GOODIA 



GORDONIA 



GOO'DIA. (Named after P. Good, a collector of plants 

 in Australia for Kew Gardens. Nat. ord. Leguminous 

 Plants [Leguminosae]. Linn. i6-Monadelphia, 6-De- 

 candria. Allied to Templetonia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with yellow blossoms, 

 from Van Diemen's Land. Seeds and cuttings of the 

 young shoots in May, in sand, under a glass ; ^sandy 

 peat and fibrous loam. Winter temp., 40' to 48. A 

 shady place for the pots in summer. All, and especially 

 lotifo'lia, should be tried against a wall, with a little 

 protection in winter. 



G. lotifo'lia (lotus-leaved). 3. June. 1793. 

 polyspc'rma (many-seeded). See ARGYROLOBIUM 



ANDREWSIANUM. 



pube'scens (downy). 3. June. 1805. 



GOODYE'RA. (Named after /. Goodyer, a British 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidacese]. Linn. 20- 

 Gynandria, i-Monandria. Allied to Neottia.) 



Terrestrial orchids. Divisions of the roots ; peat and 

 loam, with a little decayed wood and charcoal. 



HARDY. 



G. Menzie'sii (Menzies'). N. Amer. " Rattlesnake 



Plantain." 

 pube'scens (downy). }. White. July. N. Amer. 



1802. " Adder's Violet." 



ripens (creeping). J. White. July. Scotland. 

 Ussella'ta (chequered). See G. PUBESCENS. 



STOVE. 



G. corda'ta (heart-shaped). Yellow-brown. September. 



Himalaya. 1870. 



dawsonia'na(Da.vrsonian). See H^MARIA DAWSONIANA. 

 di'scolor (two-coloured). See H.^MARIA DISCOLOR. 

 macra'ntha (large-flowered). Pink. Leaves edged 



yellow. Japan. 1867. 

 macrophy'tta (large-leaved). White. August. 



Madeira. 1880. 

 nu'da (naked). Whitish, light brown. Mascarene 



Islands. 1902. 

 ordea'na (Ordean). Leaves with silvery veins. 



Philippines. 

 pro'cera (tall). White. June. India and Malaya. 



1821. 



,, reticula'ta (netted). Java. 

 ,, rodigasia'na (Rodigasian). Leaves velvety, with 



whitish rib. New Guinea. 1886. 

 rubicu'nda (reddish-flowered). Cinnamon. July. 



Manilla. 1838. 

 veluii'na (velvety). Pink. Leaves with white midrib. 



Japan. 1867. 



GOOSEBERRY. Ri'bes Grossula'ria. 



VARIETIES. General Dessert Kinds. Champagne, R. 

 and Y. ; Early Green Hairy, o. ; Golden Drop, Y. ; 

 Golden Gem, Y., Pitmaston Greengage, G. ; Warrington, 

 or Aston Seedling, R. ; Taylor's Bright Venus, w. ; 

 Whitesmith, w. ; Glenton Green, G. ; Walnut, G. ; 

 Early Sulphur, Y. ; Green Walnut, G. ; Langley Gage, 

 w. ; Rumbullion, Y. ; Whinham's Industry, R. 



Late Dessert Kinds (for Retarding on Trellises). War- 

 rington, R. ; Pitmaston Greengage, o. ; Coe's Late 

 Red, R. ; the Champagnes, R. and Y. 



Bottling. Rumbullion, Y. 



Preserving. Rough Red, Warrington, Champagne. 



Large Kinds (Very Good). Prince Regent, R. ; Won- 

 derful, R. ; Roaring Lion, R. ; Top Sawyer, R. ; Rock- 

 wood, Y. ; No Bribery, Y. ; Sovereign, Y. ; Wellington's 

 Glory, w. ; Queen Charlotte, w. ; Greenwood, G. ; 

 Glenton Green, G. 



Large Kinds for Exhibition. Conquering Hero, R. ; 

 Dan's Mistake, R. ; London, R. ; Speedwell, R. ; Dia- 

 mond, Y. ; Candidate, Y. ; Leveller, Y. ; Leviathan. Y. ; 

 Telegraph, G. ; Matchless, G. ; Thumper, G. ; General, 

 G. ; Antagonist, w. ; Snowdrop, w. ; Freedom, w. ; 

 King of Trumps, w. 



The letters R., Y., G., w., refer to the colours, red, 

 yellow, green, white. 



