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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
of it, sucli as lancastriense, with purple-veined tlesli- 
coloured flowers ; and also a white flowered variety. 
All these kinds flower during the summer months, and 
flourish in ordinary good soil, and may be increased 
by division in spring. 
GERBERA Jamesoni. — This ornamental perennial 
is a native of the Transvaal, but unfortunately can only 
be grown in the open air in the mildest part of the 
kingdom. The lobed leaves spread out in a rosette on 
the ground, and the brilliant orange-scarlet flower-head, 
like a single Chrysanthemum or large Marguerite, is 
borne on the top of a scape about a foot high. A mix- 
ture of sandy loam and peat, with good drainage and 
a warm sunny spot, seem to be the essentials for this 
plant. Mr. Lynch, of the Cambridge Botanic Garden, 
has recently succeeded in raising some fine hybrids 
between G. Jamesoni and G. vinclifolia. The flowers 
vary in colour from brilliant orange scarlet to soft 
pink and creamy yellow, and in the course of time 
these plants may possibly become more popular and 
more hardy than their parents. 
GEUM ( Avens ). — These are easily grown in any 
good and well manured garden soil. They are 
easily raised from seeds, but it is best to increase the 
choicer forms by dividing the rootstocks in spring. The 
best-known kinds are : — G. chiloense, 1 to 3 feet high, 
with scarlet blossoms. The varieties grandiflorum 
and miniatum are superior, while the double-flowered 
one ( flore pleno ) is still more attractive. G. coccineum 
from Asia Minor is 6 to 12 inches high, and has scarlet 
flowers, which in the variety Heldreichi assume a 
deeper tinge of bright orange-red. Both species have 
