Girdling

Girdling is a mode of killing trees adopted in clearing the forests of America, by cutting, early in the spring, a girdle or ring round the stem of each tree, taking away not only the bark but the entire alburnum down to the hard wood - the ascent of the sap is thus prevented. See Ringing.

Glastonbury Thorn

Cratae-gus oxyacantha.

Glaucium

Six species, one variety. Hardy annuals and biennials. Seeds. Common soil.

Glaux

Glaux rnaritima. Hardy herbaceous trailer. Seeds. Open sandy loam.

Glazing

See Stove.

Gleditschia

Ten species, besides varieties. Hardy deciduous trees. Seeds. Any soil suits them.

Gleichenia

Five species. Stove herbaceous perennials. Division. Peat and loam.

Globe-Amaranth

Gomphrena.

Globe-Flower

Trollius.

Globe-Thistle

Echinops.

Globularia

Nine species. Hardy or green-house herbaceous perennials. Cuttings or seed. The green-house species thrive in loam and peat; the hardy kinds in sandy light soil.

Globulea

Sixteen species, besides varieties. Green-house herbaceous perennials. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat, with brick rubbish.

Glossodia

Two species. Greenhouse orchids. Offsets. Sandy loam and peat.

Glycine

Eight species. Stove or green-house evergreens; chiefly twiners. Seeds. Loam, peat, and sand.

Glycirrhiza

Liquorice. Eight species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Slips from the roots with eyes. Planted in the spring. Light sandy soil. See Liquorice.

Gmelina

Five species. Stove or green-house evergreen trees. Cuttings. Rich loam and peat, and a very strong heat.

Gnaphalium

Six species. Chiefly hardy plants. G. albescens, an evergreen shrub. G. purpurium. The shrubby and herbaceous increase by cuttings and division; the annuals and biennials by seeds. Rich light soil.

Gnidia

Seventeen species. Greenhouse and evergreen shrubs. Young shoots planted in sand. Peat soil.

Goat Moth

See Bombyx.

Goat's Beard

Spiraea aruncus.

Goat's Foot

Oxalis caprina.

Goat's Origanum

Thymus Tra-goriganum.

Goat's Rue

Galega.

Goat's Thorn

Astragalus Tra-gacantha.

Gobbo

See Artichoke.

Godetia

Three species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.

Godoya

Godoya geminiflora. Stove evergreen tree. Ripe cuttings. Peat and loam.

Goldbachia

Goldbachia laevigata. Hardy annual. Seeds. Common soil.

Golden Hair

Chrysocoma co-maurea.

Golden Rod

Bosea.

Golden Thistle

Scolymus.

Golden Thistle

Protea Scolymus.

Goldfussia

Goldfussia anisophylla. Stove evergreen shrub. G. glomerata, stove herbaceous perennial. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Gold Of Pleasure

Camelina.

Goldy Locks

Chrysocoma.

Gomphia

Six species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam.

Gomphocarpus

Three species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Gompholobium

Twenty-five species. Chiefly green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Gomphrena

Seven species. Stove or green-house annuals and biennials, herbaceous perennials, or evergreen shrubs. Seeds; and the shrubby kinds, cuttings. Rich mould.

Gongora

Four species. Stove orchids. Division. Wood.

Gonolobys

Twenty-one species. Stove evergreen and hardy and greenhouse deciduous twiners. The hardy require a dry situation, and increase by division or seeds. Peat or any light soil. For the stove and green-house kinds, cuttings. Loam and peat.