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FORSYTHIA, Dwarf. 3 to 5 ft. This Forsythia, which 
never attains the height of the others, is useful where a 
low shrub is desired. It may be used as a border for a 
high-growing mass of shrubs. 
F. intermedia spectabilis. Golden Bell. 8 to 10 ft. The 
outstanding Forsythia of them all! This erect shrub, 
with graceful branches, is covered with clear, deep yellow 
blossoms in the early spring. Its flowers are among the 
first to appear. The dark green leaves are attractive 
throughout the summer. 
F. suspensa. Weeping Golden Bell. 8 to 10 ft. A very 
graceful plant as its arching branches often take root at 
the tips and form a huge mass. It is excellent for draping 
a wall. The flower-tubes are long and golden yellow. 
F. viridissima. Green-stem Golden Bell. 6 to 10 ft. This 
Forsythia is less graceful than Spectabilis, but as it is a 
later bloomer, it helps prolong the blooming season. 
The flowers are of a bright, somewhat greenish yellow; 
the upright stems are covered with bright green bark. 
FUNKIA (Hosta) lancifolia. Narrow-leaved Plantain- 
Lily. 1L£ to 2 ft. (foliage clumps). A graceful plant with 
pale lilac flowers growing on tall, slender stems. 
F. subcordata. Fragrant Plantain-Lily. 12 to 20 in. (foliage 
clumps). The waxy white flowers on their short spikes 
have an orange-like odor. A favorite and valuable plant. 
GARLAND FLOWER. See Daphne. 
GELSEMIUM sempervirens. Carolina Jasmine; Southern 
Yellow Jasmine. The native woody twiner of Florida 
and Louisiana. It entwines itself in the trees and shrubs 
in the southern swamps and has shiny evergreen foliage 
and myriads of fragrant yellow blooms. A rapid grower. 
GINKGO biloba. Maidenhair-Tree. 60 to 75 ft. A pic¬ 
turesque, interesting tree with unusual leaves shaped 
like those of maidenhair fern. It is stately and beautiful 
either as a street tree or planted alone in a lawn and is 
used on Pennsylvania Avenue and on other streets in 
Washington, D. C. The oldest living species now in culti¬ 
vation has been brought down from prehistoric times. 
Slow growing but destined for wide use and popularity. 
GLORY-BOWER, Harlequin. See Clerodendron. 
GOLD-DUST TREE. See Aucuba japonica variegata. 
GOLD-FLOWER. See Hypericum Moserianum. 
GOLDEN BELL. See Forsythia. 
GOLDEN-CHAIN. See Laburnum. 
GOLDENRAIN-TREE. See Koelreuteria. 
GROUNDSEL-BUSH. See Baccharis. 
GORDONIA alatamaha. Commonly known as Frank- 
Iinia. A rare native tree; found over a century ago in 
Georgia, but no longer found in a wild state. The flowers 
are pure white, about 3 inches across, and borne in mid¬ 
summer. Tree grows about 30 feet high. 
Halesia tetraptera 
Ginkgo biloba 
GUM, SWEET. See Liquidambar. 
GYMNOCLADUS dioica. Kentucky Coffee-Tree. 40 to 
50 ft. This tree has a historical interest since its seeds 
were used for coffee west of the Alleghanies before and 
during the Revolutionary War, hence its name, Coffee- 
Tree. It is of rather low growth and picturesque outline. 
The leaves are large, pinnate, and blue-green in color. 
HALESIA tetraptera (Carolina). Great Silver-Bell; Snow¬ 
drop-Tree. 20 to 25 ft. Found by the hundred along 
the streams of the Smoky Mountains, this little tree is 
covered in spring by a bewildering mass of snow-white, 
bell-shaped flowers. It has silvery foliage and bark that 
separates into scales. It may be grown as a single speci¬ 
men or massed; as a tree or as a shrub. 
HAMAMELIS virgini- 
ana. Witch-Hazel. 15 
to 25 ft. This small 
tree, also a native of 
the Smoky Mou ntains, 
makes a plaything of 
the seasons for it re¬ 
verses the order of 
things. Itallowsspring 
and summer to pass 
and its leaves to fall 
before it begins to 
bloom. The bark is 
used medically in mak¬ 
ing the well-known ex¬ 
tract. Its branches are 
still used as divining- 
rods in locating suit¬ 
able places for wells. 
People believe they 
will obtain an abun¬ 
dant supply of water 
over the place where 
the Witch-Hazel 
branch trembles most. 
Gordonia alatamaha 
