142 THE WILD GARDEN. 
rather dwarf perennials, mostly with bluish, pinkish, or deep rose flowers, 
admirable for naturalisation. Some of the better kinds of the hardy 
geraniums, such as G. ibericum, are the very plants to take care of 
themselves on wild banks and similar places. With them might be 
associated the fine Erodium Manescavi; and where there are very 
bare places, on which they would not be overrun by coarser plants, the 
smaller Erodiums, such as E. romanum, might be tried with advantage. 
Goat’s Rue, Galega.—Tall and vigorous but graceful perennials, 
with very numerous 
and handsome flowers, 
pink, blue, or white. 
G. officinalis and its 
white variety are among 
the very best of all tall 
border flowers, and 
they are equally useful 
for planting in rough 
and wild places, as is 
also the blue G. orien- 
talis and G. biloba. 
They are all free 
growers. 
Gypsophila, Gyp- 
sophila and Tunica— 
Vigorous but neat per- 
ennials, very hardy, 
and producing myriads 
of flowers, mostly 
small, and of a pale 
s pinkish hue. They are 
mA dest suited for rocky 
ae Mf 
Snowdrops, wild, by streamlet in valley. or sandy ground, or 
even old ruins, or any 
position where they will not be smothered by 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, and 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 
