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GLOSSARY. 
minal buds to ensure a head of flowers upon the points of nearly 
every shoot. Thus with a few of these plants, requiring only the 
simplest management (for if potted as described at the beginning 
of this paper, it will not be necessary to remove them for three 
years), a beautiful display of flowers may be had from February 
through the greater part of the summer. The following are sure 
to please, and deserve a place in every greenhouse: spectabilis, 
decussata , Hendersonii , linifolia , rosea , and nana. 
J. Robertson. 
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN BOTANICAL 
DESCRIPTIONS. 
Frond. The foliaceous part of ferns. 
Frutescent, Fruticose. Having the form or general appear¬ 
ance of a shrub. 
Fugacious. Lasting only a short time. 
Fulvous. Yellowish brown ; tawny. 
Fungous. Having the character of, or belonging to the family 
of mushrooms. 
Furcate. Divided into two distinct parts ; forked. 
Furfuraceous. Covered with a mealy substance. 
Fuscous. Dark brown, or a mixture of black and brown. 
Fusiform. Having an attenuated parallel form like a spindle. 
Galea. A helmet; the upper lip of a ringent flower like that 
of the Aconite. 
Gale ate. Having the upper division of the corolla brought for¬ 
ward like a helmet. 
GemmvE. Leaf-buds, in contradistinction to flower-buds. 
Germen, The imperfect seed-vessel, or ovarium. 
Germination. The protrusion of the radicle, or first action of 
vitality in a seed. 
Gibbous. Swollen in places; rounded. 
Glabrous. Smooth. 
Gladiate. Applied to leaves formed like a straight sword. 
Glaucous. Having a hoary appearance, whether white, blueish, 
or gray. An example is found in the under side of the 
leaves of the aspen, and in the bark of its trunk. 
Globose. Having a rounded or spherical outline. 
