ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy peat, one part light loam. 
Position, well-drained pots in cold frame or greenhouse. Pot, Aug. to 
Nov., placing bulbs with apex just below surface, one in a 5-in., or 
three in a 6-in. pot. Cover pots with ashes till growth begins. Water 
moderately when growth commences, freely afterwards, cease after 
flowering. Repot annually. Propagate by seeds sown 4in. deep in 
well-drained pans or shallow boxes of sandy peat in cool greenhouse or 
frame Aug. or Bere by offsets treated as bulbs Aug. to Nov. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. graminea, yellow, July, in.; ovata, yellow, 
autumn, 6 in. 
Gale (Myrica Gale)—See Myrica. 
Galeandra (Casque-wort)—Ord. Orchidacew. Stove terrestrial 
orchids. Deciduous. First introduced 1840. 
CULTURE: Compost, fibrous peat & charcoal. Position, well- 
drained pots, pans, or baskets in light part of stove. Pot, Feb. to 
March. Water freely March to Sept., moderately afterwards. Syringe 
plants daily March to Aug. Growing period, March to Sept. Resting 
period, Sept. to March. Temp., March to June, 65° to 75°; June to 
Aug. 70° to 80°; Aug. to Nov. 60° to 70°; Nov. to March 55° to 65°. 
Propagate by division of qian at potting time. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: G. Baueri, brown, purple and white, June to Aug., 
_1 ft., Guiana; devoniana, purple, green, and white, June, 18 in., Trop. America; 
nivalis, white and violet, March, 18 in., Trop. America. 
Galega (Goat’s Rue). — Ord. Leguminosew. Hardy perennial 
herbs. First introduced 1568. Flowers useful for cutting. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open borders or shrubberies. 
Plant, Oct. to March. Cut down flower stems in Oct. Replant every 
two or three years. Propagate by seeds sown jin. deep in April in 
ordinary soil in sunny position; division of roots in Oct. to March. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: G. officinalis, blue, summer, 3 to 5 ft., S. Europe, and 
it varieties, albiflora (white), carnea plena (rose double) and Hartlandii (blue); 
"Galing a le (cy 2 to ft., ee G 
erus longus).—See erus. 
Galligasking (Primula end). — Gee Privald: 
Galtonia (Spire Lily).—Ord. Liliacew. Hardy bulbous flowering 
plants. Deciduous. Nat. S. Africa. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary rich, well drained. Position, 
open sunny borders. Plant, Oct. to March, placing bulbs Gin. deep 
& Gin. apart. Lift & replant only when the bulbs show signs of 
deterioration. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts loam, one part decayed manure 
& silver sand. Position, cold or warm greenhouse. Pot, Oct. to Dec. 
to flower in spring; Feb. to April to flower in autumn. Place one bulb 
with apex just showing through surface of soil in a well-drained 6-in. 
pot. Cover with ashes in cold frame until growth begins. Water 
moderately when leaves appear; freely when in full growth; keep 
nearly dry after flowering. Apply weak liquid manure occasionally 
to plants in flower. Bulbs not adapted for flowering second time in 
pots. Propagate by seeds sown jin. deep in shallow boxes of sandy 
soil in cold frame Oct. or March; offsets treated as bulbs in autumn. 
meetings flower when four or five years old. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: G. candicans, white, fragrant, summer, 2 to 8 ft. 
Garcinia (Mangosteen-tree; Gamboge-tree). — Ord. Guttiferes. 
Stove evergreen fruit-bearing tree. Orn. foliage. First introduced 
1789. _ Fruit, size of an orange; chestnut-brown colour; edible. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat, one part loam & sand. Posi- 
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