GARDEN FLOWERS. 1/3 



GALIUM. [Galiaceas.] A genus of coarse, not very 

 showy plants, thriving in any soil, and propagated by di- 

 vision. G. suavolens is an annual : the rest of those we 

 mention are herbaceous perennials, generally hardy. 



G. campanulatum (bell-flowered) ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in 

 June ; south of Europe ; 1821. G. capillipes (hairy-stalked) ; 

 i foot; flowers white, in October; Russia; 1838. G. Grcecum 

 (Grecian) ; 6 inches ; flowers purple, in July ; Candia ; 1798. 

 G. Persicum (Persian) ; flowers yellow, in July ; Persia; 1837. 

 G. purpureum (purple) ; i foot ; flowers purple, in July ; Swit- 

 zerland ; 1831. G. rubrum (red); i foot; flowers purple, in 

 July; Italy; 1597. G. suavolens (sweet-scented) ; i foot; flow- 

 ers white, in July ; north of Europe ; 1821. G. Tauricum (Tau- 

 rian) ; 6 inches; flowers yellow, in July; Tauria ; 1818. G. 

 Vaillantii (Vaillant's) ; 2 feet ; flowers green, in May ; England. 



GAULTHERIA. [Ericaceae.] Pretty dwarf, procumbent, 

 hardy evergreens, growing in moist peaty soil, and increased 

 by layers and seeds. 



G. procunibens (procumbent) ; hardy trailing evergreen shrub ; 

 flowers white, in July; North America; 1762. G. Shallon 

 (Shallon) ; hardy evergreen shrub ; i foot ; flowers white, in 

 May; North America ; 1826. 



There are evergreen greenhouse species. 



GAURA. [Onagraceas.] Showy plants, mostly biennials. 

 Soil, sandy loam. Increased by seeds. G. Lindhiemeriana 

 is a very elegantly branched free-blooming plant, and, 

 though perennial, is perhaps best treated as a biennial : it 

 blooms freely, however, the first year from the seed, if sown 

 in May with the half-hardy annuals. The species are not 

 hardy in the Northern States. 



G. biennis (biennial) ; hardy biennial ; 6 feet ; flowers white 

 and red, in September; North America; 1762. G. coccinea 

 (scarlet) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; flowers scarlet, in August ; 

 Louisiana; 1811. G. Lindhiemeriana (Lindheimer's) ; half- 



