:riophorum. 



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shallow pots or pans should be pre- 

 pared in the same manner as was 

 described for potting, but with rather 

 more sand ; and the seed should be 

 mixed with a little sand, an d scattered 

 over the surface of the mould ; after 

 which it may be watered, and set on 

 a greenhouse shelf, where it may 

 remain till the young plants are 

 about an inch high, when they 

 should be carefully taken up, and 

 set round the edges of pots, about 

 three in a thumb-pot, and then 

 replaced on the shelf till they have 

 grown sufl&ciently large to be potted 

 off singly into small pots ; when they 

 should be allowed to remain a few 

 days in the house till they are well 

 rooted ; after which they may be 

 placed in the frame with the large 

 plants. Heaths in pots should never 

 have saucers to stand in, and they 

 should be watered twice a day in 

 summer, and once in winter. 



Eri'nus.— AScroj^AiiZarmcB. — Only 

 two species are known, one of which 

 is a beautiful little plant with purple 

 flowers, which grows naturally on 

 old walls, and is admirably adapted 

 for rock-work, as it continues flower- 

 ing profusely all the summer. It is 

 increased by seeds, or by dividing the 

 roots ; and it requires scarcely any 

 soil to grow in, but the most suitable 

 is peat, mLxed with pounded bricks 

 or lime-rubbish. 



Eriobo'trya. — Rosacece. — E. ja- 

 ponica, formerly called Mespilus 

 japonica, the Loquat-tree of the East 

 Indies, is a very handsome tree for 

 planting in a conservatoiy for its 

 noble leaves. It bears clusters of 

 white flowers and yellow fruit. In 

 warm situations it will stand in the 

 open air, but it requires protection 

 from severe frosts. It should be 

 grown in a rich loamy soil, and is 

 generally propagated by grafting on 

 the common Hawthorn. 



Erio'phorum. — Cyperacece. — 



'Cotton Grass. — The very curious 

 I plants contained in this genus are 

 I natives of Great Britain. The com- 

 monest species, E. angustifdlium, is 

 by far the handsomest, and the tufts 

 of long snow-white silky hairs, which 

 envelope the seed, are so extremely 

 ornamental, that the plant might be 

 introduced advantageously in any 

 marshy situation, or on the edge of a 

 pond, kc, as all the species will only 

 grow in moist places. 



Erioste'mon. — Rutdcece. — E. \ 

 huxifblium is a very handsome New j 

 Holland shrub, which requires a | 

 greenhouse in this country, and pro- | 

 duces its large showy flowers early i 

 in spring. The leaves resemble those \ 

 of the Box Tree, and the flowers are \ 

 white, tinged with pink. E. oierii- [ 

 folidrii is a very handsome species of \ 

 this genus. A plant of it, exhibited j 

 at one of the meetings of the Horti- ! 

 cultural Society of London, "formed j 

 a dense pyi'amid nearly five feet high, i 

 profusely clothed with white starry ' 

 blossoms to the very pot." | 



Ero'dium. — Geranidcece. — The \ 

 \Yild Geranium. — The genus Ero- 

 dium differs from Geranium and 

 Pelargonium in the shape of its seed- 

 vessel. In all the three the seed-pod 

 resembles the head and beak of a bird ; 

 in Geranium it resembles a crane's 

 bill, in Pelargonium it is a stork's bill, 

 and in Erodium a heron's bill. Be- 

 sides these, the late Mr. Sweet 

 divided the Geraniacece into a great 

 many genera, the names of which it 

 is useless to state here, as they are 

 now seldom used. TheErodiumsare 

 dwarf annuals, and perennials, with : 

 pi-etty flowers, only suitable for rock- 

 work. The tender kinds are gr otvti in 

 a mixture of sandy loam and peat, ; 

 and the hardy ones in any common 

 garden-soil ; and they are increased 

 by seeds, division of the roots, and ; 

 cuttings. — See Gera'kium. j 



Ery'simum. — CrucifercB. — Hedge I 



