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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



racemes on slender stalks. G. biloba has 

 pretty bluish-lilac flowers. 



OALTOHIA(C^Mirt).-~A noble 

 bulb from the Cape, G. candicans having 

 spires of waxy, white bell-like blossoms, 

 i \ in. long, on stems 4 to 6 ft. high, in late 

 summer and autumn. It is of easy cul- 

 ture, 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. In- 

 creased 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. Hyacin- 

 thus candicans. 



GARRY A. G. Elliptica is a fine Cali- 

 fornian Evergreen, and beautiful winter- 

 flowering shrub. In mild winters it begins 

 to flower as early as 

 December, and bears 

 among handsome 

 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 ft. 

 high. In cold districts 

 it is well to give it 

 shelter, but in the 

 south and west it does 

 Other varieties are G. 

 Fadyenii. Fremonti, Thureli and macro- 

 phylla, but G. elliptica is the best. There 

 are male and female forms, the most elegant 

 being the pollen-bearing or male plant. 



GAULTHERIA (Partridge Berry}. 

 Dwarf evergreen shrubs, G. prociimbens 

 having berries which give it a charm 

 in winter, when it is one of the brightest 

 plants on the rock-garden. Its drooping 

 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. 



GAURA. G. Lindheimeri is a grace- 

 ful perennial, 3 to 4^ ft. high, flowering in 



Garrya elliptica. 



not require this. 



Gaultheria procumbens. 



summer and autumn, on long slender 



spikes bearing numerous white and rose 



flowers. It thrives 



in borders, in sandy 



loam, and plants for 



the flower garden 



may be used with 



the larger bedding 



plants. Increased by 



division and seed. N. 



America. 



GAZANIA(7>m- 

 sure Flower]. 

 Handsome and dis- 

 tinct dwarf plants ; of 

 much 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 will be small and late. Short young 

 tops should be used for cuttings, and may 

 be inserted pretty thickly in the cutting- 

 pots. When established, they must be 

 just protected from frost, and kept in dry 

 airy quarters. If kept warm, they grow 

 too much, and are in spring poor lanky 

 plants that can hardly be handled ; but 

 cool airy treatment keeps them short and 

 sturdy. G. rigens is the best known. It has 

 long deep-green leaves, silvery beneath, 

 and bears flowers 2 in. across, which are 

 of bright orange-yellow, with a dark 



Gaultheria shallon. 



centre. G. splendens is a fine variety, 

 and there is also one with variegated 

 leaves. 



The known species (from S. Africa) are : 

 G. arctotoides, arminioides, Bnrchellii, caespi- 

 tosa, canescens, coronofiifolia, heterochaela, 

 Jurineaefolia, Kraussii, Krebsiana, Lichten- 

 steinii, lineariloba, longifolia, longiscapa, mu- 

 cronata, tmtlttjuga, nivea, othonnites, oxyloba, 

 Pavonia, pinnata, pygmaea, rigens, serrulata, 



