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doors between June and October. Its main value in the 
garden is for dotting about carpet beds, or mixing with other 
tropical foliage plants in beds. In October it has to be 
removed to a heated greenhouse for the winter. In all cases 
it must be grown in pots and plunged in the soil. F. stipulata 
(Syn. I. repens) is sufficiently hardy to grow on walls outdoors 
in mild districts. The late Mr. H. Burbridge, of Westgate- 
on-Sea, once sent us specimens of shoots gathered from a 
plant growing freely on an outside wall in the Isle of Thanet. 
It might be worth while trying the plant in sheltered districts, 
as its shoots cling like ivy. 
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower). — American half-hardy an- 
nuals and hardy perennials, belonging to the Daisy order 
(Compositae). The annual species are G. amblyodon, cinnabar- 
red, i ft., and G. picta, orange-red and yellow, ift. ; also picta 
Lorenziana, double-flowered, and G. pulchella, crimson and 
yellow, 2ft. Seeds of these may be sown in heat in spring, 
transplanted when large enough to handle into boxes, grown in 
heat till May, then hardened off and planted out a foot apart 
in groups in sunny borders at the end of May. These make 
showy border flowers grown thus. Or, seeds may be sown in 
a cold frame in September and the seedlings grown on in pots 
in a cool house and planted out in May. The only perennial 
species is G. aristata grandiflora. This has its colours ar- 
ranged in zones, like the selvage of a blanket. Thus, the 
centre is bluish-purple, followed by a ring of red, and an outer 
one of yellow. In trade lists a number of named varieties of 
this or hybrids will be found which are more beautiful than 
the type. The varieties and hybrids are extremely showy 
plants for massing in sunny borders or in beds. The flowers, 
moreover, being large and showy, and possessing long stalks, 
come in very useful for cutting for indoor decoration. The 
plants require a not too heavy but fairly rich soil. Plant out 
in March or April. In mild districts, and on well-drained soils, 
the perennial kinds will survive the winter outdoors. In- 
creased by seeds sown as advised for the annual kinds in 
spring ; by cuttings inserted in sandy soil in a cold frame in 
summer: also by division of the plant in March. 
Gazania (Treasure Flower). — Half-hardy, hoary peren- 
nial herbs, natives of South Africa and members of the Daisy 
order (Compositae). Gazanias require to be sowm under glass 
between October and May, and afterwards may be used as 
edgings to flower beds, or grown in masses on the margins 
of sunny borders. When in flow'er they are very attractive. 
Gazania splendens is a beautiful hybrid, bearing large orange 
marigold-like blossoms, spotted w'ith black and white at the 
