EPACRIS. Greenhouse 
and Stove Plants. 
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E. L’Herminierti. Trinidad. 
EL. rigidum. 
E. squamosum. West Indies. 
E. viscosum. West Indies. 
EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM. 
An evergreen shrub from New Holland, 
that bears red flowers. It is not much 
grown at ‘the present day, being inferior 
to the generality of plants requiring the 
warmth and protection of a greenhouse. 
It is the only species of the genus worth 
cultivating. The flowers are produced in 
spring, and it requires treatment similar to 
the Correas, which see. 
ENCEPHALARTOS. 
Stately, large-growing evergreen plants 
of the Cycadaceous Order. They form 
stems similar to Cycas circinalis, but 
thicker, but this development is slow, and 
it takes years to get a trunk of much 
length. The-leaves are remarkably hard 
in texture. They will bear keeping all the 
year round in a cool greenhouse, but so 
treated they usually stand for years with- 
out making new leaves, the result being 
that the older ones, dying off, by degrees 
much reduce the size of the head ; conse- 
quently they should be kept in the stove 
during the growing season, and until their 
young leaves are fully matured. Their treat- 
ment is similar to that advised for the 
warm section of Cycas, which see. 
The undermentioned are fine and dis- 
tinct kinds :— 
E. Caffra. A distinct species, with 
handsome foliage. A native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
E. Hildebrandti. This is a fine kind ; 
the leaves have moderately stout spines on 
the edges. From Africa. 
E. horridus. A stout-leaved sort, the 
leaves armed with formidable spines. Cape 
of Good Hope. 
E. villosus. A noble species with very 
long leaves. Africa. 
H. villosus ampliatus. A handsome kind, 
with long, arched, pinnate leaves. Africa. 
E. Vroomu. One of the finest of the 
family ; the leaves are moderately long 
and arched, the whole plant assuming a 
beautiful vase-like form. Africa. 
ENCHOLIRION CORALLINUM. 
This isa stove plant, and is similar in 
habit to many of the Bromeliads, to which 
it is nearly allied. The leaves are recurved, 
green above, purple beneath. The flowers 
are yellow with red bracts. It requires 
similar treatment to Billbergias, which see, 
It comes from Brazil. 
ENKYANTHUS. 
These are evergreen shrubs that grow toa 
moderate size ; they are effective plants when 
in flower, but are now seldom met with. 
They require similar treatment to Heda- 
romas, which see. The cuttings should 
consist of the mature shoots, such as ad- 
vised for Hedaromas. 
The two undermentioned are, we believe, 
the only kinds in cultivation :— 
E. quinqueflorus. Bears pink flowers, 
produced in summer. A native of China. 
E. reticulatus. A Chinese species, with 
pink flowers, which open in winter. 
EPACRIS. 
These evergreen greenhouse plants, 
natives of New South Wales and New 
Holland, are profuse bloomers, lasting in 
flower for a considerable time. Some 
varieties are naturally disposed to bloom 
in the winter, others in _ the spring, 
which gives them a wider range of flower- 
ing time than most plants. They are also 
comparatively easy to grow, being stronger 
rooting plants than many hardwooded 
subjects. Their colours range from white 
to dark crimson ; others, with a combina- 
tion of red and white or pink and white, 
are very attractive on the home or exhibi- 
tion stage, either of which they are well 
adapted for, being quite distinct in their 
general habit, the flowers hanging in 
graceful plumes from their slender shoots, 
and giving a well-bloomed plant an ele- 
gance of appearance surpassed by few 
others. They also possess the advantage of 
standing a moderate amount of fire-heat 
when being brought into flower, and they 
can be cut freely without doing further 
mMmjury than so far reducing their size, 
which, for some purposes, is rather an ad- 
vantage than otherwise. Their flowers, 
when cut, especially in the winter time, 
remain a long while fresh in wet sand or 
water. They are also plants that are much 
less subject to insects than most others. 
These qualities make them most desirable, 
either in a large or most select collection. 
Epacrises strike readily from cuttings 
made of the young half-ripened shoots 
about 2 inches long, put in about August 
several together in 6 or 7 inch pots in sand, 
kept close, moist, and shaded ; so managed 
they will root during the autumn. Keep 
in the cutting pots through the winter in a 
night temperature of 50° or near this, pinch- 
ing out the points of the shoots as soon as 
