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pot them singly into the smallest-sized pots, and keep them 

 close and shaded till they have taken root, when they should 

 be removed to the pit or greenhouse to be grown in, as we 

 have directed. Examine daily to see which requires water, 

 and do not give to all because one has become dry ; for some 

 plants take up water faster than others, and it will not do to 

 let any of them have too much water. Seed may be sown 

 in the spring in sandy peat, and slightly covered. When 

 the young plants are large enough pot them, and treat 

 them as directed for cuttings. The varieties are very 

 numerous. 



EPIGiEA. [Ericaceae.] A lovely little procumbent ever- 

 green shrub. The plant has a creef>ing stem, which spreads 

 by degrees over the ground, rooting as it extends. It re- 

 quires a bed of peat soil, and a cool, shady, somewhat moist 

 situation. If planted between Rhododendrons in situations 

 where these thrive, if they do not too far shade the surface, 

 the Epigaea would flourish. It makes a very pretty pot plant 

 to be classed among the frame subjects, requiring shade and 

 coolness in our summers. E. repens, flowers white. E. 

 ruhicunda has the flowers of a beautiful rose red. 



EPILOBIUM. See Cham^nerion. 



EPIMEDIUM. Bareenwort. [Berberidaceae.] Dwarf 

 hardy perennials, suitable for rockwork or for pot culture. 

 They like a soil of mellow loam and peat in equal propor- 

 tions, and mixed with an eighth of sand. On rockwork they 

 should be planted in similar soil. They are quite hardy, but 

 when grown in pots should be sheltered in cold frames with 

 the choicer alpines. Division of the root is the most ready 

 means of propagating them, and this should be done soon 

 after they have done flowering, that the plants may get well 

 established before winter. 



EPIPACTIS. [Orchidacese.] Pretty herbaceous peren- 

 nials. Soil, moist peat. Propagated by division. 



EPIPHYLLUM. [Cactaceae.] A group of the Cactus 

 family, with flat leaf-like branches, and very showy blossoms. 

 The common Epiphyllum [E. phyllanthoides, or E. speciosum) 

 was formerly called Cactus speciosus. The soil and treatment 

 may be in all respects the same. Among a number of plants 

 some are showing flower at all times of the year, and may be 



