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GLO 



G. plianVceum flavifio'rum (yellow-flowered). 

 2. Yellow. July. Tauria. 1823. 



ru'brum (red). 1. Red. July. Greece. 1818. 



tri' color (three-coloured). 1. Red. July. 



Persia. 1828. 



GLAUCOUS. Greyish, or milky, green. 



GLAU'X. (From glaukos, greyish 

 green. Nat. ord., Primeworts [Primu- 

 lacetfi]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mono- 

 (fynia. Allied to Soldauella.) 



Hardy British perennial trailers, found in 

 marshes near the sea. Sandy moist soil ; seeds. 

 G. mari'tima (sea). Flesh. June. 



a'lba (white-lowered). J. White. 



May. 



GLAZING. See Greenhouse and Stove. 



GLECHO'MA. See Nepe'ta. 



GLEDI'TSCHIA. (Named after Gled- 

 Usch, a German botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacere], Linn., 

 23-Polyyamia 2-J)icecia. Allied to Cera- 

 tonia.) 



Ornamental hardy deciduous trees. Seed 

 imported from America, and the South of 

 France, where tricanthos, fyc., ripen their seeds. 

 Sinensis inermis, &c., are generally grafted on 

 the other. The seed should be sown in March, 

 after being soaked twelve hours in warm water. 

 Common soil. 



G. ho'rrida (horrid). 10. Green. July, China. 

 1774. 



1 purpu'rea (purple). 20. Green. 



July. China. 1774. 



macra'ntha (large-spined). 20. Green. 



July. 



mieraca'nthos (small-spined). 10. Green. 



July. 



monospe'rma (one-seeded). 20. Green. 



July. North America. 1723. 



Sine'nsis (Chinese). 20. Green. China. 



1812. 



ine'rmis (unarmed). 



June. 



ma'jor (larger). 



Green. 

 30. Green. June. 



China. 

 na'na (dwarf). 12. Green. June. 



China. 

 pe'ndula (weeping). Green. June. 



trica'nthos (three-spined. Honey Locust). 



30. Green. North America. 1700. 



ine'rmis (unarmed). 30. Green. 



July. 



GLEICHE'NIA. (Named after Gleichen, 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 2-L-Oryptogamia 

 1-Filices.) 



Stove ferns with brown spores. Division of 

 the plant ; peat and loam. Winter temp., 

 45 to 55. 

 G. bifurca'ta (two-forked). May. Malacca. 



exceflsa (lofty). May. Isle of Luzon. 

 flabella'ta (fan-leaved). July. New Holland. 



1823. 



g I gunt e' a (gigantic). June. East Indies. 



G. Herma'nnl (Hermann's). Isle of Luzon. 

 1839- 



nricrophy'lla (small-leaved). July. New 



Holland. 1823. 



mucrona'ta (sharp-pointed). Mindora. 



pectina'ta (comb-like). 3. August. Tri- 



nidad. 1824. 



pube'scens (downy). 3. August. South 



America. 1822. 



ri'gida (stiff). June. Isle of Luzon. 1839. 



semivesti'ta (half-clothed). May. Malacca. 



spelu'nca (cavern). July. New Holland. 



1824. 



GLO'BBA. (A native name. Nat. 

 ord., Glngcrworts [Zinziberaeese]. 

 Linn., I-Monandria I-Monogynut. Al- 

 lied to Colebrookea.) 



Stove herbaceous plants. Parting the roots ; 

 sandy loam. 



G. bulbi'fera (bulb-producing). 2. Yellow. 

 July. East Indies. 1820. 



Carey ulna (Dr. Carey's). l. Yellow. 



August. Pegu. 1822. 



ere'cta (upright). 1. White. July. East 



Indies. 1820. 



maranti'na (Maranta- like). l. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. 1800. 



Orixe'nsis (Orixian). 2. Pink. July. East 



Indies. 1819- 



pe'ndula (weeping). 1. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1822. 



raeemo'sa (racemed). 1. Yellow. July. 



Ceylon. 1812. 



sessiliflo'ra (stalkless-flowered) . l. Yellow. 



August. Pegu. 1807. 



GLOBE AMARANTH. Gomphre'na. 



GLOBE FLOWER. Tro'llius. 



GLOBE MALLOW. Sphcera'kea. 



GLOBE THISTLE. Echi'nops. 



GLOBULA'RIA. (Fromglobulos, a small 

 round head ; referring to the flower 

 heads. Nat. ord., Selagids [Selagina- 

 cese]. Linn., -Tetrandria 1-Monogynia. 

 AUied to Selago.) 



Seeds in spring ; cuttings of young shoots, in 

 summer, in sandy soil, under a hand-light ; 

 sandy loam and peat. The greenhouse species 

 require similar treatment ; longifolia will do 

 against a conservative wall, and alypum should 

 be tried in a dry sheltered place, on a rock- 

 work, with a spruce branch over it in winter. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS. 

 G. Aly'pum (Alypo). 2. Pale. August. South 



Europe. 1640. 

 integrifo'lium (entire-leaved). 2. 



Pale. August. South Europe. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 3. White. July. 



Madeira. 1775. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



G. bellidifo'lia (Daisy-leaved). *. Red. July. 

 Italy. 1825. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved), 4. Blue. July. 



Germany. 1633. 



incane 1 scans (hoary). Purple, June. Italy, 



1828. 



