TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 115 



ill a warm greenhouse, or even a cool part of the stove is 

 more congenial to them in their earlier stages of growth. The 

 plants are raised about May, and nursed through the autumn 

 and winter in a cool stove, being shifted and topped to impart 

 strength and bushiness. In spring they require to have a 

 good shift or two into very rich open soil, composed of loam, 

 peat, burnt clay, and decayed cowdung, equal parts, with sand 

 added ; they are then to be put into a brisk moist heat, in 

 which they grow freely : they must, however, have air enough 

 to prevent their drawing. Tliey are exceedingly impatient of 

 an over-supply of water at every period of their growth. Unless 

 the plants are well topped when young they are apt to run up 

 tall and thin, and are then much less beautiful than when 

 nicely branched. Propagated by seeds. Also called Lisian- 

 thus, L. Rassellianus being the most popular. 



EUSTREPHUS. [Liliacese.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 twiners. Soil, sandy peat. Propagated by cuttings of the 

 firm yoimg shoots in sand under a bell-glass. 



EtFTAXIA. [Leguminosse, § Papilionaceae.] Pretty ever- 

 green greenhouse shrubs, of the hard-wooded section : they 

 require similar treatment to Dillwynia, Chorozema, &c. Soil, 

 sandy peat and one-third loam. Propagated by cuttings in 

 sand under a bell-glass. 



EUTHALES. [Goodeniaceae.] Showy greenhouse herba- 

 ceous perennials, with curiously-constructed flowers. Soil, 

 peat and loam, equal parts. Propagated by cuttings of the 

 young firm shoots in a gentle heat. 



EUTOGA. . [Hydrophyllacese.] Hardy annual plants, of 

 easy culture. Sow in March on a slight hotbed for traas- 

 plantation, and in April in the open borders. 



EVENING PRIMROSE. See (Enothera. 



EVERLASTING FLOWER. See Gnaphalium, Aphe- 

 LExrs, Phoenocoma, Helighrysum, &c. 



EXOGONIUM. [Convolvulacese.] A division of the old 

 family Ipomma. E. purga, a very handsome slender climber, 

 bearing rosy-purplish blossoms through the autumn months, 

 is the source of the drug jalajj. The plant has a fleshy root, 

 which is very liable to decay in winter if kept too damp. 

 The best place to keep the root is in a cool part of the green- 

 house in the soil, which should be nearly, but not quite dry. 



