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time before they come into flower. 

 The true G. hicolor is a perennial 

 species, nov/ called G. laaceolata, 

 which should be growoi in a peat 

 border, and kept moderatelj'^ moist; 

 it is propagated by seeds or division 

 of the root. 



Gala'xthus. — AmarylUddcece. 

 — The Snowdrop. — The common 

 British Snowdrop, G. nivalis, is well 

 known both in its single and double 

 state ; but G. lAicdtus, the Eussian 

 Snowdrop, which has smaller flowers, 

 is not so common. They both re- 

 quire a light rich soil, and they will 

 thrive under the drip of trees. They 

 are increased by ofisets. 



Gale'andra. — Orchidacece. — 

 Orchideous plants from Mexico and 

 Guatemala. A variety of G. Baueri 

 has very showy golden flowers. 



Galinso'gea. — Comjjositce. — G. 

 trllobata is a well-known showy 

 Mexican annual, with rich orange- 

 yellow flowers, which will grow in 

 any common soil, and may be sown 

 in March, April, or May. Like so 

 many other plants, Professor De 

 Candolle has changed its name ; and 

 it is now called Sorjcdglna trilohdta. 



Gardens, in floriculture, may be 

 described as separate scenes for the 

 display of ornamental plants. The 

 forms of these gardens or scenes are 

 difierent ; some being laid out in 

 beds, the prevailing forms of which 

 are curvilinear ; and others in beds, 

 of which the prevailing forms are 

 rectangular, such as squares, paral- 

 lelograms, octagons, polygons, &c. 

 In some gardens, the beds have the [ 

 forms of peculiar styles of architec- I 

 ture, such as of the Gothic, Grecian, | 

 Elizabethan, &c. ; and these latter \ 

 forms have given rise to what are j 

 called styles or manners in laying 

 out Gardens. Hence we have gar- : 

 dens in the Gothic stjde, in which ' 

 the forms of Gothic architecture 

 jtrevail : others in which the Gre- \ 



cian forms prevail ; and so on. In 

 all these styles, the great art is to 

 adopt such forms as are favourable 

 to the cultivation and display of 

 plants ; and for this purpose, roun- 

 dish beds, or such as have obtuse 

 angles, are preferable to long narrow 

 beds, or such as have acute angles ; 

 because the former are more con- 

 venient for stirring the soil, and the 

 surface is more readily covered with 

 plants, without, at the same time, 

 causing the plants to spread over the 

 boundaries. Hence, long narrow 

 beds are generally covered to excess 

 by the plants spreading over the 

 outline on the walks or spaces be- 

 tween ; and in acute-angled forms 

 the angles are not sufiiciently cov- 

 ered. See Flower- Garden. 



Gardener, — To keep a flower- 

 garden in perfection, it is necessary 

 to have a good gardener, unless the 

 amateur understands how the various 

 operations of gardening are to be 

 performed sufficiently well to be 

 able to direct an indifi'erent gardener, 

 or a common labourer, how to exe- 

 cute them. Thus, those persons who 

 wish to have a show-garden, will 

 find it the best plan, if their grounds 

 are large, to employ a good gar- 

 dener, and to leave everything to his 

 direction (for a really good gardener 

 will not bear to be interfered with), 

 allowing him to employ as many 

 labourers as he may think proper ; 

 but if the grounds be small, this 

 plan will be found too expensive ; 

 and it will be better to contract 

 wdth a nurseryman to keep the 

 garden constantly in order, and full 

 of plants during the whole summer. 

 The great enjoyment of gardening, 

 however, in my opinion, is only to 

 be obtained by the amateur who 

 gardens himself, and who under- 

 stands the principles or reasons 

 upon which each operation is founded; 

 and, therefore, I should recommend 



