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dener there are none so important as leaf mould and peat, with a little bush 



botany and chemistry. Botany, physi- 

 ological as well as classical. Chemistry, 



rubbish. 



GASTONIA palmata. 



especially as applied to the examination ] green shrub. Cuttings. 



of organic nature. 



GARDENIA. Twenty-seven species 



Stove ever- 

 Sand, loam. 



and peat. 



GASTROCARPIIA runcinata. Half- 



and two varieties. Stove or green-house hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds. 



shrubs. Cuttings. 

 ROCAMBOLE. 



Loam 

 Allium 



evergreen 

 and peat. 



GARDEN 

 ophioscordon. 



GARDEN SWIFT. See Hepialus. 



GARDOQUIA. Five species. Stove 

 or green-house evergreen shrubs. G. 

 betonicoides is an herbaceous perennial. 

 Cuttings. Sand, loam, and peat 



Common soil. 



GASTROCHILUS pulcherrimus. 

 Stove herbaceous perennial. Division. 

 Sandy loam. 



GASTROLOBIUM. Three species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Half 

 ripened cuttings. Loam, peat, and 

 sand. 



GASTRONEMA clavatum. Green- 



GARLAND FLOWER. Pleurandra , house bulbous perennial. Offsets. Rich 



Cneorum. 



GARLICK. Allium sativum. Is ca- 

 pable of growing in almost any soil. 



Mode and Time of Plantirig. — It is 

 generally propagated by parting the 

 root, but may be raised from the bulbs 

 produced on the stems. The planting 



mould. 



GATHERER. The hand is the best 

 instrument for collecting fruit into the 

 basket, but to avoid the danger and 

 breakage of branches unavoidably inci- 

 dental to using long ladders, the fol- 

 lowing instruments have been designed. 



may be performed any time in February, ! Fig. 54, for apples and other single fruit. 



March, and early in April ; but the 

 middle of the second is the usual time 

 of insertion. A single clove to be 

 placed in each one of holes made six 

 inches apart, and one and a half deep, 

 in straight lines, six inches distant from 

 each other; care being taken to set the 

 root downwards : to do this it is the 

 best practice to thrust the finger and 

 thumb, holding a clove between them, 

 to the reijuisite depth without any pre- 

 vious hole being made. The only cul- 

 tivation is to keep them clear of weeds, 

 and in .Tune the leaves to be tied in 

 knots to prevent their running to seed, 

 which would greatly diminish the size 

 of the bulbs. A few roots may be taken 

 up as required in June and July, but 

 the whole must not be lifled until the 

 leaves wither, which occurs at the close 

 of this last mentioned month, or in the 

 course of August. It is usual to leave 

 a part of the stalk attached, by which 

 they are tied into bundles, being pre- 

 viously well dried for keeping during 

 the winter. 



GARLIC PEAR. Cratteva. 



GARRYA elliptica and laurifolia. 

 Hardy evergreen shrubs. Layers. 

 Loamy soil 



Fig. 55, for grapes, the branches of which 

 it severs and retains in its grasp. 



Fig. 54. Fig. 55. 



GATHERING. See Fruit Room. 



GAUDICHAUDIA cynanchoides . 

 Stove evergreen twiner. Ripe cuttings. 

 Light turfy loam and peat. 



GAULSHERIA. Four species. 

 Hardy or green-house evergreen shrubs. 

 G. procumbens, a creeper. Layers. 

 Peat soil. 



GAURA. Eight species. Chiefly 

 hardy plants. G. fruticosa, increases 

 by cuttings. The perennials by seed : 

 they thrive in a rich soil. The annuals 

 and biennials. Seeds. Common soil. 



GAZANIA. Five species. Green- 



GARUGA prj'ma/a. Stove evergreen I house herbaceous perennials or ever 



tree. Cuttings. Loam and peat. 



GASTERIA. Forty-two species and 



many varieties. Green-house evergreen evergreen shrub. Cuttings 



shrubs. Suckers or leaves. Sandy loam, of loam and rotten dung 



green shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



GEISSOMERIA longijlora. Stove 



Rich aoi! 



