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Gomphia (Button Flower). Ochnacecc. 



Cuttings of firm young shoots should be placed in sand 

 under glass, in heat. 



Gomphocarpus. Asclepiadece. 



Seeds should be sown under glass in spring ; or cuttings 

 may be made of small side shoots when the plant is com- 

 mencing new growth, and placed in sand under glass. 



Gompholobium. Leguminosce. 



Cuttings, which should be made of young shoots during 

 spring, and placed under glass. 



Gomphrena. See Celosia. 

 GonolobllS. Asclepiadece. 



Seeds, divisions, and cuttings under glass. 

 Goodenia. Goodenoviece. 



Seed. During spring, cuttings will root freely if placed 

 under glass. 



Goodia. Leguminosce. 



Seeds may be used. Cuttings of young shoots may be 

 made during spring, and placed in a frame. 



Gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia and R. oxyacanthoides}. Saxi- 

 frages. 



Seeds, for the raising of new varieties, should be sown as 

 soon as well cured, in loamy or sandy soil, or they may be 

 stratified and sown together with the sand in the spring. 

 Cuttings six to eight inches long of the mature wood, inserted 

 two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, especially if 

 taken in August or September and stored during winter, in 

 the same way as currant cuttings. Single eye cuttings may 

 be used for rare kinds Stronger plants are usually obtained 

 by layers, and the English varieties are nearly always lay- 

 ered in this country. Mound-layering is usually employed, 

 the English varieties being allowed to remain in layerage two 

 years, but the American varieties only one (Fig. 21). Layered 

 plants are usually set in nursery rows fora year after removal 

 from the stools. Green-layering during summer is sometimes 

 practiced for new or rare varieties. Strong plants may also 

 be procured by tip-layering, as in the black raspberry (see 

 P- 33)- If it is desired to train the weaker gooseberries in 

 tree form, they may be grafted upon the stronger growing 

 varieties. 



