510 THE DICTIONARY 
WEE 4 
OF GARDENING, 
Engines, Garden—continued. 
taining a piston and rod, and the other connected to this 
at the base for conducting the water, by means of a 
nozzle that turns round as desired, to any place within 
the reach of the force applied. The cylinder, with the 
piston inside, is connected with the water in the cistern, 
and has a valve at its base. Оп raising the piston by 
the handle attached to the rod at the top, the water 
passes into the cylinder, and the valve closes. By the 
next downward pressure, the water opens another valve 
and passes into the adjoining cylinder; and, as the 
latter valve will not allow it to return, and the outlet 
is frequently only a small hole, the water has to pass 
through in proportion to the size and the force applied. 
Many who have to use а Garden Engine almost daily in 
summer, have an insufficient knowledge of its construc- 
tion and mode of working, and the result is that the 
leverage of the handle connected with the piston rod, 
and the great pressure of water consequently obtained, 
is unduly exercised, and the valves, or something else, 
soon become either out of order or broken. А per- 
forated grating or rose should be placed at the base 
of the cylinder opening to receive the water, in order to 
|... prevent anything getting inside. Should an obstruction be 
. eaused, the use of the pump must be discontinued until 
_ the evil has been removed. These detailed remarks on the 
construction of the Garden Engine are given with a view 
to its omi more generally understood and more care- 
p, Ce (from enkuos, enlarged, and anthos, 
a flower; flowers swollen. Овр. Ericacem. A genus of 
five species of elegant greenhouse or hardy evergreen 
or deciduous shrubs. Flowers white, scarlet, or rose, 
large, terminal, drooping; corolla campanulate, with a 
five-cleft limb. Leaves petiolate, coriaceous and per- 
sistent, or membranaceous and deciduous, entire or 
; serrulate. They thrive well in a compost of loam and 
peat, in equal parts. . by cuttings, made of the 
ripe w ‚ and inserted under a bell glass, during the 
spring months, without | Met „= should be potted 
eet 
ap in od, in ас ue (elshaped е emi Nr EM ri e 
June. 4 stalked, elliptie, 
Hardy. SYN. ААО Us and rgutely-serrulate, Zin, long. Japan. 
E. himalaicus (Himalaya, fin e 
ae long, campanulate, х i. da, terminal, umbels i. with 
streaks. June. Ё ovate-lanceolate, acumina 
Sikkim, 1879. pem (В. М. 6460.) . MUS 
us nese)* Ji. white, globose, nodding. | Feb. 
] p - s membranaceous, d dying 
ч orahge in ее) J; A slender hardy de- de- 
five-flowered).* 
mp e at the tips, egre. towered) „© rl he pase, qu -— 
of the branches. February to tember. l. broad, o е 
oblong-elliptic, acuminated. Stem s h. 5%. to Gh Dodo | 
— 1812. Greenhouse. SYN. E. reticulatus. XB. M. M.149). 2 
X. reticulatus (netted). A synonym of Е. guingueflorus. 
 ENSATE, or ENSIFORM. Quite Straight, with 
the point acute, liké the blade of a Lour or the 
. leaf of an Iris. | 
ADAM, (the-Malabar name of one of the species). 
Sxn. Adenopodia. ORD. Leguminosæ. A genus of stove 
shrubs. Flowers white, sessile or shortly 
stalked. hermaphrodite or polygamous, disposed in dense 
spikes. Leaves bipinnate. Stems unarmed. There are 
out ten species, of which the one given ben is the 
For , see Mimosa. | 
QPurseetha). A synonym of E. м. 
(climbing) fl. about lyin. long, in long defin 
ther solitary or in the u cs or forming & terminal 
calyx very small, gn ty or minutely toothed ; petal. 
rigi ng at length e 
Mani + 1 a 
Entada—continued. 
Sin. to 4in. in breadth. А woody climber. This is the common 
Sword Bean of the East and West Indies and tropical Pacific. 
