480 GALTONIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



GAZANIA. 



cutting. G. orientalis is from the 

 Caucasus, 3 to 4 feet high, with bluish- 

 purple flowers. G. patula Hartlandi 

 has pale blue and white flowers, and 

 with G. His Majesty are the most 

 ornamental of these plants. 



GALTONIA (Cape Hyacinth}. A 

 noble bulb from the Cape, G. candicans 

 having spires of waxy, white, bell- 

 like blossoms, i inches long, on 

 stems 4 to 6 feet high, in late summer 

 and autumn. It is of easy culture, 

 hardy in light soils, and valuable for 

 bold groups in the mixed border, in 

 the flower garden, or between choice 

 shrubs and among hardy Fuchsias. 

 Increased 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. Hyacinthus candicans. 



GARRY A. G. Ettiptica is a fine 

 Californian Evergreen, and beautiful 

 winter-flowering shrub. In mild win- 

 ters it begins to flower as early as 

 December, and bears among handsome 



Garrya elliptica. 



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 

 8-10 feet high. In cold districts it is 



well to give it shelter, but in the south 

 and west it does not require this. 

 There are male and female forms, the 

 most elegant being the pollen-bearing 

 plant. Killed at Gavetye, we had to 

 give it up as a bush in the orchard. 



GAULTHERIA (Partridge Berry}. 

 Dwarf evergreen shrubs, G. procumbens 

 having berries which give it a charm 

 in winter, when it is one of the brightest 

 plants in the rock garden. Its droop- 

 ing white flowers are also pretty. A 

 native of sandy places and cool damp 

 woods from Canada to Virginia, and 

 often found in the shade of evergreens, 

 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 increased 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. Shallon is too large for 

 all but the rougher flanks of the rock 

 garden, being a vigorous shrub and an 

 excellent covert for game. 



G. TRICHOPHYLLA. An elegant little 

 plant for the rock garden, doing admirably 

 in sandy peat and leaf-soil. The leaves 

 are very small and numerously produced 

 on the sub-prostrate branches, and are 

 hairy at the margin. The pretty pink 

 flowers are succeeded in autumn by pea- 

 cock-blue berries. Himalayas. 



GAURA. G. Lindheimeri is a grace- 

 ful perennial, 3 to 4^ feet high, flower- 

 ing in summer and autumn, on long, 

 slender spikes bearing numerous white 

 and rose flowers. 



GAYLUSSACIA (Huckleberry). -The 

 kinds in cultivation in Britain are N. 

 American, allied to Vaccinium. Some 

 bear edible fruit in America. Syn. 



Vaccinium. 



GAZANIA (Treasure Flower). 

 Handsome and distinct dwarf plants ; 

 of some value, though only hardy 

 enough for our summers. They are 

 most useful on warm soils, and should 

 always be placed in open sunny spots 

 and among dwarf plants. They strike 

 freely in a cold frame in August, but 

 later require bottom - heat. Unless 

 struck very early, spring-struck plants 

 are almost worthless, so that it is best 

 to put in the stock in August and 

 let them stand in cutting - pots till 

 potting-off time in spring. They will 

 then come well into flower when put 

 out in May ; whereas, if they are 

 topped for spring cuttings, both lots 



