ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. argenteum, rose, summer, 1 ft., Alps; armenum, 
purple, June and July, 2 ft., Orient; cinereum, red, summer, 6 in., Pyrenees; 
cinereum album, white; dahuricum, purple, June, 1 ft., Dahuria; Endressi, rose, 
summer, 1 ft., Pyrenees; ibericum, blue, summer, 1 ft., Caucasus; macrohizon, 
red or purple, May to July, 1 ft., E. Europe; pratense, blue, summer, 2 to 3 ft., 
Britain; and its double blue and double white varieties; sanguineum, crimson, 
summer, 2 ft., and its varieties lancastriense (flesh), album Siete Britain; 
lg alas blue, summer, 2 to 3 ft., Britain; tuberosum, purple, June, 9 in., 
. Europe. 
Gerbera (Barberton or Transvaal Daisy). — Ord. Composite. 
Greenhouse perennial herbs. First introduced 1888. 
CULTURE: Grow in a compost of sandy loam and peat in a tem- 
perature of 45 to 50° from Nov. to May; without artificial heat after- 
wards. Water sparingly from Nov. to April; freely afterwards. 
Repot annually in spring. No shade required. Propagate by seeds 
sown in sandy peat in March in temperature 55°; by cuttings of side 
shoots in spring. G. Jamesoni may be grown outdoors in warm nooks 
in mild districts. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: G. asplenifolia, purple, summer, 1 ft.; Jamesoni (Bar- 
berton Daisy), orange-scarlet, June to Oct., 18 in. 
German Catchfly (Lychnis viscaria).—See Lychnis. 
Germander (Teucrium scorodonia).—See Teucrium. 
German Iris ee germanica).—See Iris. 
German Ivy (Mikania scandens).—See Mikania. 
German Lilac (Centranthus ruber).—See Centranthus. 
German Spleenwort (Asplenium germanicum).—See Asple- 
nium. 
German Tamarisk (Myricaria germanica).—See Myricaria. 
Gesnera.—Ord. Gesneriacezx. Stove tuberous-rooted & herba- 
ceous perennials. Flowering & orn. foliage. First introduced 1752. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibrous peat, one part loam, one 
part leaf-mould, with a little decayed mauure & silver sand. Position, 
well-drained pots or pans in shady part of plant stove. Pot, March 
to flower in summer; May to flower in autumn; June to flower in 
winter. Place tubers lin. deep singly in 5-in. pots, or 1 to 2 in. apart 
in larger sizes. Water moderately from time growth begins until 
plants are 3 or 4in. high, then freely. After flowering gradually 
withhold water till foliage dies down, then keep dry till potting time. 
Apply weak liquid manure once or twice a week when flower buds 
show. Syringing not required. Temp., March to Sept. 65° to 85°; 
Sept. to March 55° to 75°. Store when foliage has died down on their 
sides under stage till potting time in temp. of 50° to 55°. Propagate 
by seeds sown on surface of well-drained pots of sandy peat, in temp. 
75°, March or April; cuttings of young shoots inserted in pots «f 
sandy in temp. 75° to 85° in spring; fully matured leaves pegged 
on surface of pots in sandy peat in temp. 75° to 85°; stalk ends of leaves 
inserted vertically in pans of sandy peat in temp. 75° to 85°. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. cardinalis, crimson and white, autumn, 12 to 
18 in.; Donklarii, red and yellow, 2 ft., summer, Colombia; Douglassii, red and 
yellow, autumn, 18 in., Brazil; exoniensis, orange, scarlet, and yellow, winter, 
1 ft., hybrid; Leopoldii, scarlet, summer, 1 ft., Brazil; Lindleyi, yellow and scarlet, 
July, 1 ft., Brazil; naglioides rosy pink, autumn, 18 in.; refulgens, violet and 
white, summer, 18 in., hybrid. 
Gethyllis (Cape Crocus). — Ord. Amaryllidacew. Greenhouse 
bulbous plants. Deciduous. First introduced 1780. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam & sand. Position, well- 
drained pots in cold greenhouse or ee Pot, Aug. to Nov., placing 
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