GAULTHERIA. 



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GENETTLLIS. 



otherwise, when tied together in a 

 nosegay, the compressed leaves are 

 liable to rot. The sprigs or shoots 

 containing the flowers, or in the 

 case of monocotyledonous plants, such 

 as the Narcissus, the Hyacinth, &c. , 

 the flower-stems should always be 

 taken off so as not to injure the 

 leaves which remain on the plant ; 

 and in branching plants, such as 

 the Rose, and all dicotyledonous 

 herbaceous plants, the sprigs should 

 be cut off at the back of a bud, 

 otherwise in a short time an un- 

 sightly naked portion of the stem 

 will remain on, which will at last 

 wither, and disfigure the living 

 plant. The branches should always 

 be cut off, and not broken ; as it is 

 extremely difficult to bi-eak off a 

 branch without injuring the portion 

 that remains on the tree. 



Gathering Seeds is an interest- 

 ing operation ; because it carries 

 the mind forward to another year, 

 and another generation. It should 

 not be performed till the seed-pods 

 are full-grown, which is easily known 

 by the tendency of some of them to 

 burst. It should always be done 

 when the pods are perfectly dry, 

 and consequently, after the warmest 

 part of the day rather than before 

 it. The pods, after being gathered, 

 should be laid in papers or in 

 saucers, and exposed to the air in a 

 dry place in the shade ; and after 

 being thoroughly dried they may 

 either be tied up in papers without 

 being opened, or the seeds taken out, 

 the husks removed, and the clean 

 seeds tied up and preserved in a dry 

 place. 



GxVhtHE'B.iA.-Ericarece. -Dwaif 

 hardy shrubs, natives of North Ame- 

 rica, with flowers like the A^rbutus, 

 and berry-like fruit, which is good 

 to eat. Both the species should be 

 grown in peat, or heath-mould ; 

 they are quite hardy, and will 



thrive under the drip of trees. 

 They are propagated by layers. G. 

 Shdllon prefers a shady situation, 

 "(vhere its roots may ahvays be kept 

 moist ; and it will grow well and 

 produce abundance of flowers and 

 fruit in the closest parts of London. 



Gau'ra. — Onagrdcece. — Curious 

 hardy annual and biennial flowers, 

 natives of North America, nearly 

 allied to Clarkia, and requiring only 

 the usual culture of their respective 

 kinds. — See Annuals and Bien- 

 nials. 



Geissorhi'za. — Iridacece. — Tile 

 Root. — Beautiful little bulbous 

 plants, which were formerly con- 

 sidered to belong to I^xia. G. 

 Rochedna, the Plaid Ixia, is par- 

 ticularly beautiful ; and the whole 

 iilant is not above six inches high. 

 The bulbs are not larger than a pea. 

 All the species are natives of the 

 Cape, and require a little protection 

 during winter, though more from 

 heavy rains than frost, if the bulbs 

 are left in the ground at that season. 

 If, however, they have been planted 

 on a dry sandy bank, they may be 

 left without any covering. All the 

 species, from their low stature and 

 the brilliancy of their flowers, look 

 exceedingly well in pots. In this 

 case they should be grown in sand 

 and peat, of very sandy loam, and 

 the pots should be well drained with 

 cinders. 



Gelse -MiuM. — Apocynece. — A 

 pretty climbing evergreen shrub, 

 generally kept in the greenhouse or 

 conservatory, and generally known 

 as Birjnbnia sempervirens, a native 

 of South Carolina, It is grown in a 

 compost of sand and peat, and it is 

 propagated by cuttings struck imder 

 a glass. 



Gene'ttllis. — Myrtacece. — A 

 very showy little shrub from the 

 Swan River. Introduced in 1854, 

 A plant not quite three feet high, 



