ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Genista (Needle Furze ; Petty Whin).—Ord. Leguminosz. Hardy 
deciduous flowering shrubs, 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, shrubbery for tall species; 
rockery for dwarf kinds, Plant, Oct. to March. Prune after flower- 
ing. Propagate by seeds sown iin. deep outdoors in March or April; 
by layering in Oct. or Nov.; grafting on laburnum in March; budding 
on similar stocks in July. See also the genus Cytisus. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. ethnensis, yellow, June to Aug., 6 to 12 ft., Sicily; 
anglica (Petty Whin), yellow, May and June, 1 to 2 ft., Britain; hispanica 
(Spanish Gorse), yellow, May to July, fragrant, 6 to 12 ins., N.W. Europe; 
hispanica flore-pleno, double; radiata, yellow, summer, 2 to 4 ft., 8. Europe; 
tinctoria (Dyer’s Greenweed), yellow, July to Sept., 1 to 2 ft., Britain; tinctoria 
flore-pleno, double. 
Gentian (Gentiana acaulis)—See Gentiana. 
Gentiana (Gentian; Gentianella)—Ord. Gentianacee. Hardy 
perennial herbs. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts good loam, one part peat & one part 
grit or broken limestone & coarse sand. Position, sunny borders for 
G. acaulis & tall kinds, sunny rockeries for G. verna; both to be 
fairly dry in winfer & moist in summer. Plant, Sept., Oct., March, or 
April. Top-dress in March with little decayed cow manure. Water 
freely on dry soils in summer. Propagate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep 
in well-drained pots or pans of sandy loam in cold frame, March; 
division of plants March. Seeds take one to two years to germinate, 
& soil must be kept moderately moist. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. acaulis (Gentianella), blue, March to May, 3 in., 
Europe; Andrewsii, blue, Aug., 1 to 2 ft., N. America; asclepiadea (Swallow-wort), 
purple blue, July, 6 to 18 in., 8. Europe, and its variety alba (white); cruciata 
(Oross-wort), blue, June, 1 ft., Europe; lutea (Bitter-wort), yellow, July, 2 to 3 ft., 
Europe; Pneumonanthe (Windflower), blue, August and Sept., 1 to 2 ft., Britain; 
septemfida, blue, July, 1 ft., Caucasus; verna, blue, April and May, 3 in., Europe 
(Britain and Ireland). @ 
Gentianella (Gentiana acaulis)—See Gentiana. 
Gentian Gromwell (Lithospermum prostratum).—See Litho- 
spermum. 
Gentian Speedwell (Veronica gentianoides).—_See Veronica. 
Geonoma.—oOrd. Palmacex. Stove palm. Orn. foliage. First 
introduced 1820. Leaves, feather-shaped; pale green. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat, one part loam, sand & char- 
coal. Position, pots in moist mhaay part of plant stove. Pot, Feb- 
ruary or March. Water freely Oct. to Feb., abundantly other times. 
Syringe daily. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 65°; March to Sept. 65° 
to 70°. Propagate by seeds sown lin. deep in above compost in pots 
in temp. 85° March; offshoots from base of plants in small pots in 
temp. 80° to 85°, any time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: G. gracilis, 6 ft., Costa Rica. 
Georgian Fleabane (luula glandulosa).—See Inula. 
Geranium (Crane’s-bill)—Ord. Geraniacez. Hardy herbaceous 
perennials. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary rich. Position, tall kinds in sunny 
well-drained borders, dwarf kinds on sunny rockeries. Plant, Oct., 
Nov., March, or April. Apply weak liquid manure occasionally to 
established plants in flower. Propagate by seeds sown 4in. deep in 
ordinary soil in sunny position outdoors, March or April, or in shallow 
boxes of sandy soil in cold frame or greenhouse March; division of 
roots, Oct., Nov., March, or April. For greenhouse “Geraniums” see 
th Pelargonium. 
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