490.  GERANIUM,  striped. — Lat.  G.  striatum.  This  species
is  finely  striped  on  the   petals  with   red  veins,   and  the  leaves  are
marked  at  the  corner  with  a  spot  of  purplish  brown  colour.   Hardy
plant,  without   stalk,   blowing   in  May  and  June.     Propagate  by
parting  roots.     Prefers  loamy  soil  and  shady  situation.
491.  GENTIANELLA.— Lat.    Gentiana   Acaulis.      Three
inches  high.   Naturally  this  plant  has  not  a  stalk,  but  by  cultivation
it  has  acquired  one.   A  brilliant  blue  bell-shaped  flower.   Does  not
prosper  very  near  London  :   being  an  alpine  plant,  it  likes  an  airy
situation   and   loamy   soil   moderately   moist.     Flowers   in    May  •
and   is  well  worthy  of  some  pains   in  obtaining.      Propagate   by
parting  roots  in  autumn  ;   but  the  best  plants  come  from  seed.      It
is  a  perennial  plant.
49'2.  GERMANDER,  the  shinintj. — Lat.  Teucrium  lucidum.
A  plant  that  inhabits  Provence,  Piedmont,  and  St.  Bernard.  Blows,
in  June  and  July,  a  reddish  purple  flower,  and  is  from  one  to  two
feet  high.  Propagated  by  seed,  sown  in  a  hot-bed  and  in  borders,
as  well  as  by  separating  the  roots  in  autumn.  Any  soil  will
suit  it.
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493.  GLADIOLUS.— See  CORN  FLAG.
494.  GLOBE-FLOWER.— Lat.  Trollius  Europeans.  A  hardy
perennial   plant  of  England,   about  one    foot   high,  and  blows  a
yellow  flower  in  May,  and  sometimes  again  in  September.     Pro-
pagated by  dividing  the  roots  in  the  autumn,  and  it  should   have  a
moist,  but  not  too  shady,  situation.
495.  GLOBULARIA,  wedge-leaved. — Lat.  G.  cordifolia.  A
perennial  frame  plant  of  Provence,   blowing  a  blue  flower  at  the
latter  end  of  April.  Propagated  by  sowing  in  pots  or  in  a  hot-bed.