SYNs. Е. Pursetha and Mimosa scandens. 
ENTELEA (from enteles, perfect; 
tile. ORD. Tiliacee. An ornamental greenhouse ог 
conservatory evergreen. It thrives well in a loamy soil, 
with which a little sand may be advantageously mixed. 
Increased by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil. 
E. arborescens (tree-like). Л. white, in simple, lateral, or ter- 
minal erect stalked cymes; involucels of many short bracts. 
May. l. cordate, angular, doubly crenated, five-nerved, furnished 
with small permanent stipules, stellately ‘downy. h.20ft. New 
Zealand, 18). (B, M. 2480.) 
ENTIRE. Having no kind of marginal division. 
ENTRANCES. The approach, or Entrance, to a 
mansion or any important glass structure in a garden, 
should at all times receive considerable attention when 
the designs are being prepared. In either case, it should 
be kept in good order, even more particularly than 
other parts of the garden or park. The position of a 
mansion and the neighbouring town or place from which 
the approach proceeds, must invariably form the main 
conditions in determining the line the latter is to take. . 
In some cases, where the mansion is surrounded by - 
trees, excepting 2 broad open view from the front, 
stamens all fer- 
the Entrance is made at the side, and no sight of the 
building obtained until it is nearly reached. This 
applies mostly to those built on the side of a hill, 
or having massive trees as а background. Many 
others of noble proportions, built in a valley or on 
ground lower than that which surrounds it, have an 
Entrance through a broad avenue of trees planted at 
right angles to the front of the building, and reaching 
a considerable distance. Неге a perspective view of the 
latter is obtained on first entering, that increases in 
magnitude until the end is reached. 
many interesting views as possible of scenery, specimen 
trees, ornamental water, or other permanent subjects, 
should be introduced along the route. The Entrance 
being seen first and last by strange visitors to the man- 
sion, should be made as attractive as possible, the im- 
. pressions arising therefrom and afterwards communicated, 
tending greatly to enhance the pleasure and interest in 
the surroundings taken by the proprietor himself.. En- 
trances to glass houses, such as conservatories, &e., should 
receive equal attention outside, in keeping | and ti 
as that practised in the interior. eC E 
entrance to a mansion, if composed of gravel, should be 
frequently swept and rolled. - 
EOMECON (from eoos, Eastern, and Mekon, a Poppy; 
so called because of its systematic position close to the 
Борн and its native country in Eastern Asia). Овр. 
æ. A monotypic genus. Тһе species is a 
КЕТ half-hardy, perennial herb. It thrives in any 
fairly good soil, and may be increased by division. _ 
E. chionantha (snowy-flowered). Л. terminal, 2in. in diameter, _ 
on slender pedicels ; sepals combined into a boat-ahaped I p 
petals pure white, nearly orbicular, concave, вр: 
yellow, numerous; scapes 1%. or more high, 
paniero branched above. Spring. l. long-peti 
in. to біп. long, broadly cordiform, concave, the | broadly 
sinuated ; petioles 6in. to 8in. long. - China, 1885. (B. - M. 6811. ) 
EPACRIDEZ. An order of corollifloral, dicotyle- 
donous, shrubby plants, almost confined to Australia, New 
Zealand, and the Antarctic islands. | Flowers axillary or 
terminal, either solitary and terminating peduncles more 
or less covered with i , seale-like or leaf-like 
braets, or in spikes or ‘racemes ; sepals usually finely 
marked with parallel or diverging veins; corolla white 
or of various shades of red, rarely blue, green, or yellowish. 
Leaves alternate, or very rarely opposite, often crowded 
| or imbricate, rigid, entire or scarcely denticulate, with 
several longitudinal, simple or forked nerves, sometimes 
| prominent underneath, sometimes very fine and numerous 
or very poe Тһе order is divided into two sections, 
In either case, as —- 
