GARDEN FLOWERS. 1/3 



Galium. [Rubiaceae.] A genus of coarse, not very 

 showy plants, thriving in any soil, and propagated by di- 

 vision. G. suaveolens is an annual : the rest of those we 

 mention are herbaceous perennials, generally hardy. 



G. campamtlatuni (bell-flowered) ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in 

 June; south of Europe; 1821. G. capillipes (hairy-stalked); 

 I foot; flowers white, in October; Russia; 1838. G. GrcEcuin 

 (Grecian); 6 inches; flowers purple, in July; Candia ; 1798. 

 G, Persicum {^Q.x^\2Si)\ flowers yellow, in July; Persia; 1837. 

 G. purpureuin (purple) ; i foot ; flowers purple, in July ; Swit- 

 zerland ; 1 83 1. G. rubnun (red); i foot; flowers purple, in 

 July; Italy; 1597. 6^. i'?^«^'^<?/^;;i' (sweet-scented) ; i foot; flow- 

 ers wdiite, in July ; north of Europe ; 1821. G. Taiiricuin (Tau- 

 rian) ; 6 inches; flow^ers yellow, in July; Tauria ; 1818. G. 

 Vaillantii (Vaillant's) ; 2 feet ; flowers green, in May ; England. 



Gaultheria. [Ericacese.] Pretty dwarf, procumbent, 

 hardy evergreens, growing in moist peaty soil, and increased 

 by layers and seeds. 



G. procumbens (procumbent) ; hardy trailing evergreen shrub ; 

 flowers white, in July; North America; 1762. G. Shallon 

 (Shallon) ; hardy evergreen shrub ; i foot ; flowers white, in 

 May; North America ; 1826. 



There are evergreen greenhouse species. 



Gaura. [Onagraceae.] Showy plants, mostly biennials. 

 Soil, sandy loam. Increased by seeds. G. Lindhewieriana 

 is a very elegantly branched free-blooming plant, and, 

 though perennial, is perhaps best treated as a biennial : it 

 blooms freely, however, the first year from the seed, if sown 

 in May with the half-hardy annuals. The species are not 

 hardy in the Northern States. 



G. biennis (biennial) ; hardy biennial ; 6 feet ; flowers white 

 and red, in September; North America; 1762. G. coccine'a 

 (scarlet) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers scarlet, in August ; 

 Louisiana; 181 1. G. Lindheimeriana (Lindheimer's) ; half- 



