174 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers white and pink, in July ; 

 Texas; 185 1. G. mtitabilis (changeable); half-hardy peren- 

 nial ; 2 feet; flowers yellow, in July; North America; 1795. 

 G. oenothercBfolia (cenothera-leaved) ; hardy biennial ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers purple, in July ; South America ; 1816. 



Gazania. [Compositae.] Greenhouse herbaceous plants, 

 producing large and very showy yellow or orange-colored 

 composite flowers. Soil, loam, leaf-mould, and sand. In- 

 creased by division or by cuttings. They require little care 

 beyond ordinary routine greenhouse management, and to be 

 occasionally repotted as they become thickly rooted. G. 

 uniflora is of a different habit from the rest, producing nu- 

 merous branching stems, and forms a good bedding-out 

 plant for the flower-garden in summer if planted in a dry- 

 ish situation. Cuttings struck about August in one season, 

 form good blooming plants for the next summer : they 

 should be frequently stopped while young. 



G. pavonia (peacock) ; greenhouse perennial ; i foot -, flowers 

 orange and black, in June ; Cape ; 1804. G. rigens (stiff) ; 

 greenhouse perennial ; i foot ; flowers orange and black, in 

 June; Cape; 1735. G. splendens (showy); greenhouse peren- 

 nial ; I foot ; flowers orange with black centre, in August. This 

 species is a fine bedding plant, and is a hybrid between G. tmi- 

 flora and rigens ; gardens ; i860. G. U7iifiora (one-flowered) ; 

 greenhouse perennial ; i foot ; flowers pale-yellow, in June ; 

 Cape; 18 16. 



Genista. Broom. [Leguminosae.] A large genus, of 

 which some are hardy. They do well in common soil, and 

 are very conspicuous for their bright yellow flowers in June. 

 Propagated by seeds. 



G. aphylla (leafless) ; hardy shrub ; 4 feet ; flowers violet, in 

 July; Siberia; 1800. G. diffusa (spreading); hardy shrub ; 3 

 feet; flowers yellow, in June; Hungary; 181 6. G. Sibirica 

 (Siberian) ; hardy shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in June ; Si- 



