The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . 3in. long; segments seven to eleven, cuneate,trifid or three-toothed, h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1879. A slender,divaricate shrub or under-shrub. (B. M. 5979.) G. robusta elegantissima (very elegant). I. broader than inthe type. 189^^:. A robust and charming variety. G. Thelemanniana splendens (splendid). /. crimson, largerthan in the type ; spikes short, dense, recurved. I. bipinn;ititid,rigid ; segments linear. 1883. This is apparently a form of(J. Wilsoni. (H. H
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . 3in. long; segments seven to eleven, cuneate,trifid or three-toothed, h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1879. A slender,divaricate shrub or under-shrub. (B. M. 5979.) G. robusta elegantissima (very elegant). I. broader than inthe type. 189^^:. A robust and charming variety. G. Thelemanniana splendens (splendid). /. crimson, largerthan in the type ; spikes short, dense, recurved. I. bipinn;ititid,rigid ; segments linear. 1883. This is apparently a form of(J. Wilsoni. (H. H. 1882. p. 456.) 6REWIA. To the species described on p. OS, Vol. II., the following shoidd bo added : G. orientalis (Eastern). Jf, yellowish-white, three to apeduncle. July and August. I. ovate-oblong, acuminate,crenulate, velvety, reddish when young. India, 1767. G, parviflora (small-flowered). /. yellow, small, in dense,pedunculate umbels hidden by the leaves. /. large, unequallyserrated, with three prominent veins, hispidulous ft,bove,whitish beneath, h. 2ft. to 3ft. North China, 1888. Of than horticultural Fig. 422. Grey Dagger Moth amj Catkiuillak. GRET BAGGER MOTH {Acronycta psi). A dis-tinctive, very destnictive, and common insect, whosecaterpillars feed upon a large nnmber of garden plants—Plnms, Pear.^, Rosea, <S:c. Th». Moth (Fig. 422) ison the wing daring May and June. It is abont l^in. Grey Dagger J/loth.— spread of wingti. The fore-wings are grey-whitish,thickly dotted with brown, with nnmerons Imes, and thedistinctive markings near the anal angle resembling theGreek V? ^^^ responsible for the common name. Tliehind-wings are whitish, sprinkled with greyish. Tho cgg^are deposited singly. The larvae (Fig. 422) are con-spicuous, being of a blackish-grey, with a broad,yellowish dorsal stripe, broad, whitish stripe at side,and a lateral series of orange or reddish five bears a long, narrow, blackish prominence
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