. 

 Lfopoldin'na (King Leopold's). 6. Yellow. 



July. 1847. 



vire'scens (greenish). 4. Orange. August. 



Mozambique. 1R23. 



GLORY PEA. Clia'nthus. 



G LOS so co' MIA. (From ylossokomos, a 

 money-bag ; referring to the shape of the 

 ilower. Nat. ord., Bellworts [Campanu- 

 lacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandriu \-Monoyynia. 

 Allied to Canarina.) 



Hardy herbaceous plants. Seeds and divisions ; 

 common garden-soil. 



G. ova'ta (egg-leaved). l. White. July. 1839- 

 North India. 



lu'rida (lurid). 3. Green, purple. May. 1838. 



North India. 



GLOSSO'DIA. (From glossa, a tongue, 

 and eidos, like; referring to the lip, or 

 labellum. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchkla- 

 cese]. Linn., %0-Gynandria \-Monoyyniu. 

 Allied to Limodorum.) 



Greenhouse, New Holland, terrestrial orchids. 

 Oitsets ; sandy loam and peat ; dryish in winter. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 50. 

 G. ma' jar (larger). Blue. June. 1810. 



minor (smaller). Blue. June. 1810. 



GLOTTI'DIUM. (From glollis, the valve 

 of the windpipe; referring to the division 

 in the seed-pod. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 17 -Diadelphia 

 4.-Decandria. Allied to Daubentonia.) 



Greenhouse annual. Seed in a hotbed, and 

 hardened otf by degrees ; sandy peat. 

 G. Floridn'num (Florida). 2. Yellow. July. 



Florida. 1810. 



GLOXI'NIA. (Named after P. B. Gloxin, 

 a botanist of Colmar. Nat. ord., Gesncr- 

 worts [Gesneracese]. Linn., l-Didy- 

 namia 2-Angiospermia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. For culture see 

 GE'SNERA. 



G. cuule'sccns (stemmed), j. Purple. July. Per- 

 nambuco. 1826. 



diqitaliflo'ra (foxglove -flowered). f. Pale 



crimson. June. Mexico. 1843. 



di'scolor (two-coloured-/mued). 1$. Lilac, blue. 



March. Brazil. 1843. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). . Blue. July. S. Amer. 1824. 

 - macrophy'lla (large-leaved). Violet. September. 



Brazil. 1844. 



macula' la (spotted -stalked}. 1. Purple. Sep- 



tember. S. Amer. 1739- 



Passingha'mi (Passingham's;. $. Violet. 



September. Rio Janeiro. 1845. 



pi'cta (painted-leaved). Lilac, blue. June. 



S. Amer. 1842. 



variega'ta (variegated-feaved). Pale blue. 



S. Amer. 



ru'bra (red). Scarlet. September. Rio Ja- 



neiro. 1840. 



specio'sa (showy). . Purple. September. 



S. Amer. 1815. 



a'lba (white-lowered). }. White. Bep- 



tembef. S. Amer. 



tubiflo'ra (tube-flowered). 1. White. July. 



South Brazil. 1847. 



GLY'CE. (From ylyfajs, sweet; allud- 

 ing to its flavour. Nat. ord,, Crucifcrs 

 ( [Cruciferse]. Linn., IS-Tetradynamia.) 



\ By various botanists this British annual has 

 i been called Aly'ssum. Adyse'tum, and Ktrniga. 

 , G m'tri'tima by seed in open border; bat tvm'e- 



ga'lti as a greenhouse shrub, by cuttings in 



spring, under a hand-glass. 



G. mari'tima (sea-side). 4. White. July. 



variega'ta (variegated). White. July. 



I GLY'CINE. (From ylykys, sweet; re- 

 ferring to the taste of the roots of some. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. 

 Linn., 17-Diadelphia 4^-Decanana.) 



The well-known Chinese twiner, popularly 

 called G'y'c'-ne Sine'nsis, belongs to Widia'riu. 

 Seeds in a hotbed, in spring; cuttings of young 

 side-shoots in spring, in sand, under a bell-giass; 

 peat and loam, with silver sand. 



STOVE EVERGREEN TWINERS. 

 G. B/icJchousiu'na (Backhouse's). 



liedysaroi'des (hedysarum-like). 1 J, Purp!e<> 



July. Guinea. 1823. Shrub. 



mo'llis (soft). 3. Yellow. July. W. Ind. 1S24. 



ro'tea (ro*y). 1. Rose. Ceylon. 1843. 



I stria'ta (streaked). 4. Yellow. July. S. Anier. 



1818. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREEN TWINERS. 

 ! G. heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 2. Yellow. 

 July. Cape of Good Hope. 1825. 



mi'nima (smallest). 2. Purple. July. N. 



Holland. 1818. 



GLYCYRRHI'ZA. Liquorice. (From 

 glykys, sweet, and rhizu, a root ; referring 



to the sweet juice of the roots of tlie 

 '. liquorice. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 



[Fabaceffi]. . Linn., 17 '-Diadelphia 4-Z>- 

 ' candria. Closely allied to Galega.) 



! Hardy herbnceous perennials. The true liquorice 

 '< is the root of G. glu'bra; but those of echina'ta 



and glundulvferu are equally esteemer] as a pec- 

 ; toral. Dividing the roots, taking care that there 

 ! is one or several buds on each piece ; deep, sandy 



loam. 



G. aspe'rrima (roughest). 2. Blue. July. Si 

 beria. 1795. 



echina'ta (prickly-headed). 8. Pale. July. 



Italy. 1596. 



fae'tida (stinking). 3. Pale yellow. July. 

 Africa. 1817. 



gta' bra (common-smooth). 3. Pale blue. July. 



Italy. 1562. 



glanduli'fera (glanded). 3. Pale. July. Hun- 



gary. 1805. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). 3. Pale. July. Levant. 1739. 



lepido'ta(scaled-silfeii-leaved). 3. Pale. July. 



Missouri. 1811. 



Uralensis (Ural). 3. Pale blue. July. Si- 



beria. 1818. 



GLYCYRRHI'ZA GLA'BRA CULTURE. Com- 

 mon Liquorice. 



Soil and Situation. It thrives best in 

 a rich, light soil, two or three feet deep, 

 which should be trenched completely to 

 the bottom before planting, and a litiJe 

 well-decomposed manure turned in with 

 the bottom spit. In shallow or poor 



