Gardenia

Twenty-seven species and two varieties. Stove or green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Garden Rocambole

Allium ophioscordon.

Garden Swift

See Hepialus.

Gardoquia

Five species. Stove or green-house evergreen shrubs. G. betonicoides is an herbaceous perennial. Cuttings. Sand, loam, and peat.

Garland Flower

Pleurandra Cneorum.

Garlic Pear

Crataexa.

Garrya

Garrya elliptica and laurifolia. Hardy evergreen shrubs. Layers. Loamy soil.

Garuga

Garuga primata. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Gasteria

Forty-two species and many varieties. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Suckers or leaves. Sandy loam, leaf mould and peat, with a little bush rubbish.

Gastonia

Gastonia palmata. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sand, loam, and peat.

Gastrocarpha

Gastrocarpha runcinata. Half-hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds. Common soil.

Gastrochilus

Gastrochilus pulcherrimus. Stove herbaceous perennial. Division. Sandy loam.

Gastrolobium

Three species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Half ripened cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Gastronema

Gastronema clavatum. Greenhouse bulbous perennial. Offsets. Rich mould.

Gatherer

The hand is the best instrument for collecting fruit into the basket, but to avoid the danger and breakage of branches unavoidably incidental to using long ladders, the following instruments have been designed. Fig. 54, for apples and other single fruit, Fig. 55, for grapes, the branches of which it severs and retains in its grasp.

Fig. 54.

Fig. 55.

Gathering

See Fruit Room.

Gaudichaudia

Gaudichaudia cynanchoides. Stove evergreen twiner. Ripe cuttings. Light turfy loam and peat.

Gaulsheria

Four species. Hardy or green-house evergreen shrubs. G. procumbens, a creeper. Layers. Peat soil.

Gaura

Eight species. Chiefly hardy plants. G. fruticosa, increases by cuttings. The perennials by seed: they thrive in a rich soil. The annuals and biennials. Seeds. Common soil.

Gazania

Five species. Greenhouse herbaceous perennials or evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Geissomeria

Geissomeria longiflora. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Rich soil of loam and rotten dung.

Geissorhiza

Eleven species and a few varieties. Green-house bulbous perennials. Offsets. Sandy peat.

Geitonoplesium

Three species. Green-house herbaceous perennials. G. cymodum, is an evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Peat and loam, or sandy peat.

Gela

Two species. Green-house evergreens. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Gelasine

Gelasine azurea. Green-house bulbous perennial.

Gem

See Bud.

Genista

Forty-nine species and a few varieties. Chiefly hardy evergreen shrubs. A few deciduous or evergreen trailers and shrubs. For the green-house or half hardy kinds, cuttings, loam, peat, and sand. The hardy kinds are increased by layers or seeds.