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G.imbrifiu'ta (imbricated). 1. Variegated. 

 May. 1825. 



ju'jicea (rush-Jike). 1. White. July. 1822. 



Laro'chei (De la Roche's). . Violet. May. 



1/90. 



obtusa'ta (blunted; . 1. Yellow. May. 1801. 



(si&e-fioivering] . 1. White. May. 



albe'scens (whitish). 1. White. 

 May. 1795. 



cacru'lea (blue). 1. Blue. May. 



1795. 



seta'cea, (bristle-leaved). 1. Sulphur. July. 



1809. 



sublu'tea (yellowish). 1. Yellow. May. 1825. 



vagina 1 ta (sheathed). l. Yellow, blue. 



May. 1824. 



GF/LA. (From 'jelt-n, to shine; re- 

 ferring to the surface of the leaves. 

 Nat. orcl., Rueworts [Paitaceee]. Linn., 

 X-Octandria l-Monoyynia.') 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of 

 half ripened shoots, iii May, under a hand- 

 light, in sandy soil ; sandy peat. Winter 

 temp., 38 to 45. 



G. lunceala'ta (spear-head -leaved) . 4. Yellow. 

 Cochin China, 1820. 



oblongifo' lia (oblong-leaved). 6. White, 



green. June. New Holland. 1823. 



GELASI'NE. t From gclasinos, a smiling 

 dimple, referring to tide flowers of these 

 pretty bulbs. Nat. ord, Irids [Iri- 

 daceao]. Linn., '3-Tnandria \-Monotjy- 

 nla. Allied to Trichonema.) 



A bulb, from the Rio Grande in South Ame- 

 rica, almost, if not altogether, hardy ; but we 

 fear it has been lost at the dispersion of Dr. 

 Herbert's collection, who had dry specimens of 

 five more species of Gelasine. Nuttal's Nemo- 

 stylis is the nearest genus to it, but Tricho- 

 nema, so well known, will give a good idea of 

 it; light sandy soil suits them best ; they seed 

 freely, and seedlings flower the second season 

 from the sowing, and like most Irids they in- 

 crease by offset bulbs. 



Gi azu'rea (blue). 1. Blue. May. South 

 America. 1838. 



GENI'PA. Genip-tree. (From Gene- 

 papa, the native name. Nat. ord., Cln- 

 clioiKuls [Ginchonacete]. b-PcfilandriK 

 ]-j\fonc><i;/)ii((. Allied to Gardenia.) 



The Genipap, a South American fruit, is 

 produced by G. Americana ; it is as large as an 

 orange, and much esteemed. Stove evergreen 

 trees. Cuttings of shoots just getting a little 

 firm, in May, in sand, under a bell-glass, and 

 in bottom heat ; peat and loam, with a little 

 sand and cow-dung. Summer temp., 6(1 tu 

 80 ; winter, 45 to 50. 



G. America' na (American). 30. Pale yellow. 

 South America. 1779- 



edu'lis (eatable). 30. White. Guiana. 1824. 



escule'nta (eatable). 20. China. 1823. 



Meria'ncE (Merian's). 10. White. Cay- 



enne; 1800. 



G. oblongifo' lia (oblong-leaved). 20. Yellow. 

 Peru. 1821. 



GENI'STA. (From the Celtic yen, a 

 small bush. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 plant* [Fabaceie]. Linn., U]-Mona 

 th'lphia i)~Dccandria. Allied to Spar 

 tium.) 



Low shrubs, all with yellow flowers, good for 

 making quickly an ornamental appearance in 

 a shrubbery. The greenhouse and half -hardy 

 kinds like peat and loam, with a little sand and 

 leaf mould, and are propagated by cuttings of 

 the young shoots, in summer, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass. The hardy kinds are easily pro- 

 pagated by seed, and the most rare by cuttings, 

 under a hand-light, after April, in a shady 

 place. Whatever plan is adopted, they should 

 be frequently transplanted, or at once removed 

 to their position in the shrubbery, as they make 

 long naked roots. Canar tennis is about the best 

 of me greenhouse ones, and that in a dry place 

 requires only a little protection out of doors. 

 Lusitanica, and radiata, look interesting, even 

 in winter, when the leaves are gone. Angelica 

 is the rough-looking spring dwarf bush that 

 blooms so freely in our moist moors. Tinctoriu 

 is used in all its parts, for producing a yellow 

 dye ; and on a rock work, or on the top of a 

 mound, with its branches allowed to creep 

 downwards, few things in spring, and the be- 

 ginning of summer are more splendid than the 

 trailing triquetra, and its next door neighbour, 

 triangular is. Common loamy soil s.uits all the 

 hardy ones. 



GREENHOUSE DECIDUOUS-. 

 G. conge'sta (close-branched). 4. June. Tene" 

 riffe. 



monospe'rma (single-seeded). 4. July. 



South Europe. 1690. 



spheeroca'rpa (round-podded). 4. July. 



South Europe. 1/31. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



G. bracteola'ta (small-bracted). 2. May. 1823. 



Canarie'nsis (Canary). 2. June. Canaries. 



1659. 



clava'ta (club -leaved;. 3. June. Mogadore. 



1812. 

 fe'rox (fierce). l. July. Barbary. 1800. 



linifo 'I ia (Flax-leaved). 3. June. Spain. 



1739. 



spachia'na (Spachs). 2. Canaries. 



umbdla'tu (umbelled). 3. June. Barbary. 



1799- 



HARDY DECIDUOrS. 



G. aphij'lla (leafless). 4. Violet. July. Siberia. 

 1800. 



humifu'sa (trailing). 1. July. France. 



1819. Trailer. 



Svo'rpiiis (Scorpion). 4. April. South 



Europe. 15/0. 



tetrago'nu ^ (four-angled-ira/i^Aff/). 1. July. 



Podolia. 1822. Trailer. 



virga'ta (long-twigged). 6. June. Ma- 



deira. 1/77. 



HARDY EVERGREEN. 

 G. tf/me'eis(Etna). 3. July. Sicily. 1816. 



