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your place they produce themselves from year to year on 
the same ground. 
EUCALYPTUS. 
: N extensive genus of immense evergreen trees, of the 
== Australian and Tasmanian forests. Globulus, the 
Blue Gum Tree, has been extensively planted within the 
past few years in the Southern States and California, for 
the reputation it has of absorbing malaria. The tree is 
very ornamental, and furnishes timber of a superior 
quality. Its rapid growth excites the wonder and ad- 
miration of those already accustomed to the extraordi- 
nary development of the vegetable kingdom on the 
Pacific coast. It will be remembered that Australia sent 
to the World’s Fair at London in 1863 a plank from this 
tree two hundred and fifty feet long. Young plants are 
readily obtained from seed or from cuttings. The species 
are not hardy in the United States north of the Carolinas, 
ECHEVERIA. 
“fs; HE Echeverias are succulent plants, all more or less 
= ornamental, particularly so when in flower. Some 
are dwarf and herb-like in their manner of growth, and 
others more or less shrubby in their habit. They are all 
free-growing plants, suitable for rockeries, edgings, or 
massing; where ‘‘ carpet bedding ”’ is done the Echeverias 
‘are indispensable. They require the protection of the 
greenhouse during Winter, and, like most other suceu- 
lents, to be carefully watered ; in fact, the soil must never 
approach a soddened condition. They must, however, 
be freely supplied with water while in a growing condi- 
tion. The Kcheverias are readily propagated by the 
