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effective in a large liouse. When they get 

 thin and straggling they will bear cutting 

 back in spring moderately close, which 

 will cause them to break out and get re- 

 clothed with new branches ; they should 

 be put in a little heat, and freely syringed 

 overhead until they have made new 

 growth. 



Insects. — Aphides, thrips, and red 

 spider will live on this plant, but, where 

 syringing is attended to in the growing 

 season as advised, they are seldom trouble- 

 some ; if these insects make their api^ear- 

 ance fumigate and wash with insecticide. 

 Should scale affect it, the leaves must be 

 carefully sponged. 



EURYALE FEROX. 



This is a splendid stove aquatic, the 

 only species of the genus known. It has 

 very large leaves, often gi'owing to a size of 

 3 feet in diameter. Like those of Victoria 

 regia, they float on the top of the water. 

 The flowers are large, in colour red, with 

 a shade of violet. It needs a large tank to 

 grow in, and the water, as well as the house 

 in which it is located, should be kept at a 

 high temperature. 



It is raised from seeds which require to 

 be sown and treated similarly to those of 

 Nyniphseas, which see. It flowers to- 

 wards the latter end of summer. A native 

 of India. 



EURYCLES. 



A small genus of stove Bulbous plants, 

 nearly allied to Pancratiums ; they bear 

 handsome flowers, and require to be treated, 

 both in their propagation and after growth, 

 similarly to Panciatiums, which see. 



E. amboinensis (syn. : Pancratium amboi- 

 iitnse). Flowers white. From Amboyna. 



E. australasica (syn. : Pancratium ans- 

 tralasicum). Flowers white. From New 

 Holland. 



E. nervosa (syn. : Grinum nervosum). 

 Flowers white. From the East Indies. 

 All are spring bloomers, varying in accord- 

 ance with the time they are started, and 

 the temperature that is kept up. 



EUTAXIA. 



These are evergreen greenhouse shrubs 

 from New Holland ; they are slender- 

 growing plants with a somewhat elegant 

 appearance wlien in flower, yet not so 

 effective as many others from that and 

 adjacent parts. They are moderately quick 

 growers ; the method of their propagation 



and after treatment is similar to that ad- 

 vised for Boronias, which see. 



E. Baxterii. Orange-yellow. 



E. myrtifolia. Orange. 



FABIANA IMBRICATA. 



An evergreen shrub, almost hardy in 

 the mildest districts. A native of Chili. 

 It blooms in spiing, and has pretty white 

 flowers. It is the only species of the genus 

 in cultivation, and does not possess any 

 particular merit. 



Treatment similar to that advised for 

 Mitraria coccinea will suit it. 



FAGELIA BITUMINOSA. 



An evergreen twining greenhouse plant 

 with yellow flowers, produced in summer. 

 It can be propagated and grown on in the 

 same way as advised for Kennedyas, which 

 see. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



FICUS. 



(Stove.) 



Of Ficuses, there are now several fine- 

 leaved kinds in cultivation without in- 

 cluding the well - known India - rubber 

 plant (F. elastica). Although not requir- 

 ing exactly the same cultivation, they can 

 all be struck from cuttings made of bits 

 of the young shoots ; these, if taken off 

 early in spring and inserted in sand in 

 small pots, kept warm and shaded in a 

 confined atmosphere, will root in a few- 

 weeks, after which they should be moved 

 to pots a little larger, in peat or fibrous 

 loam. The kinds named below from hot 

 countries require a considerable amount of 

 heat. Through the latter part of spring 

 and in the summer they will bear 70" at 

 night, and they may be kept proportion- 

 ately hotter duiing the daytime ; shade, 

 too, should be given when required, and 

 air according to the state of the weather. 

 Give larger pots as the roots seem to want 

 more space, but they can be grown with- 

 out so much root-room as some plants 

 need, as they are gross feeders, and when 

 once fairly established can be kept in good 

 condition by the help of manure-water, 

 of which they will bear a large amount. 

 In common with all other plants of a 

 similar character, they look best when 

 confined to a single stem, and should 

 therefore be, all through their gi'owth, 

 placed sufficiently far apart to admit of 

 their leaves, during formation, being fully 

 exposed to the light, or they will lack the 



