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too small for planting out, but should be sown where it is to 

 flower. If it comes up too thick, let it be properly thinned ; 

 but, unless it is tolerably close, it makes no show, and would 

 fail as a bed plant. It looks well in patches round a bor- 

 der, and in pots among other dwarf blooming plants, be- 

 cause its color is uncommon : indeed, but for its color, it 

 would not be cultivated ; for its habit is weed-like. 



E. Peroffskianum (Peroffski's) ; hardy annual; 18 inches; 

 flowers orange, in May; Palestine; 1838. 



Erythrina. Coral-tree. [Leguminosae.] These sho\\7 

 stove shrubs will bloom well if planted in a rich sunny bor- 

 der in spring. On the approach of frosty weather, place the 

 plants in the cellar, or under a greenhouse stage. 



E. Bidwillii (Bidwill's) ; greenhouse or stove perennial ; 3 

 feet ; flowers crimson, in June ; Sydney ; 1840. E. crista- 

 ^<^//2 (cock's-comb) ; stove shrub; 10 feet; flowers crimson, in 

 June ; Brazil ; 1771. E. herbacea (herbaceous) ; half-hardy per- 

 ennial ; 3 feet ; flowers crimson, in July; Carohna ; 1824. E. 

 laiirifolia (laurel-leaved); stove sub-shrub; 6 feet; flowers 

 scarlet, in July ; South America ; 1800. 



E. Maria Bela?tger is a fine hybrid species, with dazzling 

 scarlet flowers. E. Belangeri^ fioribiinda^ and riiberrij/ia are 

 new hybrids. 



Erythrol^exa. [Compositae.] The prettiest of all the 

 Thistles. Sow the seeds in April. It should be treated as a 

 biennial, or not allowed to seed. The young plants should 

 be kept over the winter in frames, and planted out in May in 

 beds, where they will rise with numerous branches crowned 

 with scarlet thistle-looking flowers. 



E. conspicua (conspicuous) ; 8 feet ; flowers scarlet and or- 

 ange, in September ; Mexico; 1825. 



ErythroniUxM. Dog's-tooth Violet. [Liliaceae.] Pretty 

 dwarf, hardy, spring-flowering herbaceous perennials, with 



