ECHINOCACTUS. 
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ECHINOPS. 
into such little space, as to be rarely | in form and spines to a curled-up 
seen. 
of hollow pieces of cane, or rhu- 
barb-stalks, and sometimes of wood, 
or even of tin. The Earwigs feed 
during the night, and creep into 
those hollow tubes in the morning, 
to avoid the heat of the sun; and 
consequently may be shaken out 
and killed at any time during the day. 
The Earwig differs in its habits from 
other insects, in regard to its young ; 
as it sits on its eggs, and broods over 
the young ones, like a hen over her 
chickens: most other insects, on the 
contrary, die as soon as they have 
laid their eggs, which they leave 
to be hatched by the sun, and the 
young to take care of themselves. 
Eccremoca’reus.—Bignoniicee. 
—E. scaber, Ruiz et Pavon; (Ca- 
lampelis scabra, D. Don.)—A half- 
hardy climber, of exceedingly vigor- 
ous growth, producing a great pro- 
fusion of orange-scarlet flowers, and 
ripening abundance of seed. It 
will grow in any common garden- 
soil; and if cut down to the root in 
autumn, and covered with dead 
leaves, straw, or any thing to pre- 
serve it from the frost during winter, 
it will shoot up again the following 
spring. It may be propagated by 
cuttings struck under a bell-glass ; 
but it ripens seeds so freely, that 
it is most easily raised from them. 
They should be sown in autumn 
as soon as they are ripe, on a slight 
hotbed ; and the plants, which should 
be kept in a frame or greenhouse, 
should be shifted two or three times 
till they are ceady for planting out 
in April or May. They should be 
watered asd shaded for a day or 
two, till they seem established; but 
after that they will require no far- 
ther care, except a little training, 
if they are wanted to cover any 
particular part of the wall, &c. 
Ecuinoca’crus. — Cactacee. — 
Round-shaped Cacti, which take 
their na‘ne from their resemb.ance 
Earwig traps are also formed | 
hedgehog. ‘There is, however, a 
great degree of confusion about them, 
and some species that are called 
Echinocacti by some botanists, are 
called Melocacti by others; and 
those with very long tube-shaped 
flowers have lately been called Ce- 
reus, because their flowers in their 
construction resemble those of the 
other plants belonging to the genus 
Cereus. Whatever botanic name 
may be given to them, all the round- 
shaped, ribbed, spiny, cr porcupine 
Cacti, require the same treatment ; 
that is, to be grown in vegetable 
mould, mixed with pounded bricks, 
or lime rubbish, and allowed bottom- 
heat where practicable. ‘The pots 
should be drained with cinders; and 
the plants should be frequently wa- 
tered, but the water should never be 
given overhead, as it will rot the 
centre, where there is an indentation, 
if suffered to lie there, and this can 
hardly be avoided, if water is poured 
all over the plant. They are pro- 
pagated by seeds, which should be 
sown in silver sand, and placed ina 
warm shaded situation ; or by cut- 
ting off the top of the plant, and 
after letting lie a day or two to dry, 
planting it in silver sand, and not 
watering it ; when it will soon throw 
out shoots, while the other part of 
the plant will form a new top. 
The young plants, when raised from 
seed, should not be watered when 
transplanted, for several days after 
transplantation. The flowers of all 
the porcupine Cacti are very orna- 
mental; and those which are con- 
sidered to belong to Cereus, often 
have the tv’es of their flowers a 
foot long. 
Ecut'nors. — Sompdsite. —'The 
Globe Thistle. Hardy annual, bien- 
nial, and perennial plants, generally 
with blue flowers ; that require only 
the common culture of their respe 
tive kinds, and which will in 
almost any soil and situation. 
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