GALIUM 



GARPIXIA 



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are used to lighteu the efVect of bouquets of other fls., 

 notably sweet peas, which cun hardly be arranged with 

 their own foliage, and which in large masses are inclined 

 to look heavy and lumpy. Gypsophilas, which are used 

 for the same purpose, bloom later. They have an equal 

 iiiflriity of detail, which baffles the eye to comprehend. 

 The botanist's analysis of all this misty delicacy and 

 airy grace is "fls. in axillary and terminal, trichotomous 

 cymes and panicles. " He also declares that the Ivs. are 

 really opposite, the intervening members of the whorls 

 being stipules. Fig. 8'.)0. Galiums are annual or peren- 

 nial herbs, with 4-angled, slender stems and small, 

 white, green, }'elIow orpurple lis. ; corolla wheel-shaped, 

 4-lobed: stamens 4 : styles 2. The following are peren- 

 nials from creeping rootstocks, with white fls. in termi- 

 nal panicles. 



A. Lrs. ill t/'.s' ; frnit hairy. 

 boreMe, Linn. Height 'j-lj.j ft.: stem rather firm, 

 erect and slightly liranclied: Ivs. lanceolate or linear, 

 3-ribbed, scarcely rough at the edges, often 1 in. long: 

 petals with very short, incurved points. Native. 



AA. Li'^. lit 5'.s n/-6''.s- .■ fi\ .sj/(0'-)/7i f>r slifihtfif (jru uHjatvd . 

 Molliigo, Linn. Stem 1-3 ft. long, more or less 

 liranched; Ivs. obovate to oblong or linear, more or less 

 rough at edges, always terminated b}' a little point : pet- 

 als aliruptly narrowed into a relatively long point. — This 

 is known in some places as "Baby's Breath," although 

 that name is also given to Gypsophilas (which seel. 

 Eu. Perennial. 



GALPHlMIA (anagram of Malpighia). Malpi(jhu\- 

 (e(e, an order of almost no horticultural value. This ge- 

 nus includes a yellow-tld. shrub cult, in the e.xtreme 

 South, and valued for the exceptional length of its flow- 

 ering season. The genus has a dozen or less species, 

 mostly IMexican. Shrubs or subshrubs : Ivs. op- 

 posite, slightly glaucous on both sides or be- 

 neath, entire or obscurely toothed, glandular at 

 the margin or base of blade or at the tip of the 

 leaf-stalk; racemes terminal: fls. yellow or red- 

 <lish. O. riifida, probably a recent species, is 

 cult, by E N. Reasoner. Three or four other 

 kinds are rarely cult, under glass abroad. 



GALTdNIA (after Francis (_ialton, the rtis- 

 tmguished anthropological writer). Giant Sum- 

 mer Hyacinth. One of the few Cape bulbs that 

 are practically hardy. This fine [ilant grows 'i-'> 

 ft. high and produces racemes 9-12 in. long of 

 white, funnel-shaped, pendulous tts. in .July or 

 later. The plants should be heavily mulched if 

 lef toutdoors where winters are severe. In favored 

 localities the bulbs may be left for several years 

 with increasingly better results. Largo clumps 

 are desirable. They have been suggested for 

 cemetery planting. The genus differs from hya- 

 cinths mainly by its more numerous and flat- 

 tened seeds.' The other 2 

 species are inferior to the 

 following, which ^^■as in- 

 troduced by Leichtlin in 

 the early seventies, and 

 now holds a ]>ermanent 

 place in horticulture. The 

 plants prefer a rich, open, 

 moist soil : 



cindicans, Decne. (////- 

 iiciiitlnis <-■ <! l> <J < i' (I it ii , 

 Baker). Fig. 891. Bulb 

 large, round, coated: Ivs. 

 lorate - lanceolate, 2^2 ft. 

 long : scape often 4 ft. 

 high: racemes 12-20-fld.; 

 fls. fragrant, F.S. 21:2173. 

 G.C. 1871:380 : 1872:1099 

 and II. 15:273. 

 p. 32. P.G. 3 

 17:281. 



R.H. 1882, 

 :101. A. G. 



GAMBOGE. 



Garviiiiti . 



See under 



891. Summer Hyacinths. 

 Galtonia candicans. 



GAMOLEPIS (Greek for mtitrtl acales; referring to 

 the involucre). CompAsiUe. About a dozen S. African 

 herbs or small shrubs, somewhat allied botanieally to 

 Chrysanthemum. Lvs. alternate and mostly 

 pinnatisect: peduncles I-headed, the heads bear- 

 ing 1 series of yellow, pistillate r.ays, the disk fls. 

 perfect: akenes without pappus, wingless and 

 glabrous. 



annua. Less. (6'. ^^'ki/^^-.s, DC). Fig. 892. An- 

 nual, of wiry growth, a foot or less high, very 

 tloriferous: Ivs. pinnate or pinnately parted, .'j-7 

 lol.)es or leaflets on either side of the rachis and 

 the leaflets entire or lobed : involucre nearly or 

 quite urn-shaped, the scales joined more than 

 half their length: fl. -heads briijht yellow or 

 orange, J.i in. across. — Hardy or half-hardy. Of 

 easiest culture from seeds in sunny places, and 

 most excellent for ribbon bonlers and for low 

 mass effects. Continuous bloomer. y^ j-j_ b_ 



GARCtNIA ( L. Garcin, who lived and dllected 

 ill India, and wrote in the eighteenth century). 

 Gtittiferw. This genus includes the Mangosteen, 

 which is declared by some connoisseurs to be one 

 of the rarest and most luscious of all tropical 

 fruits; also the Gamboge Tree, whose resinous 

 .iuice yields a well-known ytignient ami purgative. 

 The Mangosteen is cultivated in the West Indies; 

 the Gamboge Tree is also cult, in S. Fla. It is a 

 broad-leaved tree of slow growth. Tlie Mango- 

 steen is about tlie size and shape of an orange, 

 with rind considerably 

 thicker, and edible seg- 

 ments of form and ar- 

 rangement lil<e those of 

 an orange. It is bril- 

 liantly colored outside 

 with rich purple. The 

 persistent stigmas and 

 calyx lobes are seen in 

 Fig. 893. The flavor is 

 said to suggest some- 

 thing between a grape 

 and a peach. Number- 

 less efliorts are said to 

 have been made to nat- 

 uralize this tree in the 

 tropics without success. 

 The successful ripening 

 of this fruit under glass 



