. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. GAM6LEPIS (Greek for referring to GAMBOGE. GarciKu,. See under. the involucre). Compdsita. About a dozen S. African herbs or small shrubs, somewhat allied botanically to Chrysanthemum. Lvs. alternate and mostly pinnat
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. GAM6LEPIS (Greek for referring to GAMBOGE. GarciKu,. See under. the involucre). Compdsita. About a dozen S. African herbs or small shrubs, somewhat allied botanically to Chrysanthemum. Lvs. alternate and mostly pinnatisect: peduncles l-headed,the heads bear- ing 1 series of yellow, pistillate rays, the disk fls. perfect: akenes without pappus, wingless and glabrous. Annua, Less. (G. Ta^Tf(cs, DC). An- nual, of wiry growth, a foot or less high, very floriferous: lvs. pinnate or pinnately parted, 5-7 lobes or leaflets on either side of the rachis and the leaflets entire or lobed: involucre nearly or quite urn-shaped, the scales joined more than half their length: bright yellow or orange, % in. or half-hardy. Of easiest culture from seeds in sunny places, and most excellent for ribbon borders and for low mass effects. Continuous bloomer. l_ jj^ b_ GAKCfNlA (L. Garcin, who lived and collected in India, and wrote in the eighteenth century). Guttifera. This genus includes the Mangosieen, which is declared by some connoisseurs to be one of the rarest and most luscious of all tropical fruits; also the Gamboge Tree, whose resinous .iuice yields a well-known pigment and purgative. The Mangosteen is cultivated in the West Indies; the Gamboge Tree is also cult, in S. Pla. It is a broad-leaved tree of slow growth. The Mango- steen is about the size and shiipe of an orange, with rind considerably thicker, and edible seg- ments of form and ar- rangement like those of an orange. It is bril- liantly colored outside with rich purple. The persistent stigmas and calyx lithes ar
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