GAS 



GAU 



G. subni'gr leans (blackish). 2.' Scarlet. July. 

 1820. 



let. 



gla'brior (smoother). 2. Scar- 

 July. 1826. 



stibverruco'sa (small-waited). 2. July. 1820. 

 parvipuncta'ta (small-dotted). 



2. July. 1820. 



sulca'ta (furrowed). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 



trigo'na (triangular). l. July. 1820. 



undu'ta (waved). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 



venu'sta ( lovely). 2. Scarlet. July. 1820. 



verruco'sa (warty). 2. July. 1731. 



GASTO 'NIA. (After Gaston dc Bourbon, 

 son of Henry IV. of France. Nat. ord., 

 Ivyworls [Araliaceee], Linn., 11-Dode- 

 candria 5-Pentagynia. AlliedtoAralia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of shoots 

 getting firm, in April, in sand, under a bell 

 glass, and in bottom heat; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 55 to 75 ; winter, 48 to 55. 

 G.palma'ta (hand-/eauerf). 4. White, green. 

 March. Chittagong. 1818. 



GASTROCHI'T/US. (From //roster, belly, 

 and cheilos, lip; in reference to the 

 swollen lip. Nat. ord., Gmgerivorts 

 [Zinziberacese]. Linn., 1-Monandria 

 1'Monogynia. Allied to Alpinia.) 



Must not be confounded with Don's Gasto- 

 chilus, a synonyme of Saccolabium. Stove 

 herbaceous perennials. Divisions of the plant 

 as fresh growth is commencing ; sandy loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 50 to 55. 

 G, Jenkinso'nii (Jenkins's). 2. Orange, crim- 

 son. June. East Indies. 1841. 



longiflo'rus (long-flowered). 2. Yellow, red. 



July. East Indies. 1843. 



pulche'rimus (prettiest). 2. Yellow, pink. 



August. Rangoon. 1828. 



GASTROLO'BIUM. (From (jasicr, belly, 

 and lobos, a pod ; inflated seed pod. 

 Nat. ord., Legurhinous Plant* [Fabacea:]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria \-Monogynia. Al- 

 lied to Eutaxia.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from Swan River, 

 and all with yellow flowers, except where 

 otherwise mentioned. Seeds sown in a hotbed 

 in Spring, after being soaked in warm water ; 

 cuttings of half-ripened shoots, in May, in 

 sand, under a bell glass ; peat and loam, both 

 fibry, with a portion of silver sand, and small 

 pieces of charcoal ; impatient of sour stagnant 

 soil. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 G. acu'tum (sharp-pointed). 1$. Yellow, red. 

 March. 1842. 



bilo'bum (two-lobed). 2. May. 1803. 



caly'cinum (/arge-calyxed). April. 



corda'tum (heart-shaped-teased)- May. 1841. 



epacrioi'des (Epacris-like). 184/. 



obova'tum (reversed egg-/ered). April. 



oxylnbioi'des (Oxylobium-like). April. 1840. 



retu'sum (blunt-/eiv?rf). 1^. Orange, scar- 



let. May. 1830. 



spathula' turn (spathulate-^twerf). 



spinn'sum (spined). 3. April. 1840. 



tri'lobwn (three-lobed-teawd). 



G. villo'sum (shaggy). 3. Red, crimson. May. 

 1845. 



GASTRONE'MA. (From gaster, belly, 



! and nema, a filament; in reference to 



I the filaments seen below the point of 



insertion. Nat. ord., Amaryllids [Ama- 



ryllidacea}]. Linn., Q-Hcxandria \-Mo- 



iw(/i/nia. Allied to Cyrtanthus.) 



Dr. Burchell discovered the pretty bulb clam- 

 turn, and flowered it in an open border along with 

 other Cape rarities, but we believe the plant is 

 not to be had now in Europe ; its native place at 

 the Cape is in "fields beyond Camtours river." 

 Offsets ; sandy loam, fibry peat, and dried leaf 

 mould ; plenty of water when growing, and dry 

 when at rest. Winter temp., from 35 to 45, 

 or in border protected in winter. 

 G. clava'tum (club -leaved). . White. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1816. 

 sangui'neum (blood-red). 4. Deep rose. 

 June. Caffraria. 1845. 



GATEN or GATEK TREE. Co'rmis 

 sanyiti'nea. 



GATHERER. The hand is the best 

 instrument for collecting fruit into the 

 basket, but to avoid the clanger and 

 breakage of branches incidental to using 

 long ladders, the following instruments 

 have been designed. No. 1 for apples 

 and other single fruit, No. ^ for grapes, 

 the stalk of which it severs and retains 

 in its grasp. 



No. 1. No. X. 



GATHERING. See Fruit-mom. 



GAUDICHAU'DIA. (Named after C. 

 Gandichmtd, a French naturalist. Nat. 

 ord., Malpiy hiads [Malpighiacese]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mono<jynia.} 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of ripe shoots in 

 summer, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 bottom-heat ; peat and loam, with sand, and 

 pieces of charcoal to keep it open. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 G. cynanchoi' dcs (Dog's-bane-like). 10. Yel- 

 low. Mexico. 1824. 



GAULTHK'IUA. (Named after Dr. 

 Gaulthcr, a (Jaunadian. Nat. oi\L, 



