EUTOCA. 



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EVERGREENS. 



and very ornamental fruit ; but tlie j 

 American kind, E. latifolius, is 

 much handsomer, hoth in fruit and 

 foliage. It is a very valuable shrub j 

 for a small garden ; as it will continue 

 to thrive, and to produce abundance 

 of flowers and fruit every year, for \ 

 many years in succession, wdthout in- 

 creasing much in size, or requii'ing | 

 to be cut in. It is also ornamental 

 in early spring, from the peculiar 

 foi-m of its buds and the richness of ' 

 its dark red bracteas. x^ll the kinds ' 

 will grow in any common garden-soil, 

 and they are increased by seeds or 

 cuttings. 



Eupho'rbia. —Eupliorhiacece. — j 

 Some of the kinds are British weeds, I 

 such as the Spurge Caper ; but other ' 

 kinds are thorny shrubs, requiring 

 the heat of a stove in Britain, and 

 producing flowers of a most brilliant 

 scarlet. The most beautiful kind is 

 E. fidgens Karwinski, E. Jacqui- 

 niceflbra Hort., which was introduced 

 in 1836, by Mr. Ranch. The best 

 plants are raised from seed ; but cut- 

 tings maybe struck by plunging them 

 into the bark bed, and not covering 

 them with a glass. The flowering 

 plants should be grown in loam 

 mixed with lime rubbish, or pounded 

 brick. 



EuPOMATiA. — Anondcece. — A 

 very remarkable Australian low 

 shrub with yellow flowers. This 

 plant is a very interesting one 

 to a botanist, on account of the 

 curious construction of its flowers, 

 which were produced in this country 

 in the Botanic gardens. Regent's 

 Park, in JIarch 1856. 



Euta'xia. — Leguminbsce. — Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, Avith yellow and 

 orange pea-flowers, which in England 

 require a greenhouse. They should be 

 grown in light peaty soil, and receive 

 the general treatment of Australian 

 shrubs. There are only two species. 



Eu'TOCA. — Boraginece. — Hardy 



and somewhat coarse-growing an- 

 nuals and perennials, which require 

 the usual treatment of similar plants. 

 (See Annuals and Perennials.) 

 They will grow in any common gar- 

 den-soil, and the annuals should be 

 sown in ]\Iarch or April, as, though 

 they are natives of California, they 

 are not injured by heat. 



Evening Primrose. — See (Eno- 

 the'ra. 



Evergreens. — No garden should 

 be without its due propoi-tion of ever- 

 greens ; and these plants are still 

 more essential in small gardens than 

 in large ones. Their advantages are, 

 that they afi'ord a screen to secure 

 privacy in winter as well as summer ; 

 that they preserve an appearance of 

 verdure at all seasons ; and that they 

 do not disfigiu-e the walks by fiilling 

 leaves, which, where there is no regu- 

 lar gardener, render it very difficult 

 to keep a place neat. They are also 

 very useful in afi"ording a rich back- 

 ground to those ornamental trees and 

 shrubs which produce their flowers 

 before their leaves ; such as the 

 double-blossomed Peach, the Almond, 

 the snowy Mespilus, and JlagnoHa 

 conspicua. It is the want of ever- 

 greens that gives the gardens in the 

 neighbourhood of Paris, and most of 

 the other continental cities, such an 

 air of meagreness and poverty. But 

 it cannot there be remedied, as few 

 evergreens will resist the cold of their 

 winters. This may appear strange 

 to those who have experienced the 

 heat of the continental summers ; 

 but the fact is, that their winters are 

 as much colder than ours as their 

 summers are warmer, and thus the 

 average heat of the year is nearly the 

 same. Alternate seasons of great 

 heat and cold are favourable to deci- 

 duous plants, as the heat ripens their 

 wood, and the cold gives them a 

 season of complete repose when they 

 have lost their leaves ; but a moist 



