TENDER BORDER AND BEDDING PLANTS. 333 
base, in summer. Its variegated form, with green and yellow 
leaves, is also very pretty. Other kinds sometimes grown are 
G. Pavonia and G. rigens. The first-named are the best. 
These have to be reared from cuttings in sandy soil in a cold 
frame in July and August. When rooted transfer to small 
pots and grow on a shelf near the glass in a greenhouse 
heated to keep out frost, and plant out at the end of May. 
Gerbera. — G. Jamesoni is a tender perennial from the 
Transvaal, which as yet has not been grown outdoors, except 
in mild districts in the South. It belongs to the Daisy order 
(Compositae), has pinnate leaves and scarlet flowers 3in. or 
so in diameter, with a yellow centre. It grows about a foot 
high. If tried outdoors it should be planted in spring in 
sandy peat and loam in a warm, sheltered border. Where not 
planted out grow in a greenhouse till June, then plant out 
in a sunny spot for the summer. So beautiful a plant is 
well worth trying outdoors. Increased by seeds sown in heat 
in spring. 
Gramatocarpus (Cup-flower). — G. volubilis (Syn. 
Scyphanthus elegans) is a Chilian half-hardy annual climber, 
belonging to the Nat. Ord. Loasaceae. It has pinnate foliage 
and golden-yellow flowers, spotted with red, borne in summer. 
A pretty climber for low, sunny trellises or rambling over tree 
stumps, etc., in summer. Sow seeds in gentle heat in March, 
grow the seedlings on in potr till June, then plant out. Ordi- 
nary soil. 
Grammanthes. — Half-hardy annuals, belonging to the 
Stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) and natives of S. Africa. G. 
chlorasflora, orange-yellow and red, and G. gentianoides, crim- 
son and yellow, both growing 4m. high, and flowering in 
summer, are the only two species worth growing. Sow in 
heat in March, and plant out the seedlings at the end of 
May on sunny rockeries or on the margins of borders. 
Hebenstretia. — H. comosa is a pretty half-hardy 
annual from S. Africa, bearing white flowers blotched with 
orange-scarlet on long, slender spikes. The flowers emit a 
pleasing perfume in the evening, and the plant is suitable for 
growing in clumps in sunny borders in good ordinary soil. 
It grows about i8in. high, and may be reared from seed sown 
in heat in March, planting the seedlings out in May ; or out- 
doors in April, where required to flower. A member of the 
Nat. Ord. Selaginaceae. 
Hedychium (Fragrant Garland Flower). — This is a 
genus of greenhouse plants, one species of which, H. Gardneri- 
anum, is suitable for flower garden decoration in summer. 
