. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. GRIFFINIA GUAVA 699 A. iSti(jma capitate, hyacintllina, Herh. Bulb globose : Ivs. G-9 in. long, 2-3 iu. broiid, rounded at the base to a channeled peti- ole as lung as the blade : scape 1-2 ft. long : peilicels none or very short : stamens much shorter than Iho segments. 2:1(53 (as -1 tnaryllis hiinrinilii
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. GRIFFINIA GUAVA 699 A. iSti(jma capitate, hyacintllina, Herh. Bulb globose : Ivs. G-9 in. long, 2-3 iu. broiid, rounded at the base to a channeled peti- ole as lung as the blade : scape 1-2 ft. long : peilicels none or very short : stamens much shorter than Iho segments. 2:1(53 (as -1 tnaryllis hiinriniliina. Upper segments tinged blue, lower ones nearly white). III. ;h:H71. Var. maxima, Gn. 50, p. 'JOB, is prob- ably the best garden form. Called "Blue Amaryllis" in some catalogues. AA. Sli'jina disdiifdif o-ctil. Blumenivia, K. Koch rnia it is comiuou on dry hills. According to John S. Wright, both species grow in salt marshes and on alkaline soil, being indiscriminately gathered for medicinal purposes. The extract is also tonic and sedative, and is used in asthma. The rays are numerous, sometimes 30, about ^2 in. long. gquarrdsa, Dunal. Shrubby, branched from base. 1-2 ft. high : outer akenes usually squarely truncate and even at summit 1706. robiista, Xutt. Gum-Plant. Herbaceous: lvs. larger and more rigid: akenes all, or some outerones, 1-tuothed or bordered'at the summit. Fls. throughout the Califur- nian winter. Collected stock is offered. -^^ jj_ GRISELINIA (after Franc Griselini, Venetian bota- nist, middle of eighteenth century). Including l}t'cost>:a. Corndce<v. This'includes a tree and a shrub with large. glossy, laurel-like foliage, rarely eult. iu the South, and nearly hardy at Washington. A genus of 8 species of trees, shrubs or climb- ers from New Zealand. Chili and Brazil, with lvs. alternate, often inequal-sided, leathery: fls. minute, in glabrous or pubescent racemes or panicles. littorMis, Raoul. Tree, 30 ft. high: lvs. ovate or iil'-
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