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guft, and September. If the feeds of this plant are 
permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up without 
any trouble, and require no other care but to thin 
them where they are too clofe, and keep them clean 
from weeds. 
Thefe plants may be fuffered to grow on walls, and 
in fome abjeft part of the garden ; for if they are ad- 
mitted into the borders of the pleafure-garden, they 
will fcatter their feeds, and become troublefome 
weeds ; but they are very proper plants to grow on 
ruins, or on the fides of grottos or rock-work, where, 
by their long continuance in flower, they will have 
a good effe£t. 
The fifth, fixth, feventh, and eighth forts are propa- 
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gated by offsets, as other bulbous-rooted flowers j 
thefe produce their flowers in the beginning of April, 
and are very pretty ornaments to borders in a fmall 
flower-garden. They are extreme hardy, but do not 
increafe very faff, feldom producing feeds with us ; 
and thdir bulbs do not multiply very much, efpeeially 
if they are often tranfplanted. They love a light fandy 
foil, and fhould be fuffered to remain three years un- 
difturbed, in which time they will produce feveral 
offsets. The bell feafon for tranfplanting them is 
from May to Auguft, when the leaves begin to die 
off ; for if they are taken up when their leaves are 
frefh, it will greatly weaken their roots. 
FURZ. See Genista. 
G. 
GAL 
G ACANTHUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 362. 
Narciffo-leucoium. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 387. 
tab. 208. The Snow- drop ; iti French, Perce- 
neige. 
The Characters are, 
‘The ftp at ha or Jheath of the flower is oblong , blunt, and 
comprefled. This opens fidew ays, and becomes a dry Jkin ; 
the flower has three oblong concave petals, which fpread 
open, and are equal ; in the bottom is fituated the three- 
leaved neciarium, which is cylindrical, obtufe, and in- 
dented at the top ; under the flower is fituated the oval ger- 
men, fupporting a fender ftyle, which is longer than the 
ftamina, crowned by fmgle fligma ■, this is attended by 
fix Jhort hairy ftamina, terminated by oblong pointed fum- 
mits, which are gathered together. The germen after- 
ward becomes an oval capfule which is obtufe and three- 
cornered, opening in three cells, which are filled with 
roundijh feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl feftion of 
Linnaeus’s fixth clafs, intitled Hexandria Monogynia, 
which includes the plants whofe flowers have fix fta- 
mina and one ftyle. 
This plant, as alfo the great Snow-drop, was by Dr. 
Tournefort ranged together under the title of Nar- 
ciftb-leucoium ; which being a compound name, Dr. 
Linnaeus has altered it to this of Galanthus ; and has 
feparated the great Snow-drop from this, and given 
the Ample name of Leucoium to that genus. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Galanthus {Nivalis.) Lin. Hort. Cliff. 134. The com- 
mon Snow-drop. Leucoium bulbofum trifolium minus. 
C. B. P. The leaft bulbous Snow-drop with three 
leaves. 
There is a variety of this with double flowers. 
Thefe flowers are valued for their early appearance in 
the fpring, for they ufually flower in February when 
the ground is often covered with fnow. The Angle 
fort comes out the firft, and though the flowers are 
but fmall, yet when they are in bunches, they make a 
very pretty appearance ; therefore thefe roots fhould 
not be planted Angle, as is fometimes pradifed by 
way of edging to borders ; for when they are fo dif- 
pofed, they make very little appearance. But when 
there are twenty or more roots growing in a clofe 
bunch, the flowers have a- very good effect ; and as 
thefe flowers thrive well under trees or hedges, they 
are very proper to plant on the fides of the wood- 
walks, and in wildernefs-quarters ; where, if they are 
GAL 
fuffered to remain undifturbed, the roots will multi- 
ply exceedingly. The roots may be taken up the lat- 
ter end of June, when their leaves decay, and may be 
kept out of the ground till the end of Auguft, but 
they muft not be removed oftener than every third year. 
GALE. See Myrica. 
G A LEG A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 770. Tourn. Inft. R. 
H. 398. tab. 222. Goat’s-rue. 
The Characters are. 
The empalement of the flower is Jhort, tubulous , and of 
one leaf, indented in five parts. The flower is of the 
butterfly kind ; the ftandard is oval, large, and reflexed ; 
the wings are near the length of the ftandard ; the keel is 
erect, oblong, and comprefled ; the under fide toward the 
point is rounded, but the upper is acute ; there are ten 
ftamina , which join above their middle , and are termi- 
nated by fmall fummits. In the center is fituated a nar- 
row, cylindrical, oblong germen , fupporting a fender ftyle , 
crowned by a fligma terminated by a punMure. The ger- 
men afterward becomes a long pointed pod, inclofing feve- 
ral oblong kidney-Jhaped feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fe&ion 
of Linnaeus’s feventeenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia 
Decandria, which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 
have ten ftamina joined in two bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Galega ( Officinalis ) leguminibus ftriclis eredftis, fq- 
liolis lanceolatis ftridtis nudis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1062. 
Goafs-rue with ere ft clofe pods, and fpear-jhaped naked 
leaves. Galega vulgaris, floribus cieruleis. C. B. P. 
352. Common Goafs-rue with blue flowers. 
2. Galega ( Africana ) foliolis lanceolatis obtufis, flori- 
bus fpicatis longioribus, filiquis craffioribus. Goafs- 
rue with obtufe fpear-jhaped leaves , flowers growing in 
longer fpikes , and thicker pods. Galega Africana, flo- 
ribus majoribus filiquis craffioribus. Tourn. Inft. R, 
H. 399. African Goafs-rue , with larger flowers and 
thicker pods. 
3. Galega ( Frutefcens ) foliis ovatis, floribus panicula- 
tis alaribus, caule fruticofo. Goafs-rue with oval 
leaves , and flowers growing in panicles from the fides of 
the ftalks, which are fhrubby. Galega Americana, fo- 
liis fubrotundis, floribus coccineis. Houft. MSS. Ame- 
rican Goaf s-rue with roundijh leaves and fear Jet flowers. 
4. Galega ( Virginian a ) leguminibus retrofalcaris com- 
preffis villofis fpicatis, calycibus lan ads, foliolis ovali- 
oblongis acuminatis. Amoen. Acad. 3_p. 18. Goafs- 
rue with hairy , comprefled , flekkfloaped pods 7 oblong 
oval- 
