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effective in a large house. When they get 
thin and straggling they will bear cutting 
back in spring moderately close, which 
will cause them to break out and get re- 
clothed with new branches ; they should 
be put in a little heat, and freely syringed 
overhead until they have made new 
growth. c 
Insects. — Aphides, thrips, and red 
spider will live on this plant, but, where 
syringing is attended to in the growing 
season as advised, they are seldom trouble- 
some ; if these insects make their appear- 
ance fumigate and wash with insecticide. 
Should scale affect it, the leaves must be 
carefully sponged. 
EURYALE FEROX. 
This is a splendid stove aquatic, the 
only species of the genus known. It has 
very large leaves, often growing to a size of 
3 feet in diameter. Like those of Victoria 
regia, they float on the top of the water. 
The flowers are large, in colour red, with 
a shade of violet. It needs a large tank to 
grow in, and the water, as well as the house 
in which it is located, should be kept ata 
high temperature. 
It is raised from seeds which require to 
be sown and treated similarly to those of 
Nympheas, which see. It flowers to- 
wards the latter end of summer. A native 
of India. 
EURYCLES. 
A small genus of stove Bulbous plants, 
nearly allied to Pancratiums ; they bear 
handsome flowers, and require to be treated, 
both in their propagation and after growth, 
similarly to Pancratiums, which see. 
E. amboinensis (syn. : Pancratiwm amboi- 
nense). Flowers white. From Amboyna. 
E. australasica (syn: Pancratiwm aus- 
tralasicum). Flowers white. From New 
Holland. 
E. nervosa (syn.: Orinum nervoswm). 
Flowers white. From the East Indies. 
All are spring bloomers, varying in accord- 
ance with the time they are started, and 
the temperature that is kept up. 
EUTAXIA. 
These are evergreen greenhouse shrubs 
from New Holland; they are slender- 
growing plants with a somewhat elegant 
appearance when in flower, yet not so 
effective as many others from that and 
adjacent parts. They are moderately quick 
growers ; the method of their propagation 
and after treatment is similar to that ad- 
vised for Boronias, which see. 
HK. Baxter. Orange-yellow. 
E. myrtifolia. Orange. 
FABIANA IMBRICATA. 
An evergreen shrub, almost hardy in 
the mildest districts. A native of Chili. 
It blooms in spring, and has pretty white 
flowers. It is the only species of the genus 
in cultivation, and does not possess any 
particular merit. 
Treatment similar to that advised for 
Mitraria coccinea will suit it. 
FAGELIA BITUMINOSA. 
An evergreen twining greenhouse plant 
with yellow flowers, produced in summer. 
It can be propagated and grown on in the 
same way as advised for Kennedyas, which 
see. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
FICUS. 
(Stove. ) 
Of Ficuses, there are now several fine- 
leaved kinds in cultivation without in- 
cluding the well-known India - rubber 
plant (F. elastica). Although not requir- 
ing exactly the same cultivation, they can 
all be struck from cuttings made of bits 
of the young shoots; these, if taken off 
early in spring and inserted in sand in 
small pots, kept warm and shaded in a 
confined atmosphere, will root in a few 
weeks, after which they should be moved 
to pots a little larger, in peat or fibrous 
loam. The kinds named below from hot 
countries require a considerable amount of 
heat. Through the latter part of spring 
and in the summer they will bear 70° at 
night, and they may be kept proportion- 
ately hotter during the daytime; shade, 
too, should be given when required, and 
air according to the state of the weather. 
Give larger pots as the roots seem to want 
more space, but they can be grown with- 
out so much root-room as some plants 
need, as they are gross feeders, and when 
once fairly established can be kept in good 
condition by the help of manure-water, 
of which they will bear a large amount. 
In common with all other plants of a 
similar character, they look best when 
confined to a single stem, and should 
therefore be, all through their growth, 
placed sufficiently far apart to admit of 
their leaves, during formation, being fully 
exposed to the light, or they will lack the 
