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GEA 



Monadelpkia 8- Polyandrla. Allied to 

 Stuartia.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs, except Hamatoxy- 

 lon, which is a stove evergreen, and requires 

 peat soil ; cuttings of young shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell glass, in heat. The others, 

 though hardy, flowering late, are ornaments 

 for the greenhouse ; layers in autumn, seeds in 

 spring, and cuttings in sandy peat under a 

 hand light in summer, in a shady place. 

 Pubescens and Franlelini are the hardiest, but 

 Lasianthus is the most beautiful, and blooms 

 chiefly in summer and autumn. Peat, leaf- 

 mould, and sand, with a trifle of loam, deep, 

 and on a retentive subsoil, if not naturally so, 

 puddled with clay ; so that the plant may ob- 

 tain something of its native position in swampy 

 soil. 



G. Frankli'ni (Franklin's). 4. White. Sep- 

 tember. North America. 1774. 



Hcemato'xylon (Red-wood). 40. White. 



Jamaica. 1820. 



Lasia'nthus (Hairy-flower). 6. Yellow. Sep* 



tember. North America. 1/39. 



pubc'sccns (downy). 4. White. July. Caro- 



lina. 1774. 



GORTE'EIA. (Named after D. Gorter, 

 a Dutch botanist. Nat. ord., Compo- 

 sites [ Asteracece] . Linn., \$-Synyenesia 

 3-Frutjtranea, Allied to Gazania.) 



Greenhouse annual. Sow in common soil in 

 the greenhouse, in March ; or in the open bor- 

 der at the end of May. 



(i. persona' ta (masked). . Yellow. August. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1774. 



GOSSY'PIUM. Cotton Tree. (From 

 //o~, Arabic for a soft substance. Nat. 

 ord., Mallow worts [Malvaceas]. Linn., 

 IQ-Monaddphia S-Polyandria. ) 



The cotton of commerce is the hairy covering 

 of the seeds of several species of this genus. 

 Barbadmse and herbaceum, especially the for- 

 mer, furnish the best cotton. Stove plants. 

 Annuals and biennials by seed, in moist heat, 

 in spring; perennial herbaceous by seed and 

 divisions in similar circumstances ; shrubs by 

 cuttings of young shoots, just getting firm, in 

 sandy soil, nnder a bell-glass, and in bottom 

 heat ; rich sandy loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85 ; winter, 50 to 60. 



G. arborc'um (tree). 12. Yellow. July. East 

 Indies. 1694. Evergreen shrub. 



Barbade'nse (Barbadoes). 5. Yellow. Sep- 



tember. Barbadoes. 1759. Biennial. 



hcrba'ceum (common-herbaceous). 3. Yel- 



low. July. East Indies. 1594. An- 

 nual. 



I'ndicum (Indian). 3. Yellow. August. 



East Indies. 1800. Biennial. 



latifo'lium (broad-leaved). 5. Yellow. July. 



1800. Evergreen sbrub. 



obtusifo'litiHi (blunt-leaved). 5. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. Evergreen shrub. 



rcfigio'surn (religious). 3. Yellow. July. 



India. 1777- Herbaceous perennial, i 



GOUA'NIA. (Named after A. Gonan, 

 once professor of botany at Montpelier. 

 Nat. ord., Rhamnads [Rhamnacese]. 

 2%-Potygamia 2-Dicecia. Allied to Try- 

 malium.) 



Evergreen stove climbers. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in 

 bottom heat ; fibry peat and sandy loam. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 50 to 58. 



G. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 10. Yellow. Rio 

 Janeiro. 1820. 



Dominge'nsis (St. Domingo). 10. Yellow. 



West Indies. 1739. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). 10. Green, 



Yellow. 1800. 



Mauritia'na (Mauritian). 10. Green, yel- 



low. Mauritius. 1823. 



tili&fo'lia (Lime-tree-leaved). 10. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. 1810. 



tomento'sa (woolly). 10. Green, yellow. 



West Indies. 1823. 



GOURD. Cucu'rbita. 



GOVE'NIA. (Named after J. JR. 

 Gowen, a distinguished horticulturist, 

 and cross-breeder of plants. Nat. ord., 

 Orchids [Orchidacese]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandria 1-Monandria. Allied to 

 Batemannia.) 



Stove terrestrial orchids. Divisions of the 

 plant; peat and loam, with a little charcoal 

 and silver sand. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; 

 winter, 50 to 55. 



G. fascia! tu. (banded-cowered). l. Yellow. 

 January. Mexico. 1843. 



Ga'rdneri (Gardner's). 2. Green, yellow. 



December. Organ Mountains. 1837. 



lageno'phora (bottle-bearing). l. White. 



January. Mexico. 1844. 



lilia'cea (Uly-flowered). 1. White. July. 



Mexico. 1837. 



supe'rba (superb). 5. Yellow. March. 



Mexico. 1828. 



utricula'ta (bladdery-s/teaMed). l. Cream. 



August. Jamaica. 1843. 



GRTE'LLSIA. (Name unexplained. 

 Nat. ord., Crucifers [Brassicacese]. 

 Linn., \b -Tetrad yuamia. Allied to 

 Coehlearia.) 



Hardy herbaceous plant, suited for rock 

 work ; common sandy soil ; division, and 

 cuttings, under a hand light, in sandy soil, iri 

 summer. 



G. saxifragafo'lia (Saxifrage-leaved). 3. White. 

 July. Persia. 1844. 



GRAFF OR GRAFT. This, also called 

 the scion, is the portion of a branch 

 selected to be inserted, or grafted upon 

 a stock, or rooted stem, to form the 

 heatl of the future plant. See Grafting 

 and Stock. 



