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G. odomti'ssima (most-fragrant). 2. White. 

 May. Rio Janeiro. 



trifolia'ta (three-leaved). 4. Green. Guiana. 



1816. 



GA'LIUJL Bed Straw. (From gala, 

 milk, referring to the flowers of G. 

 verum having been used to curdle milk. 

 Nat. ord., Stellates [Galiacece]. Linn., 

 i-Tetrandria ~L- Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Eubia.) 



Few of these plants are interesting to the 

 gardener, except to cover rock or root work. 

 They possess, in a more or less degree, the 

 dying qualities of Madder. Of the following 

 selected species, all are herbaceous perennials, 

 except G. suaveolens, which is an annual. 

 Annuals merely require to be sown in the com- 

 mon border, in March ; and the perennials 

 divided at the same time. 



G. campanula' turn (bell-flowered). . White. 

 June. South Europe. 1821. 



capi'llipes(h&iry-stalked). 1. White. Oc- 



tober. Russia. 1838. 



Gree'cum (Grecian). $. Purple. July. 



Candia. 1798. 



Pe'rsicum (Persian). Yellow. July. Persia. 



1837. 



purpu'reum (Purple). 1. Purple. July. 



Switzerland. 1831. 



'ru'brum (red). 1. Purple. July. Italy. 

 1597- 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). 1. White. 



July. North Europe. 1821. 



Tcm'ric-um (Taurian). |. Yellow. July. 



Tauria. 1818. 



Vailla'ntii (Vaillant's). 2. Green. May. 



England. 



GALL is a tumour formed in conse- 

 quence of the part being punctured by 

 an insect, the tumour becoming the 

 nidus of the insect brood. The Oak- 

 apple caused by the Cynips qnerci is a 

 familiar example ; as also are the 

 bunches of leaves, not unlike a rose, on 

 the Rose Willow, and the mossy tufts 

 on the twigs of the wild rose, and erro- 

 neously called Bedeyuar. These tufts 

 are caused by the Cynips rosai, another 

 species of gall-fly. 



GALPHI'MIA. (An anagram of Mai- I 

 p'xjhia, to which it is nearly allied. ; 

 Nat. ord., Malpiyhlads [Malpighiacese], 

 Linn., 10-Decandria X-Trif/yttia.) 



Stove evergreens from Mexico, with yellow 

 flowers. Cuttings of young shoots, firm but 

 not too old, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 bottom-heat ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 t>0 to 75 ; winter, 40 to 55. 

 G. glau'ca (milky-green). 8. 182Q. 



glandulo'sa (glandcd). April. 1824. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). September. 1824. 



GAMMA MOTH. Just after sunset, in 

 October, and hovering round flowers', 



maybe seen this moth (Noctaa gamma.} 

 It is called the Gamma Moth, because 

 about the middle of the upper wings, 

 but towards their inner border, there is 

 a silvery shining mark, like the Greek 

 letter gamma (7). The shape of this 

 mark has acquired to this insect another 



name, the Y-Moth. The outspread 

 wings are about an inch across : the 

 upper ones gray- coloured, marbled with 

 brown, and shining ; the under wings 

 pale ash, with a brown edge ; the head 

 and throat brownish, edged with gray 

 lines ; the belly, or abdomen, yellowish 

 gray, tufted with brown hairs. In 

 October they deposit their eggs, and it 

 would be an aid to the warfare against 

 them to ascertain what plants they 

 select for this purpose. The eggs hatch 

 at various times from May to Septem- 

 ber, but chiefly during July. The 

 caterpillars proceeding from them are 

 green, beset with greenish single hairs ; 

 head brownish green; on the back and 

 sides three or fouryellowish white lines ; 

 feet twelve in number, and marked with 

 a yellow stripe. These caterpillars 

 commit great ravages, especially in the 

 south of England, upon our peas and 

 other garden vegetables; the best re- 

 medy for which is hand picking. 



GANGRENE. See Canker. 



GARCI'NIA. Mangosteen. (Named 

 after Dr. Garcia, an eastern traveller. 

 Nat. ord., Guttlfcrs [Clusiacea^]. Linn., 

 \\-Dodfcandrla 1 -Monogynla. Allied to 

 Mammea. ) 



Of all the fruits in the East, that of G. man- 

 gustana is the most highly extolled by Euro- 

 peans ; and the Gamboge from Siam is fur- 

 nished by G. Gambogia. Stove evergreen trees. 

 Cuttings of ripened shoots, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in a strong bottom-heat ; peat and 

 loanru Summer temp., 60 to 90, with moist 

 atmosphere ; winter, 60 to 65. 

 G. co'rnea (horny). 30. Yellow. East Indies. 

 ,1823. 



