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sun, although the plants will not be affected by it. If the 

 plants are young and growing freely, we find that a deluge 

 of rain, and afterward a hot day, is their instant death. 

 Some of them do tolerably well when planted in the flower- 

 garden early in May. (Soil No. 10.) 



Fabidna, a genus of new plants that will prove entirely 

 hardy in the southern states; they are upright growing 

 shrubs, with delicate foliage. F. imbricata is the most 

 popular, producing a profusion of white tubular flowers 

 about an inch long, of easy culture in soil No. 12. 



Gardoqula Hookeri, a very pretty dwarf plant native 

 of the Floridas: it blooms profusely Yrom June to October; 

 flowers are about one inch and a half long, of a tubular 

 labiate form, of a bright orange colour ; it is easy of culture 

 in soil No. 1 . 



Gelsem'nim nitidum, Carolina jasmine, a most beautiful 

 climbing evergreen, flowering shrub. In the months of 

 April and May it produces many large yellow trumpet- 

 like blossoms of delicious fragrance. If much encouraged 

 in growth, it will not flower so freely. (Soil No. 6.) 



Genista: a few of these are very pretty free-flowering 

 shrubs. G. ramosus, G. canariensis, G. tricuspiddta, G. 

 cuspidosa, and G. wmbellata, are the finest green-house spe- 

 cies. All of them have yellow leguminose flowers in great 

 abundance; leaves small, lanceolate. (Soil No. 1.) 



Gnaphalium, everlasting. There are above ten species, 

 most of them very splendid, persistent flowers. G. eximia 

 has briliant red flowers. G. spiralis, G. speciosissima, G. 

 fruticans, G. oriantalum, and G. imbricatum, are all very 

 fine ; pots must be well drained. (Soil No. 8.) 



Gtiidias, about ten species of pretty green-house shrubs. 

 G. simplex, G. sericca, G. imberbis, and G. pinifolia, 

 flower the most freely ; flowers straw colour, tubular, and 

 corymbose. G. simplex is sweet-scented, leaves small ; 

 the pots must be well drained, and care taken that they do 

 not get either too wet or too dry, for the roots are very deli- 

 cate. The plants must be kept near the glass, or they will 

 be drawn weak. (Soil No. 6.) 



Gorteria personata is the only species that belongs to 



this genus, and is an annual. There are several plants in 



our collections known as Gorterias, but which properly 



are Gazania, of which there are five species. G. ringcns, 



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