Galax
(from gala, milk; referring to the milk-white flowers). SYNS. Erythrorhiza and Solenandra. ORD. Diapensiaceoe. An elegant little hardy herbaceous perennial, particularly suitable for growing on rockwork. It thrives best in a compost of nearly all leaf mould, rather damp, with the addition of a small quantity of loam and charcoal, but will succeed in almost any soil, in a cool, damp place. Propagated by divisions of well-grown clumps, in autumn.
G. aphylla (naked-stemmed).* fl. white, small, numerous, produced at the apex of the slender, elongated, naked scape, in a loose, spicate raceme. July. l. round-cordate, thickly crenate-dentate, veiny, thin, but persistent over winter, rather shining, long-petioled. h. 3in. to 6in. North America, 1756. (B. M. 754; A. B. R. 343, under name of Blandfordia cordata.)