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GARDEN LEMON 



GARDEN LEMON. See under Caruynis Melo. 



GARDdQUIA betoiiicoide3 = (?<'t?ro>/F??rt Mijxicana. 



GARLAND FLOWER in the South sometimes means 

 HedychiHiH coronarlnm-. Often means Daphne Cneo- 

 rum. 



GARGET. PJiijtoJacca decandra. 



GARLIC [Allium sativum, 1,1x111,). Hardy perennial 

 bulbous plant, closely allied to the onion. It is native 

 of southeru Europe. It lias flat leaves, and the bulb is 

 composed of several separ- 

 able parts or bulbels, called 

 cloves. These cloves are 

 planted, as onion sets are, 

 in, spring or in fall in the 

 South. They mature in sum- 

 mer and early fall. If the 

 soil is rich, it may be neces- 

 sary to break over the tops 

 to prevent too much top 

 growth and to make the 

 bnllis better, as is sometimes 

 done with onions. This is 

 done when the top growth 

 has reached normal full .size. 

 The cloves are usually set 

 ■i-G in. apartin drills, in ordi- 

 nary garden soil. The bulbs 

 are used in cookery, but 

 mostly amongst the foreign 

 population. Strings of bulbs 

 braided together by their 

 tops are common in metro- 

 politan markets (Fig. 804). 

 L. H. B. 



GARLIC PEAR. See 



Crata'vo . 



GARRYA (after Nicholas 

 (xarry, secretary of the 

 Hudson Bay Company) . 

 Including Fadyenia. Cor- 

 iiiicece. Ornamental ever- 

 green shrubs with opposite, 

 petioied, entire Ivs., with 

 the small greenish white or 

 yellowish fls. in catkin-like, 

 often pendulous spikes, and 

 with dark purple or dark 

 blue berries. None of the 

 species is hardy North, but 

 G' . \'eafchi, var. flai^e.scem^, 

 and also G. Fremonti,V7hUi\i 

 are the hardiest, can prob- 

 ably be grown north to New 

 York in sheltered positions, 

 while the others are hardy 

 only South. They are well 

 adaptedfor evergreen shrub- 

 beries, and the stamiuate 

 plants are especially decora- 

 tive in early spring with the 

 showy, pendulous catkins, which in G. ('Jll/dica attain 

 to 1 ft. in lengtli and often bloom in midwinter. The 

 Garryas thrive well in a well-drained soil and in sunny, 

 sheltered ■position; in England they are often grown on 

 walls. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of half-ripened 

 wood under glass ; also by layers and sometimes by 

 grafting on Aucuba. About 10 species in W. N. America 

 from S. Oregon to S. Mexico, west to W. Texas. Shrubs 

 with exstipulate Ivs. : fls. dioecious, apetalous, 1-3 in the 

 axils of opposite bracts on elongated, often drooping, 

 axillary spikes; staminate fls. with 4 sepals and 4 sta- 

 mens, pistillate with 2 sepals and 2 styles and a 1- 

 celled ovary: berry 1-2-seeded, rather dry. 



elliptica, Dougl. Shrub, to 8 ft. : Ivs. elliptic to oval- 

 oblong, olitnse or acute, usually undulate, glabrous 

 above, densely tomentose beneath, lM-3 in. long: 3 fls. 

 in the axils of short and broad, pointed bracts; spikes 



894. Geu-Hc, as strung foi 

 market- 



GASTERIA 



rather dense, staminate 2-12 in. long, often branc 

 pistillate 1-3 in. long : fr. globose, silky toment 

 Calif, to New Mex. B.R. 20:Hj8G. Gn. 33, p. 562; 5 

 257; 53, p. 449; 55, p. 258. -This is the handsoi 

 species, and stands about 10° of frost (sometimes m 

 in a sheltered position. 



Thur6ti, Carr. (G. elliptica x Fadijau). Shrub 

 15 ft.: Ivs. elliptic to elliptic-oblong, at length gL 

 and glabrous above, whitish tomentose beneath, 2- 

 long: bracts remote, ovate-lanceolate, with usually 

 in each axil; spikes shorter than those of the foi-i 

 fr. ovoid, tomentose. Originated in France. R.H. ] 

 p. 17; 1879, p. 154,155. 



