Gilibertia 



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Gipsy Moth 



Other Species : 



aggregata, 9", Jy., bieu., 



sc. 

 Braiidegei, 9", Jy., per., 



yel. 

 californica, 1', Jy., hlf- 



hily. per., HI. 

 capitata, 1' to 2 , sum., 



b). 

 dianthoides, G", Jy., lil. 



dichotoma, 9', Jy., wh. 

 laeiniata, 1 J", Jy., pur. 

 liuiHora, 1', Jy.. wh. 

 micrantha, 9", Jy., ro. 

 parviflora, 1', Aug., 



pur., or., bl. (syn, 



mconspicua). 

 squarrosa, l',Jy., bl. 

 teuuiflora, 1', Aug., vio. 



I'lwla : CunfM it C'o/u/Mnj/, IM. 



GLADIOLUS ALTH;EA (src p. 370). 



GILIBERTIA. 



Stove evergreen shrubs (ord. Araliacese), in- 

 creased by cuttings of the young wood in very 

 sandy soil beneath a bell-glass over bottom heat. 

 Soil, librous loam, peat, and coarse sand. 



Principal Species : 



brasilieusis, .">', nut, grn., umbellata, 5', grn. 



yel. 



GILLENIA. 



Graceful, hardy perennial, herbaceous plants 

 (ord. Rosacese), which make a pleasing effect 

 in the border or large rock garden. The two 

 species are much alike, and are easily grown in 

 any common soil, not very dry. Propagation, by 

 division or seeds in spring. 



Only Species : 

 stipulacea, 3', Jy., red, trifoliata, 3', Jy.,red,wh. ; 



wh. var. major is taller. 



GILLIFLOWER. 



This popular name, sometimes rendered Gilly- 

 flower, or Gilloflower, is applied to two very 

 distinct flowers, i.e. the Carnation and the Wall- 

 flower. It belongs, however, rightly to the former, 

 and was so vised by the old herbalists. The word 

 itself is probably a corruption of the French 

 ffiro/lee or yirojie, though one old writer suggests a 

 different derivation by calling Carnations "July- 

 flowers." 



GINGER. 



So cheap has preserved green Ginger become 

 that few attempt the cultivation of Zingiber orHci- 

 nale (prd. Scitaminea;) for the sake of its fleshy 

 rhizomes, though some grow it as a foliage plant. 

 Given a deep pit and plenty of bottom heat, home 

 grown Ginger equal to the imported produce may 

 be obtained. Koots must be divided early in 

 spring, and may either be potted and the pots 

 placed in a plunge-bed of spent tan, or planted in 

 a bed of rich soil made up on slate slabs laid over 

 the bottom heat pipes. Water must be given 

 sparingly until growth is well advanced, after 

 which it is scarcely possible to give too much 

 moisture until growth ceases for the season. 



GINKGO. 



Few trees are handsomer than the Maidenhair 

 Tree, and few are better able to withstand the 

 effects of town dust and smoke. Ginkgo biloba 

 {ord. Coniferas) grows slowly, but attains to a con- 

 siderable height, and lives to a good old age. It 

 grows in any good garden soil, and is propagated 

 by seeds. 



Only Species : 



biloba, 75', spr., grn., yel. (syn. Salisbnria adian- 

 tifolia). There are several garden forms, with 

 descriptive varietal names, such as fastigiata, 

 macrophylla laciniata, pendula, -triloba, and varic- 

 gata. 



GIPSY MOTH. 



Although still very destructive, on the Continent, 

 to various fruit trees, Poplars, Willows, Hoses, 

 Oaks, etc., the Gipsy Moth, Liparis (or Jiuml/i/.r, <// 

 Porthetria) dispar, is now so scarce in this country 

 that it does little harm. The male is smaller than 

 the female, very dark, and dull brown in colour ; 

 the female is grey, and has a very downy body. 

 The eggs are deposited on tree trunks, and the 

 pupas are placed in a web among leaves, or some 

 other snug spot. Spring and winter dressings 

 should be given to fruit trees where the Gipsy 

 Moth proves a pest, (See INSECTICIDES). 



fti-ngelly Oil Plant (see Hcsiimicm indicnm). 



fl/iiijer Beer Plant (see Torula). 



(ringer. Wild (see Asa/rum curoptrmn'). 



(finr/insia (set: Pliarnaccvni). 



Ginseng (see Panax). , 



(fi/isies' Rase (nee Scabiosa arvensis). 



< iimsanthe (see Costns). 



