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G A n D E N I N G.
Qfparagos, in Iikc manner as that made in November.
Sow upon hot·beds, Ielluce, radifh, crelfes, muflard,
aod olher herbs which are hot, to cut for Cmall fallads .
In opeo wmt,er you may Cow early peas and beans of
the fame kiods, and io the Came maoner, as direéled in
November aod ihe preceding months; and as vermin
now very much dellroy your rOOIS and feeds, you are 10
fet lraps 10 calch them.
You Ihould, when lhe weather is not 100 fevere, uoco·
·w lhe caulitlower plams every dar, lhal Ihey may eojoy
G A R
GARGARISM, io medicioe, is fometimes laken, in a
large CenCe, for every collulion of lhe moulh; bul,
IIrialy rpeaking, it figoifies a liquid medicioe, appro.
prialed lOafl'dlioos of lhe mdulb, gums, fauces, la·
ryox,aod CORletimesofthe head, received iOlO lhemoulh,
and lhere uCed by way of collutioo, withoul deglulition.
GARLAND, a fon of chaplet made of ftowers, fea.
lhers, aod Cometimes precious 1I0nes, \Voro on lhe
head, in manner of a Clown.
GARLAND alCo denOles oroaments of fiowers, fruits, and
leaves, intermixed; anciently much uCed at lhe gates
of temples, \Vhere fealls and folemn rejoiciogs were
beld ; or at any olher place where marks or public joy
or gaiely were required, as at lriumphal arches, loor·
namenls, &(.
GARNET, in oatural hillory, a very beauliful gem¡ of
a red colour, Wilh an admixture of bluifh.
When pure.and free from blemifhes, it is Jiule infe·
rior, in appearance, to the oriental ruby, thol1gh only
of a middle degree of hardnefs betweeo the f.pphire
aod common crylla!. !t is found of various fizes, from
Ibat of a pio's head tO an inch in diammr.
Among our lapidaries and jewellers, geouine
garoets are known by dilTerent oames according 10
tbeir diff~rent degrees of colour. 1. The garoet:
Gmply fo called, is tbe finell and moll valuable kind,
beiog of a very deep blood red, with a faiot ad·
mixture of blue. ~ . The rock·ruby, a name very im·
properly given tOthe garoet, \Vhen it is of a very IIrong
but not deep red, ano has a fairer call of the blue:
thi, is a l'[Iy beautiful gem. 3. The forane or (erain
garoet, lhal of a yel brighler red, approaching 10 lhe
colour of nalive cinnabar, wilh a faiot blue tinge. 4'
The ¡Imandine, a garnet only a Jiule paJer than that·
called the rock.ruby.
GarOel! are very properly dillinguifhed inlo lhe ori·
enl.1 aoo occidenlal kinds, as beiog fouod in Europe
as well as lhe Eall Indies. The orientalones are prin·
cipally brought from Calicut, Cananor, and C.m'ay ;
and lhe Eurúp!an ooes are common io h¡]y, Hunga.
ry, and Bohemia.
Some authors have fuppo(ed lhe deerer••oloored
garn' l 10 be the fame wilh Ihe carbuncl~ of che anci·
enls; from which it really dlffers; Goce, on receiving
rhe fuo's beams, il never gives (o true a fire·colour as
lhe carbunde.
GARONNE, a Iarge liver of Fr~nce, wbich caklog ilS
the benefit of the air, Dlberwife lhey \ViII be ;ery wea]¡.
Iy; atfd in dry weacher take up fellery, aod eodive to
blanch.
Great care mull oow be laken of lhe mufhroom·beds;
they fhould be comed witll frefh dry /traw, fo thick as
to keep out lhe wet; for as, where proper care is takeo,
there will be a conflanl fupply of them for lhe table in
the moll rigorDus feafoo, (o, whenIhey are Degleaed, tbe
produce wili be fm¡]1 in propartioD.
G A R
rife in lhe Pyrenean mountains,.runs north·wel! by Ihe
Cily of Tholou(e, divides the provinces of Guieone
~nd Ga(eony, and, vifitiog lhe city of Bordeaux, f,lIs
iota lhe bay of Bifcay, aboui fiXly' miles belolV tbat
city. lt has alfo 1 eommunicalion Wilh the Medit¿r.
raocan, by meaos of lhe royal canal of Lt'Wis XIV.
The tide flows up Ibis river tWenty miles above Boar.
deaux.
CARTER, a ligature fOI lyiog up rhe lIockiog; bUI
particularly u(ed for the badgo of a Doble order of
knights, hence deoominated lhe
a,der of ¡he GAR'rER, a mililary order of knighthood,
lhe mol! noble aod aneient of any lay.order in lhe
\Vorld, inllituted by EdlVard IlI. Tbis order conúfrs
of knights·.companíons, geoerally princes
and peers, whmof the king of Eogland is the fo,e–
reign or chief. They are a or corporatioo,
having a great and liule (eal.
Their officers afe a prelale,chancellor, reginer, king
al arms, aod ufher of lhe black rod. They have aJfo
a dean wilh twelve canonsl and pwy canons, vergen,
and lwenly.fix penGoners or poor knighu. The pre.
Iale is lhe head. This oflice is vel!ed iR lhe-bifhop'of
Wiocheller, aod has e.ver beeo fo. Next to the pre.
lale is lhe chancellor; which oflU:e is velled in lhe bi.
fhop of Salilbury, who keeps the feals, &(. The
oexl'is lhe regiller, who by his oath is to enler upon
lhe regiflry, the ferulioies, eleélions, peoalues, and
olher ath of the order, \Vilh all 6delily. The fouTlh
ollicer is ganer, and kiog at arms, being two dillioél
oaíecs uoiteo in one perfon. Ganer cmies the rod
antl (ceptrc al Ihe feall .of S¡ George, lheproleélor of
lhi. order, when lhe (overeign is prereot. He oOliGes
Ihc eleétions of oew knighu, alleods the (olelllnity of
lh~ir ioll~lIauons, ~arrics th.e $arter lO the. foreign
pnnces, &(. He IS Ihe pnnclpaJ ollicer wllhin lhe
college of arml, and chitf of che hmlds. See KING
111 arulJ.
AlI lhefe oflicers, excepl lh~ prelate, ha,'efees and
penfions. The college of the order is fealed io lhe ca.
lile of Wiodfor, ,,·ilh lhe chape! of SI Gcorge, and Ihe
chmer·hoo(e, erea,d by Ihe fuund~r for lhal purpof~.
The h¡bil aod enfign of the arder ar!, a gartt<. rum.
tle, cape, gcorge, aod collar. The four firl! were
afligned lhe knighls.compaoioos by Ihe fOllnder; and
lhe g<orge and collar by Henry VflI. The ganer
(Hue LXXXVI. 6g: ~. N° J.) challens{s pre emi.
peote