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GOMPHRENA. 



ing weeds, and very few, if any, of the 

 foreign kinds are worth cultivating. 

 The French Immortelle, of which 

 such quantities are sold near the 

 Cemetery of Pere la Chaise, and 

 which used to he called Gnaphalium 

 orientale, is now removed to the 

 genus Helichrysum. — See Helichry*- 

 sum. 



Gni'dia. — Thymelacece. — Very 

 pretty green-house plants, which are 

 rather difficult to cultivate, from the 

 great delicacy of their roots. They 

 should he grown in a mixture of sand 

 and peat, or in what is called heath- 

 mould ; and they should never he suf- 

 fered either to flag for want of water, or 

 to stand in saucers full of it. All the 

 species are rather difficult to propa- 

 gate ; but the best way is to take off 

 the tips of the shoots when quite 

 young, and to plant them in pure 

 sand under a bell-glass. 



Goat's Beard. — See Tragopo^gon. 

 Goat's Rue. — See Gale v ga. 

 Goat's Thorn. — Astragalus 

 Tragacdntha. 



Gode v tia. — Onagracece. — The 

 purple-flowered kinds of (Enothera, 

 or Evening Primrose, have been di- 

 vided from the others and formed 

 into a genus, under the name Godfitia, 

 by Professor Spach, a German botan- 

 ist, residing in Paris. Professor 

 Spach formed thirteen other genera 

 out of Oenothera, but only this one 

 appears to have been generally ad- 

 opted. The handsomest species of 

 Godetia are G. rubicunda, G. vin- 

 bsa, and G. lepida, all natives of 

 California, introduced in 1835, and 

 all of which may be sown in Sep- 

 tember, like the other Californian an- 

 nuals. See Annuals. The other 

 kinds are also all hardy annuals, 

 which require no other care than 

 sowing in March or April in the 

 open border, in any common garden 

 soil, and thinning out when they 

 come up, if tbey appear too thick. 



All the Godetiasare rather tall grow- 

 ing plants, and, if not thinned out, 

 they will become drawn up and etio- 

 lated. If the plants appear weak, 

 they should be tied to slender stakes. 

 They bear transplanting well. The 

 colours are most brilliant when grown 

 in a poor soil ; but the plants are 

 smaller and less vigorous. A rich 

 soil makes them produce more leaves 

 than flowers. 



Golden Rod. — See Solida'go. 



Golden Saxifrage. — See Chry- 

 sosple nium. 



Golden TnisTLE.Sc6lymus gran- 

 diflbra. 



Goldfu'ssia. — Acanthacecs. — A 

 new name given by Professor Nees 

 Von Esenbeck to Rutllia aniso- 

 phy/la. 



Goldylocks. — Ranunculus auri- 

 cbmus. 



Gompholo'bium. — Leguminbsce. — 

 Australian shrubs, which require to 

 be kept in a green-house in England, 

 and to be grown in very light loam, 

 peat, and sand. All the species are 

 very difficult to preserve ; and they 

 are all very tender, delicate plants. 

 They require to be trained to a frame ; 

 and they are easily killed, either by 

 too much or too little water. They 

 are propagated by seeds, which ripen 

 frequently ; or by cuttings of the 

 young wood, which must be struck in 

 sand, under a bell-glass. 



Gomphre'ua. — Amaranthacece. — 

 The Globe Amaranth. This is sup- 

 posed to be the Amaranth of the 

 poets, which, from the durability of 

 its flowers, was considered to be the 

 emblem of immortality. It seems to 

 have been used at funerals in the 

 time of Homer, as he describes it as 

 worn by the Thessalians at the funeral 

 of Achilles, and it is still used for the 

 same purpose in various parts of the 

 Continent. The plant is a tender 

 annual, which should be raised on a 

 hot-bed or in a stove, and which, 



