GILIA TRI COLOR. 
THREE-COLOURED GILIA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Ch'der. 
polemoniacea:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
California. 
1 foot. 
June, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1833. 
No. 509. 
Gileo was a Spanish botanist and author, whom 
Ruiz and Pavon, his countrymen, commemorated 
by the adoption of his name for the present genus. 
This is one amongst the prettiest hardy annuals, 
not only of recent introduction to this country, but 
that is known to our gardens. It is, too, the more 
pleasing from the variation of tint seen amongst 
its delicate flowers, some of them being even white. 
The better known Gilia capitata assumes a very dis- 
tinct appearance from the present species, but a lit- 
tle examination will show that this difference arises 
simply from its flowers being disposed in globose 
heads, in lieu of panicles. 
From its humble stature and neat growth, it is pe- 
culiarly suited for culture in masses; a style of 
planting showy flowers, which produces a striking 
effect, where it can be pursued on a tolerably exten- 
sive scale. Blank patches, however, the conse- 
quence of this method, become somewhat too prom- 
inent in small gardens, to be pleasing. The ming- 
led parterre will always arrest attention. 
The Gilia tricolor ripens seeds abundantly, which 
need only to be sown in the borders, in April. 
Bot. Reg. 1704. 
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