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pricking off into rich light soil in spring, giving them the help 

 of a frame either warm or cold as convenience may allow ; but 

 in autumn they may be pricked out on any warm spot in the 

 open air, and merely shaded from the sun till they strike root 

 afresh. They may also, in many cases, be propagated by cut- 

 tings in the early part of the season before flowering commences, 

 in the same way as has already been recommended for most 

 herbaceous plants. 



(E. anisoloba i^Uneqiial-lobed CE.) — The plant grows about 2 

 feet high, and is somewhat downy in most of its parts. The 

 stems are rather erect, branching moderately. The root-leaves 

 are entire or obscurely toothed, those of the stem deeply and 

 coarsely cut and toothed. The flowers are large, white, and 

 produced from June throughout the summer, and often also in 

 autumn. Native of Chili, and good permanent border-plant in 

 warm soil. 



CE. Drummondii {DnunmomV s CE.) — This in unfavourable 

 soil is best treated as a biennial ; but in favourable soil and 

 situation is a good perennial, not at all prone to die away, and 

 is one of the handsomest of the group. The plant is softly 

 downy in stems, branches, and leaves; the latter are broadly 

 lance-shaped, slightly toothed, but undivided. The flowers are 

 large, bright yellow, appearing in June and continuing for a 

 month or two. Native of Texas. 



(E. Fraseri {Frase?''s CE.) — The plant grows erect, about 2 

 or 2j4 feet high, the stems branching in the upper part. Leaves 

 longish oval, dark green, abundantly clothing the stems and 

 branches. Flowers yellow, ver)^ numerous, forming dense leafy 

 racemes in the upper part of stems and branches. Flowers in 

 early summer, continuing till late autumn. Native of North 

 America, and one of the hardiest of the group. 



CE. macrocarpa, syn. CE. missouriensis {Large CE.) — This 

 is perhaps the most showy of the group. The plant produces 

 many prostrate stems, branching freely. The leaves are large, 

 broadly lance-shaped. The flowers are very large, several 

 inches across, and bright yellow, appearing throughout summer. 

 Although a prostrate plant it is very luxuriant in warm sunny 

 aspects and light rich soil, but does not endure for long in un- 

 favourable soil, and is better, therefore, treated as an annual or 

 biennial in these circumstances. Native of Missouri. 



(E. marginata {Large White Evejiing Primrose). — This species 

 grows about 9 inches high. The leaves are irregularly pin- 

 natifid. The flowers are very large, several inches across, and 

 pure white. It is a very handsome and fragrant species, and 

 is less troublesome to keep than many of its kind. Native of 



