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the blooming season is over they may 

 be set out of doors during summer, 

 but should be sheltered from heavy 

 rains. They will then gradually go 

 to rest. 



Winter Culture. All that they re- 

 quire is to be kept in their pots in a 

 place where neither frost nor wet can 

 reach them ; yet the place should never 

 be below 45, nor above T)5. If the 

 cold is much lower they will be apt to 

 rot ; and if higher, to start into 

 growth. 



Diseases. The only disease that 

 these plants are subject to is a kind 

 of dry rot in the bulbs, which changes 

 the substance into a soft pulp, destroy- 

 ing the buds, and so causing them to 

 perish. There is no cure for it. 



GETHY'LLIS. (From getheo, to re- 

 joice ; referring to the sweetness of the 

 flowers of some of them. Nat. ord., 

 Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceffi], Linn., 

 G-Hcxandria I-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Sternbergia.) 



Here the Amaryllids reach their minimum 

 stature ; G. ciliaris, if not the smallest, is as 

 dwarf as any in the order. There are only 

 three of them in cultivation : Afra, ciliaris, and 

 spiralis. Greenhouse bulbs from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, with white flowers. Offsets and 

 seeds ; sandy loam and peat ; kept nearly dry 

 in winter. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 



G. A'fra (African). . July. 1820. 



cilia'ris (hair-fringed). . July. 1788. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-teoverf). 3. July. 



1790. 



spira' Us (spiral-leaved), f. July. 1/80. 



mllo'sa (shaggy), f . July. 1787. 



GETO'NIA. (Probably the native 

 name. Nat. ord., Myrobolans [Com- 

 bretacese]. Linn., IQ-Decandria l-Mo- 

 noyynia. Allied to Terminalea.) 



Stove evergreen climbers. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a glass, in bottom-heat ; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam. Summer temp,, 

 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



G, floribu'nda (bundle-flowered). 6. Yellow, 

 green. East Indies. 1815. 



nu'tans (nodding). 6. East Indies. 1816. 



GE'UM. Avens. (From yeyo, to 

 stimulate ; the roots of some of them, 

 and of allied species, have the same 

 properties as Peruvian bark. Nat. ord., 

 Rose worts [Rosace]. Linn., 12-/eo- 

 sfindria '3-Polyyynia. Allied to Poten- 

 tilla.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Coccinewn is 



very showy. Seeds, and dividing the plants in 

 spring ; sandy loam, with a little leaf-mould. 

 G. Agrimonioi'des (Agrimony-like). Ij. White. 

 July. North America. 1811. 



a'lbum (white). 1. White. July. North 



America. 1730. 



Atta'nticum (Atlantic). 1. Yellow. July. 



South Europe. 1810. 



brachype'talum (short-petaled). 1. Yel- 



low. July. 1818. 



Canade'nse (Canadian). l. Yellow. July. 



Canada. 1810. 



Chile'nse (Chili). 2. Copper. July. Chili. 



1826. 



atrosangui'neum (dark-blood-co- 

 loured). 2. Dark blood. 



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). l. 



Scarlet. July. 



cilia' turn (hair-fringed). I. Yellow. July. 



North America. 1818. 



heterophy'llum (various-leaved). 2. White. 



July. 1816. 



hy 1 bridum (hybrid). 1. Red, brown. July. 



Europe. 



intermedium (intermediate). l. Yellow. 



July. Volhinia. 1794. 



macrophy'llum (large-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



July. Kamschatka. 1804. 



niva'le a'lbum (snowy- white). White. June. 



nu'tans (nodding). l. Yellow. July. 



North America. 1825. 



Portenschlagia'num (Portenschlag's). 1$. 



Yellow. July. 1820. 



Pyrena'icum (Pyrenean). l. Yellow. July. 



Pyrenees. 1804. 



radio! turn (radiated). 1. Yellow. July. 



North America. 18 15. 



ranunculoi'des (Ranunculus-like). 1. Yel- 



low. July. 1823. 



rotundifo'lium (round-leaved). 1: Yellow,. 

 July. Russia. 1820. 



stri'ctum (upright). 1. Striped. June. 



North America. 1/78- 



virginia'num (Virginian). l. White. July. 



North America. 



GIANT FENNEL. Fc'nda. 



GI'LIA. (Named after Gilio, a Spanish 

 botanist. Nat. ord., PMoxworts [Pole- 

 moniaceffi]. Linu., &-Peiitandria l-Mo- 

 noyynia.) 



Hardy annuals, except G. aggregata. Sown 

 in September, and slightly protected during 

 winter, 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. achWeeKfo'lia (Milfoil-leaved). l. Pink. 

 August. California. 1833. 



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



rica. 1822. Greenhouse biennial. 



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



California. 1833. 



capita'ta (rownd-headed). 2J. Blue. July. 



Colombia. 1826. 



coro'lla a'lba (white- corollaed). 2. 



White. June. Gardens. 1829. 



corom>/?i/o'/j(Coronopus-leaved). 2.J. Scar- 



let. July, Carolina. 1726. 



