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G, crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 2. Yellowish. 



June. Chili. 1832. 

 -gra'cilis (slender). . Pink. July. North 



America. 1826. 



inconspi'cua (inconspicuous). 2. Blue. 



August. North America. 1793. 



lacinia'ta (cut-leaned). A. Purple. July. 



Chili. 1831. 



liniflo'ra (Flax-flowered), i. White. June. 



California. 1833. 



mult i can' Us (many - stemmed). 2. Blue. 



California. 1833. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 2. Blue. Oc- 



tober. America. 1793. 



Pharnaceoi'des (Pharnaceum like). . 



White. June. California. 1833. 



pulche'lla (pretty). 2&. Scarlet. July. 



North-west America. 1826. 



pu'ngens (prickly). l. Pink. July. North 



America. 1827. 



pusi'lla (dwarf). . June. Chili. 1833. 



tenuiflo'ra (thin-flowered). 2. Rose, violet. 



August. California. 



tri' color (three-coloured). 1. Purple, orange. 



August. California. 1833. 



flo'ribus albica'ntibus (whitish). J. 



White. July. California. 1833. 



GILIBE'RTIA. (Named after Gilibert, 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., Ivy- 

 worts [ Araliaceae] . Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Cussonia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of the 

 young shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in 

 heat; sandy peat and fibry loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 

 G. palma'ta (hand-leaved). 6. White. March. 

 East Indies. 1818. 



GILLF/NIA. (Named after one Gille- 

 nhis. Nat. ord,, Rose-worts [Bosacese]. 

 Linn., 12-Icosandria 2-Pentagynia. Al- 

 lied to SpirsBa.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, with red and 

 white flowers, from North America. Division 

 of the plant ; common soil. 

 G. stipula'cea (Jarge-stipuled). 2. July. 1805. 



trifolia'ta (three-leaved). 2. July. 1713. 

 _ ma'jor (greater). 3. July. 



GILLYFLOWER. Matthi'ola inca'na. 



GINGER (Zingi'ber officina'le}. Green 

 ginger may be easily cultivated two 

 ways, either in pots, or in a deep pit. 

 If in pots, take the plants, shake 

 them out of the pots when at rest 

 in February, divide them, and pot 

 each piece into a pot six inches across ; 

 plunge them, as soon as the heat is 

 temperate, in a bark pit, or a frame 

 heated with dung like a cucumber-bed, 

 the surface being covered with tan deep 

 enough for the pots. As soon as the 

 plants come up give a small supply of 

 water, gradually increasing the quan- 

 tity as the plants advance in growth. 



By August they will be fit to take up 

 and preserve. If a large quantity is 

 required, a deep pit of two or three 

 lights will be necessary, the bottom to 

 be filled with rich soil to the depth of 

 a foot ; plant the roots in this soil, and 

 line the pit with hot dung, renewing it 

 as the heat declines. The time for 

 planting in the pit is February or 

 March. Water whilst growing, give 

 air in hot weather, and in September 

 you will have a large supply of fine 

 ginger roots, equal to foreign. 



GINGERBREAD TREE. Parina'rium 

 macrophy'lhtm. 



GLADI'OLUS. Corn Flag. (From Gla- 

 dius, a sword, referring to the shape of 

 the leaves. Nat. ord., Irids [Iridacese] . 

 Linn., 3-Triandria I-Monogynia.) 



Bulbs from the Cape of Good Hope, except 

 where otherwise mentioned. The hardiest 

 merely require border room, and are propagated 

 by seeds, arid by taking up and dividing the 

 bulbs before growth has commenced. Those 

 generally designated frame and greenhouse spe- 

 cies, will thrive very well in dry sandy loam and 

 peat out of doors, if planted from six to ten 

 inches deep, according to the strength of the 

 bulbs. The earliest flowering, such as 

 blandus, &c., may be planted in the end of 

 October ; ramosus, formosissimus, &c., in 

 December ; and Gandavensis, floribundus, 

 Psittacinus, and splendens, from February 

 to March, when they will keep blooming all the 

 autumn. The whole make fine pot plants, 

 potted in autumn and spring, and kept in a 

 cold pit until they show flower. They may also 

 be forced for the greenhouse after the roots 

 have filled the pots. 



G. cequinoctia'lis (sequinoctial) . April. Sierra 

 Leone. 1842. 



ala'tus (winged-flowered). . Scarlet, yel- 



low. June. 1795. 



Algoe'nsis (Algoa Bay). . Orange. 



July. 1824. 



a'lbidus (whitish). 1. White. June. 1774. 

 pi'ctus (painted). 1. Red, white. 



July. 1794. 



angu'stus (narrow-leaved). 2. Yellow. June. 



1756. 



bla'ndus (fair), l. Flesh. June. 1774. 



brevifo'lius (short-leaved). 1. Pink. June. 



1802. 



Byxanti'nus (Byzantine). 2. Red. July. 



Turkey. 1629. 



campanula' tus (bell-flowered). l. Light 



purple. May. 1/94. 



cardina'lis (cardinal). 2. Red. July. 1789. 



ca'rneus (flesh-coloured). 2. Flesh. June. 



1796. 



Cauca'sicus (Caucasian). Caucasus. 1842. 



cochlea'tus (spoon-lipped). ]. White, red. 



March. 1829. 



commu'nis (common). 2, Red. July. 



South Europe. 1596. 