Propagation : by Cuttings. Large, straight, and healthy 

 young shoots should be procured at the end of autumn, 

 rjnd these may be shortened to about fifteen inches in 

 length, cutting away the weaker portion the point. 

 All the eyes or buds must be cut out, except the four 

 top ones, in order to prevent the future plant from 



producing suckers. These should be planted in any 

 ordinary garden-soil, in a light situation, but not too 

 sunny. Plant about four inches deep, and keep them 

 tolerably moist during spring and early summer. Cut- 

 tings of young growing shoots, also, strike readily under 

 a glass. 



Layering is performed as with other deciduous shrubs ; 

 if in the old wood, at the same period as the cuttings, and 

 for the same reasons ; if in the young shoots, when 

 they have acquired some strength, about the beginning 

 of July. 



Seed. This is the source whence new varieties may 

 be obtained. The seed being washed out of the pulp 

 when ripe, may be sown immediately ; and in the 

 ensuing spring, if the plants can be early subjected to 

 a slight bottom warmth, they will be a foot in height 

 in the first summer, and may, with good management, 

 be brought to bear, some in the second year, and all in 

 the third. 



Soil. A deep, sandy loam is best adapted to the 

 gooseberry. Any free garden-soil, of average quality, 

 will produce them in tolerable perfection,if well manured, 

 and, above all things, freed from excess of moisture. 

 Gooseberries will never thrive in stagnant soil ; they 

 will become hide-bound speedily, and their stems covered 

 with moss. Nevertheless, they are very partial to a per- 

 manency of surface moisture in the growing season, 

 and for that purpose top-dressings are had recourse to. 

 Wherever fine gooseberries are required, the situation 

 must be totally unshaded ; it, however, becomes good 

 policy at times to plant some under the partial shade of 

 small trees. In such situations they will set in a frosty 

 spring, when those exposed are cut off. 



Culture in Growing Period. A due training, especially 

 whilst young, is necessary. Those who grow them for 

 exhibition use two sorts of sticks, viz. forks and hooks. 

 These are cut out of any ordinary brush-wood, about 

 half a yard long, and they must be neatly pointed. 

 Thus the hooks are made to draw down refractory shoots, 

 and the forks to prop up the drooping ones. It is a good 

 practice to apply a top-dressing of half-rotten manure 

 in the beginning of May ; and just before the fruit has 

 completed its last swelling, the points of all the longest 

 straggling shoots may be pinched or dubbed. It is well 

 to go over the bushes in the early part of June, and 

 remove much of the waste spray which chokes the 

 interior of the bush. Some of the grosser shoots may be 

 entirely removed, and all others of a doubtful character 

 may have the points pinched. This will throw both size 

 and flavour into the berry, and add to the value of the 

 remaining wood for the ensuing crop. 



Culture in the Rest Period. Pruning is the first point ; 

 and the sooner this is performed after the fall of the leaf 

 the better. It consists, mainly, in thinning out. When 

 a bush is well thinned, no two shoots will touch ; indeed, 

 they should be, on an average, three inches apart all 

 over the bush. Most good cultivators keep the middle 

 of the bush very open This is especially necessary 

 during the first three years from striking the cutting ; 

 and the principle should be attended to, less or more, 

 at every annual pruning afterwards. In selecting wood 

 to remain, choose that which is strong, but not over 

 luxuriant ; the latter, with all weakly and inferior wood, 

 may be cut clear away ; cutting away, also, all coarse 

 snags in the interior of the branches. Lastly, shorten 

 every point which appears weakly or incomplete in char- 

 acter, just so far as such inferiority is manifest. The 

 root must now receive attention. Some of our show 

 gooseberry growers open a trench around their bushes 

 annually, at about the distance the branches extend, 

 cutting away all coarse roots beyond that line. They 

 then fill in the trench with good fresh loam and cow-dung 

 blended. Whether this be done or not, a top-dressing of 

 half-decayed manure should be annually applied, scraping 

 away the loose surface, and placing the manure next 

 the top fibres, and then soiling the whole over. 



Insects. See ABRAXUS, APHIS, and NEMATUS. 



GORDO'NIA. (Named after Mr. Gordon, a London 

 nurseryman. Nat. ord. Theads [Ternstromiaceae]. Linn. 

 i6-Monadelphia, 8-Polyandna. Allied to Stuartia.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs, except Hamato'xylon, which 

 is a stove evergreen, and requires peat soil ; cuttings of 

 young shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat. The 

 others, though hardy, flowering late, are ornaments for 



