GLOXINIA GOOSEBERRY. 24I 



light, sandy soil, and plunged in bottom heat. Bulbels, 

 which should be carefully removed from the old bulbs 

 when starting them in spring, as the roots are very brittle. 



Gloxinia. See Sinningia. 

 Glycosmis. Rutacccr. 



Seeds. Increased by cuttings, which are commonly 

 inserted in sand under glass, often in heat. 



Glycyrrhiza (Liquorice). Lcg;Hniinosir. 



Propagated by division and by seeds. 

 Godetia. See CEnothera. 

 Golden Rod. See Solidago. 

 Gomphocarpus. Asclepiadacecr. 



Seeds should be sown under glass in spring ; or cut- 

 tings may be made of small side shoots when the plant 

 is commencing new growth, and placed in sand under 

 glass. 



Gomphrena. See Ceiosia. 



Gonolobus. Asckpiadacecr. 



Seeds, divisions, and cuttings under glass. 



Goober. See Arachis. 



Gooseberry (Ribes GrossulatHa and A', oxyacanthoidcs'). 

 Saxifrai^acccc. 

 Seeds, for the raising of new varieties, should be sown 

 as soon as well cured, in loamy or sandy soil, or they 

 may be stratified and sown together with the sand in the 

 spring. Cuttings 6 to 8 inches long of the mature wood, 

 inserted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, 

 especially if taken in August or September and stored 

 during winter, in the same way as currant cuttings (Fig. 

 65). Single eye cuttings may be used for rare kinds. 

 Stronger plants are usually obtained by layers, and the 

 English varieties are nearly always layered in this coun- 

 try (although frequently grown from cuttings in England). 

 Mound-layering is usually employed (the mounding being 

 done in June, or when the new growth has reached sev- 

 eral inches), the English varieties being allowed to re- 

 main on the stools two years, but the American varieties 

 only one (Fig. 32). Much depends upon the variety. 

 The Downing, for example, usually makes a merchant- 



