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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



GAULTHERIA. 



peat. America. There is a larger form, 

 G. inacropJiylla. 



GALEGA {Goats Rue). — Graceful 

 perennials of the Pea family flourishing 

 in any soil. On account of their free 

 growth they are useful for the wild garden, 

 and are effective in groups. They are 

 herbaceous perennials, growing from 2 to 

 5 ft. in height. The best kinds are— G. 

 officinalis, or Common Goat's Rue, a native 



Garrya elliptica. 



of Southern Europe, and 3 to 5 ft. high, 

 in summer bearing dense clusters of Pea- 

 shaped blossoms of a pretty pink. There 

 is a white variety {alba) useful for 

 cutting. A variety called africana has 

 longer racemes and blossoms of a purple 

 tinge. G. orientalis is from the Caucasus, 

 3 to 4 ft. high, with bluish-purple flowers. 

 G. pcrsica is a later-flowering kind, from 

 2 to 4 ft. high, with white flowers in dense 

 racemes on slender stalks. G. biloba has 

 pretty bluish-lilac flowers, and G. patiila 

 Ha7-'tlandi, with pale blue and white 

 flowers. 



GALTONIA(Crt/^i¥>'a<:/«//0.— Anoble 

 bulb from the Cape, G. candicans having 

 spires of waxy, white bell-like blossoms, 

 i^ in. long, on stems 4 to 6 ft. high, in late 

 summer and autumn. It is of easy cul- 

 ture, hardy in light soils, and valuable for 

 bold groups in the mixed border, in 

 the flower garden, or between choice 



Garrya elliptica. 



shrubs and among hardy Fuchsias. In- 

 creased by offsets from the bulbs, or from 

 seeds, which flower about the fourth year. 

 The distinct habit of this plant makes it 

 one of the most valuable. Syn. Hyacin- 

 thiis cajidicans. 



GARRYA.— G. Elliptica is a fine Cali- 

 fornian Evergreen, and beautiful winter- 

 flowering shrub. In mild winters it begins 

 to flower as early as 

 December, and bears 

 among handsome 

 deep-green leaves 

 gracefully - drooping 

 tufts of pale-green 

 catkins, which if cut 

 with the twigs endure 

 a long time in vases, 

 and are welcome in 

 winter. Though often 

 grown on walls, it is 

 hardy and makes a 

 dense bush, 5 to 8 ft. 

 high. In cold districts 

 it is well to give it 

 shelter, but in the 

 south and west it does 

 not require this. Other kinds are G. 

 flavescc7is Fadyeiiii, Franontii, T/iured, 

 and macrophylla. There are male and 

 female forms, the most elegant being the 

 pollen-bearing plant. 



GAULTHERIA {Partridge Berry).— 

 Dwarf evergreen shrubs, G. procunibens 

 having berries which give it a charm 

 in winter, when it is one of the brightest 

 plants on the rock-garden. Its drooping 

 white flowers are also pretty. A native 

 of sandy places and 

 cool damp woods 

 from Canada to Vir- 

 ginia, and often found 

 in the shade of ever- 

 greens, it does best 

 in moist peat, and 

 forms edgings to 

 beds where the soil 

 is of that nature, but 

 it will also grow 

 in loam. Easily in- 

 creased by division 

 or seeds. Suitable for the rock-garden, 

 for the front margins of borders, and for 

 edgings to beds of dwarf American plants, 

 and it is best where well exposed. G. 

 S hallo?! is too large for all but the rougher 

 flanks of the rock-garden, being a vigor- 

 ous shrub. 



Other kinds in cultivation are : — G. adeno- 

 thryx, antipoda, Myrsinites, nuinvnilarioides, 

 ovalifoiia, pyroiicfolia, rufcstris, actitifolta, 

 trichophylla. These are mostly fitted for the 

 rock-garden. 



Gaultheria procumbens. 



