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Gleiehenia. — (Natural Order, Filices.) See chapter 

 ' Australian A'egetation,' p. 80. 



Golden Wattle. — ACACIA PYCXAXTHA. Pp. 



35, 54, 19& 



Gooseberry.— RIBES GROSSULARIA. (Natural Order, 



Saxifrages.) Pp. 52, 53, 185. — A popular fruit, of which 

 there are many varieties. This shrub nourishes best in 

 cold climates ; but though it adapts itself to warmer regions, 

 the fruit produced under the latter circumstances, though 

 larger, is inferior in flavour. In the locality of Ballarat, 

 however, very fine gooseberries are grown. 



Gourd. — CUCURBITA. (Natural Order, Cucur- 

 bitace.e.) Pp. 53, 185. — There are several species of this 

 plant under cultivation, amongst others the Snake Gourd 

 [Triehosanthes anguina), Pumpkin Gourd (Cucurbita Pepo). 

 Viper Gourd (Triehosanthes colubrina), and many other 

 kinds, grown either as edible, or for domestic use, or ornament. 



Grape Vine. — VITIS. (Natural Order, Ampelide^e.) 

 Pp. iS, 53, 185. — The common Grape Vine ( Vitis viniferd)^ 

 one of the species of the family, is cultivated in all suitable 

 climates ; the description of wine produced from the grapes 

 greatly varying ; some districts being celebrated for a heavy, 

 full-bodied vintage, while others are as famous for wines of 

 a lighter character. Soil, climate, and many other circum- 

 stances are studied by vinegrowers in making choice of 

 varieties suitable to particular localities ; and when long in 

 cultivation in a particular spot, a vine has been known to 

 become changed in character from the circumstances just 

 mentioned. Vine culture is one of the staple industries 

 of Australia, and the growth of the grape in these colonies 

 is continually the subject of pamphlets and newspaper 