G. Fddyeni Hook. (Fadyenia Hookeri, Griseb.). Shru 

 1.") ft.: Ivs. elliptic to oblong, acute or mucromdate, g 

 ;ibove. tomentose beneath or almo-st glabrous at length, 2- 

 Imig: bracts oblong-laneeolate, remote: fr.tornentose. Jam 

 Cuba. — tf. Frhnonti, Torr. Shrub, to If) ft.: Ivs. ovate t( 

 long, acute, glabrous on both sides, yellowish, green, 1- 

 long : spikes dense, 2-5 in. long, with short bracts : fr. 

 celled, glabrous. Ore. to <'alif. O.C. II. 15:431.— G. m 

 phylla. Beuth. Shrub, to G ft.: Ivs. ovate to oblong-o 

 glabrous above, ^illous-puheseent beneath, 2-5 in. long: S] 

 dense and short: fr, sessile. Mexico.— G. Veatchi, Kel 

 Spreading shrub, to 8 ft.: Iv.s. elliptic-ovate to elliptic-ob 

 acute, yellowish green, silky-toraentose beneath, 1/^-25 

 long: spikes dense, 1-2 in. long: fr. sessile, usually silk 

 mentose. Nevada to Calif, ami N. Max.— Var. flavescens, C 

 & Evans (Ct- flavescens. Wats.), has the Ivs. smaller, Ic 

 petioled and less pubescent : it is the more northern forn: 

 hardier. Species named for .1. A. Veatch, botanical explor 

 Cedros Island, Lower California. Alfred Rehde 



GARUGA (native name). Burseracew. This inch 

 a deciduous East Indian tree, reaching 00 ft., 

 cult, in S. Fla. and Calif, for its fruits, which 

 the size of a gooseberry, and are eaten raw, but ch 

 pickled. The genus has 6 species in tropical J 

 Amer. and Australia. Tomentose trees: Ivs. crowdi 

 tips of branches, alternate, odd-pinnate; Ifts. oppo 

 subsessile, serrate : fls. polygamous, panicled; calyx 

 shaped, 5-cut; petals 5, inserted on the tube ot th 

 lyx above the middle: ovary 4-n-celled; ovules in p; 

 drupe with 5, or by abortion I-.3, stones, which are v 

 kled and finally 1-seeded. 



pinn^ta, Roxb. Lvs. nearly villous; Ifts. obtusely 

 nate. India and Malaya.— Also cult, abroa^d tinder g 



GAS PLANT. Consult Dicfamnus. 



GASTfiRIA (("Ireek, garter, belly; referring to 

 swollen base of the fls.). Lilidcece. About 50 speci 

 greenhotise evergreen succulents, allied to Aloe, 

 native of South Africa. Rather small plants, nt' 

 acaulescent, with usually elongated leaves, crowdt 

 2 ranks or a loose rosette. Elowers with a rosy ve 

 cose, curved tube and short, suberect, greenish 

 ments, about as long as the stamens and pistil. Sc 

 species are proliferous on aborted peduncles. Hyl 

 are frequent between the species, and with other ge 

 of the tribe. Gasterias flower in winter. For culture 

 Aloe. 



A. Z/eavrs /<ipfri iig grud\(alhi to the poi)it, con< 

 convex or cimra rr/y S-.sidcd. 



verrucosa, Haw. (Aim' vermrusa, Mill.). Lvs. in 

 straight or at length twisted ranks, narrow for thi 

 nus, dull gray, verv rough, with small white tuber 

 Cape. B.:\I. 837. 



carm&,ta, Haw. (Aloe carindfa, Mill.). Lvs. at le 

 spreading in every direction, an inch or more bi 

 mostly inequilaterally 3-sided, dull, greener, the grf 

 protuding tubercles coarser and more separated. 

 1331 (except left-hand leaf). 



excavata. Haw. Like tlie last, but without raises 

 berclrs. DtuibtfuUy distinct from the next. ( 



glabra, Haw. (Aloe (/Idhra, Salm-Dyck. A. < 

 ndt<f, var. subgldbra) . Lvs. larger, green, some 

 glossy, some of the coarse, remote, pale dots pc 

 tently elevated. Cape. B.M. 1331 (left-hand leaf ). 



acinacifdlia, Haw. (Aide arinacifdlia). Lvs. 

 green, more elongated, somewhat glossy, the scati 

 pale dots not raised. Cape. B.M. 23(>9. 



