ga'rrya. 



116 GATHERING FLOWERS. 



a native of China. All the species 

 should be grown in a compost of loam 

 and peat ; and they all require a 

 moist heat. They are propagated by 

 cuttings of the young wood, struck in 

 sand, under a glass, and with bottom 

 heat. 



Gard^oquta. — Labiates. — Half 

 shrubby dwarf plants, mostly natives 

 of South America and Mexico ; one 

 species of which, G. Hookerii, com- 

 monly called the Scarlet Thyme, 

 which is a native of South Carolina, 

 is very handsome. It should be 

 grown in sandy peat and loam, in 

 well-drained pots ; and the plants 

 should be plentifully supplied with 

 water while they are in a growing 

 state. It is nearly hardy, only re- 

 quiring protection from frost, and it 

 will continue flowering for several 

 months. By frequent re-potting, and 

 careful management, this plant may 

 be greatly increased both in size and 

 beauty ; and it looks very well 

 trained over a wire frame. 



Garide'lla. — Ranunculacece. — 

 A very curious-looking hardy annual, 

 which will grow in any common gar- 

 den soil ; but which is seldom now 

 found except in botanic gardens. 



Garland Flower. — See Hedy'- 

 chium. 



Garlic Flower. — See Allium. 



Ga'rrya. — Garry acece. — A hardy 

 evergreen, introduced only a few 

 years since, and which produced its 

 very handsome long pendulous spikes 

 of blossoms, or catkins, for the first 

 time in England in October, 1834. 

 These spikes are produced in bunches 

 of eight or ten together; and they 

 are frequently above a foot long. It 

 is quite hardy, and should be grown 

 in a loamy soil, where it will conti- 

 nue flowering all the winter, in defi- 

 ance of the cold. It is a most striking 

 object, not only from the great 

 abundance of its long, slender, grace- 

 ful catkins, but from its dark green, 



glossy, and leathery leaves. It is 

 readily increased by layers, or cut- 

 tings, struck in sand under a glass. 



Gastrolo'bium. — LeguminoscB. 

 — Australian greenhouse shrubs, with 

 a profusion of small orange flowers. 

 For their culture, see Australian 

 Shrubs. 



Gates are only necessary in flower- 

 gardens, where they are inclosed by 

 hedges, walls, or sunk or wire 

 fences, and the gate ought always 

 to bear some kind of relation to the 

 fence. A wire or iron fence, may 

 have a wire or iron gate, but it should 

 be always of the simplest construc- 

 tion ; a rustic fence, should have a 

 rustic gate : and a wall or a hedge 

 commonly a close gate, or a boarded 

 gate with stone or brick piers. Where 

 a flower-garden is surrounded by a 

 sunk fence composed of a sunk wall, 

 and a fosse or ditch, the gate may in 

 some cases be of iron between stone 

 piers, and in others of light twisted 

 wire. In all cases of this kind, the 

 geueral harmony of the scene must 

 be taken as a guide ; and care taken 

 that the gate neither appear too con- 

 spicuous, nor too insignificant. 



Gathering Flowers for bouquets 

 or nosegays, should always be per- 

 formed when the plants are dry ; 

 otherwise, when tied together in a 

 nosegay, the compressed leaves are 

 liable to rot. The sprigs or shoots 

 containing the flowers, or in the case 

 of monocotyledonous plants, such as 

 the Narcissus, the Hyacinth, &c, 

 the flower stems, should always be 

 taken off so as not to injure the leaves 

 which remain on the plant ; and in 

 branching plants, such as the rose and 

 all dicotyledonous herbaceous plants, 

 the sprigs should be cut off at the 

 back of a bud, otherwise in a short 

 time an unsightly naked portion of 

 the stem will remain on, which will 

 at last wither, and disfigure the living 

 plant. The branches should always 



