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Gaillardia Composite, Gaillardia Picta. These plants arc 

 chiefly from North America, grow in any garden soil, and may be 

 increased by dividing the roots, common everywhere, the scent 

 of some of the species are unpleasant. 



Galega Leguminosoe, Galega Orientalis. These are tolerably 

 ornamental plants, and as they form a bush of small size, they 

 require room when planted out, the colours are mostly blue and 

 white. 



Gardenia Rubiacece, Gape Jasmine. This is a handsome genus 

 of plants, with flowers highly scented, readily grown by cuttings, 

 they thrive in any garden soil, and only require a moderate share 

 of water to flower abundantly, their colours are pink, white and 

 pale yellow, most of which are natives of India. 



Garland Flower. Vide Hedychium. 



Gazania, -Splendens. This plant so much used in beds in the 

 London Parks, is perfectly hardy and easily propagated by 

 cuttings. In the rainy season it runs more to leaf than flower, 

 spreading over the ground, but in the hot weather from February 

 to June it makes a great show for carpet gardening ; the flowers 

 then crop up in great numbers, while in the early morning the 

 leaves become half erect, and show their pretty' frosted under 

 half, giving the bed a fine silvery tint. 



Gentiana, Gentianacece. This is an extensive genus of plants, 

 some of which are very pretty, colours, green, blue, purple and 

 white, and are found wild on the mountains of India, they should 

 be grown in a light loamy soil, mixed with vegetable mould, the 

 whole of the species possess a bitter tonic principle. 



Geranium. The term scarlet geranium applied to the whole 

 class of zonale or horseshoe geraniums, is very confusing and 

 obsolete. The whole family have a zone on the leaf, though some- 

 times but faintly developed, and are of many tints beside scarlet, 

 every shade of pink up to white and crimson, modern growers 

 divide them into : 



Large flowering zonale Geraniums. 



Nosegay . Geraniums. 



Tricolor. 



