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ratlier dwarf perennials, mostly with bluish, pinkisli, or dee-p rose flowers, 

 aflniirable for naturalisation. Some of the better kinds of the hardy 

 geraniums, such as G. ibericum, are the very plants to take care of 

 tliemselves on wild banks and similar places. With them niiglit be 

 associated the fine Erodium Manescavi ; and where there are very 

 bare places, on which tliey would not be overran by coarser plants, tlie 

 smaller Erodiums, such as E. romaiuini, might be tried with advantage. 

 Goat's Rue, Gnlerin. — Tall and A'igorous but graceful perennials, 



with very numerous 

 and handsome flowers, 

 pink, blue, or white. 

 G. otticinalis and its 

 white variety are among 

 the very best of all tall 

 Ijorder flowers, and 

 they are equally useful 

 for planting in rough 

 and wild places, as is 

 also the blue G. orien- 

 tal is and G. biloba. 

 They are all free 

 Ljrowers. 



Gypsophila, Gtjp- 

 .•<op]i,ila and Tunica. — 

 Vigorous l)ut neat per- 

 ennials, very hardy, 

 and producing myriads 

 of flowers, mostly 

 small, and of a pale 

 })inkish hue. They are 

 best suited for rocky 

 or sandy ground, or 

 even old ruins, or any 

 positi(^n where they will not be smothered Ijy coarser vegetation. 

 Similar in character is the pretty little Tunica saxifraga, which grows 

 on the tops of old walls, etc., in Southern Europe, and will thrive on 

 bare places on the level ground with us. 



Gentian, Gentiana. — Dwarf, antl usually evergreen, alpine or high- 

 pasture plants, with large and numerous flowers, mostly handsome, and 

 frequently of the most vivid and beautiful blue. The large G. acaulis 



Snowdrops, wild, by streamlet in valley. 



