ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. i i ‘ 
galeata, brown, summor, fragrant, 1 fer Merwos gealulatena, yellow amd ned, 
Pal ft., Siena maculata, yellow and red, summer, 1 ft., Trop. America. 
Goad ci ebium.—See Polypodium. 
ean King Henry (Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus).—See Cheno- 
Goodyera (Rattlesnake Plantain; Adder’s Violet).—Ord. Orchi- 
dacez. Stove, greenhouse, & hardy terrestrial orchids. Flowering & 
orn. foliage. Leaves, bronze, chocolate, olive-green, purplish-green, 
reddish-crimson, variegated with white or yellow. 
CULTURE OF STOVE & GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, two 
parts fibrous peat, one part loam & sand. Position, well-drained pots 
or shallow pans in shady part of stove or greenhouse. Pot, Feb. or 
March. Water freely March to Sept., moderately other times. 
Temp., stove species, 65° to 75° March to Sept., Sept. to March 55° to 
is F pecenlionss species, March to Sept. 55° to 65°, 45° to 55° Sept. to 
arch. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Compost, two parts peat, leaf- 
mould & sand. Position, rockery or border, well drained. Plant, 
March or April. Water freely in dry weather. Propagate by cuttings 
of shoots removed with roots attached, inserted singly in small pots of 
peaty compost under bell-glass in temp. 45° to 55° in spring. 
STOVE SPECIES: G. cordata, yellow and brown, Sept., India; Veitchii, leaves 
red, brown, and white, hybrid. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: G. macrantha, rosy pink and white, June, Japan; 
Menziesii, white, summer, N. America. 
mee oes SPECIES: G. pubescens, white, July, N. America; repens, white, sum- 
, Europe. A 
Gooseberry (Ribes grossularia).—See Ribes. 
Gorse (Ulex europzus).—See Ulex. 
Gossypium (Cotton-plant)—Ord. Malvacee. Stove perennial 
herbs. First introduced 1594. Fruit (capsule) furnishes cotton of 
commerce, 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam, leaf-mould & little sand. 
Position, well-drained pots in sunny part of stove. Pot, March or 
April. Water moderately Sept. to April, freely afterwards. Temp., 
March to Oct. 65° to 75°; Oct. to March 50° to 65°. Propagate by 
seeds sown 1-16in. deep in light soil in temp. 65° to 75°, March or 
April. Transplant seedlings when 1 in. high singly into 2-in. pots, & 
thence into 5 or 6-in. pots. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: G. barbadense, yellow and purple, Sept., 5 ft., Bar- 
bados; herbaceum, yellow and purple, summer, 3 to 4 ft., Kast Indies; Bahma 
(Egyptian Cotton), a hybrid. ‘ 
Gourd (Cucurbita melopepo).—See Cucurbita. 
Grammanthes.—Ord. Crassulacew. Half-hardy annual. First 
introduced 1774. 
CULTURE: Soil, light sandy. Position, sunny rockeries. Propa- 
gate by seeds sown on surface of sandy soil in well-drained pans in 
temp. 60° to 65° in March. Transplant seedlings outdoors in May. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: G. chlorefolia, orange-yellow and red, summer, 3 to 
4 in., 8. Africa. 
Grammatocarpus (Cup Flower).—Ord. Loasaceew. Half- 
hardy annual climber. . : 
CULTURE: Sow seeds in gentle heat in March, harden seedlings off 
later on, & plant in June. Ordinary soil. Suitable for low sunny 
trellises, vases, etc, 
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