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suckers. The flowers are mostly red or scarlet, and produced 

 in June and July. A collection of them with other succu- 

 lents is very interesting, both on account of their handsome 

 flowers and curious fleshy leaves. 



GASTROLOBIUM. [Leguminosae, § Papilionaceae." 

 Beautiful evergreen greenhouse shrubs. They require the 

 same treatment as Chorozema, Dillwynia, &c. Soil, three 

 parts turfy peat to one part loam, with a sixth of sand. In- 

 creased by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass, 



GAULTHERIA. [Ericaceae.] Pretty dwarf procumbent 

 hardy and greenhouse evergreen shrubs, requiring moist peaty 

 soil. Increased by layers and seeds. G. jyrociwihens. hardy 

 trailing evergi-een shrub, and G. Shallon, hardy evergreen 

 shrub, flower white. 



GAURA. [Onagraceae.] Showy hardy plants, mostly 

 biennials. Soil, sandy loam. Increased by seeds. G. Lind- 

 heimeriana 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 March with the half-hardy annuals. Its hardiness is yet 

 scarcely tested. 



GAY-BIXE. See Pharbitis. 



GAYLUSSACIA. [Vacciniaceae.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs. Soil, tiu-fy peat. Increased by layers. 



GAZxA.NIA. [Compositae.] Greenhouse herbaceous plants, 

 producing large and very showy yellow or orange-coloured 

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

 creased by division or by cuttings. They require little care 

 beyond ordinaiy routine greenhouse management, and to be 

 occasionally repotted as they become thickly rooted. G. unl- 

 fiora is of a different habit from the rest, producing numerous 

 branching stems, and forms a good bedding-out plant for the 

 flower garden in summer if planted in a dryish situation. 

 Cuttings struck about xlugnst in one season form good bloom- 

 ing plants for the next summer : they should be frequently 

 stopped while young. 



GEISSORHIZA. Tile Root. [Iridaceae.] Greenhouse 

 or half-hardy bulbs, related to Ixia, and requiring similar 

 treatment. Soil, sandy peat two-thirds to one-third loam. 

 Increased by offsets. 



