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sort it thust be sown \n pots, and plunged in the 

 liot-bed under glasses to bring ihcin forward : 

 in tins way ibe plants grow slowly. The slips 

 and layers may likewise be planted in the '^anie 

 situations, accordnjg to the diHereiit kinds, in 

 the spring or summer season. The potted sort 

 succeeds best when the pots are filled with boggy 

 or peaty earth. 



The first sort affords variety in the fronts of the 

 borders and clumps of ihrubberics, and liie lat- 

 ter in the same situations in the green-house. 



ENDIVE. Sec Cichorium. 



EFIIEDUA, a genus containing plants of the 

 under-shrubby, evergreen kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Dioecia Mo- 

 nadelphla, and ranks in the natural order of 

 ConiJ'trcB. 



The characters are : that in the male the calyx- 

 is a compounded anient of one-flowered scales, 

 few, roundish, concave, length of the pcrianihi- 

 uni : the pcrianthiuni proper one-leafed, half-two- 

 clefi, roundish, inflated, small, compressed ; di- 

 visions obtuse : there is no corolla : the stamina 

 consist of seven filaments, coalescino into a su- 

 bulate pillar, divided at the lip, longer than the 

 calyx: anthers roundish, turned outwards, of 

 which four are inferior; the other three superior. 

 In the female the calyx is a live-fold perianthiuin, 

 one plactd on another, with altern.itc divisions, 

 in an ovale figure ; each one-leafed, somewhat 

 ovate, two-parted ; the exterior ones smaller : 

 there is no corolla : the pistillum two ovate 

 germs, size of the last perianthium, on which 

 they are placed : styles simple, filiform, short : 

 stigmas simple : there is no pericarpium : cal) - 

 cine scales all thickened, succulent, constituting 

 a divided berry : the seeds two, ovate-sharp, on 

 one side convex, on the other flat, compressed 

 by the calyx covering them on every side. 



The species cultivated are: 1. E. dislachi/a, 

 Great Shrubby Horse Tail, or Sea Grape; 2. 

 £. moiiot f achi/a, SnidW Shrubby f^orse 'I'ail. 



The first has a low, under-shrubby stem, 

 sometimes branching to the height of two feet, 

 having various small joints, from which come 

 off opposite narrow shoots, branching out into 

 long rushy tufts, opening in the manner of 

 leaves, for w hieh they serve. It is a native of 

 the bouth of Europe, flowering from June to 

 July. 



The second species rises with a low under- 

 shrubby stalk to the height of not more than 

 about a foot, sending off branches in a similar 

 growth to the first. It is a native of Siberia, 

 ffowering from September to November. 



Culture. — The propagation in these plants is 

 easily eflectcd by planting tlic offsets, taken from 



their creeping roots in the early spring season, 

 in a situation where the ground is rather stiff 

 and moist. They were formerly culiivaled in 

 pots, but they are now found to answer better 

 in the open air. 



They aflbrd variety in the small borders and 

 clumps, by ihe.r singular growth ;uid appear- 

 ance. 



EPICi-EA, a genus containing a plant of the 

 low, trailing, flowery, shrubby kind. 



It belongs to the cla<s and order Dccaiidria 

 MoiiOJi/nia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Jjiconics. 



The characters arc : that the calyx is a double 

 perianthium, api'roximaied, permanent; exierior 

 tliree-leaved; leailets ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; the exterior large: interior five-parted, 

 upright, a little longer ihan tlie exterior : katlci* 

 lanceolate, acuminate : the corolla one-petalled, 

 salver-form : tube cylindnc, as lonj as (lie calyx 

 or longer, hirsute within : border spieadinir, five- 

 parted: lobes ovate-oblong: the stamina consist 

 of ten filiform filamenls, length of the lube, 

 affixed to the base of tlie corolla; anthers ob- 

 long, sharp: the pistillum is a globose gcrin, 

 vlllose : style filif)rm, length of the stamens: 

 stigma obtuse, subquinqueTid : the pericarpium 

 a subglobose capsule, depressed, five-cornered, 

 five-celled, five-valved : the seeds very many 

 and roundish : the receptacle large, aiid live- 

 parted. 



The species chiefly cultivated is E. repciis. 

 Creeping Epigaja, or Trailing Arbutus. 



It is a low plant, with a trailing shrubby 

 stalk, which puts out roots at the joints. The 

 stalks arc garnished with oblong rough leaves, 

 waved on their edges. The flowers art-'produced 

 at the end of the branches in loose bunches of 

 a white colour, and divided at the top into five 

 acute segments, which spread open in form of 

 a star. It flowers in July, but docs not produce 

 fruit inthiselimate. It is anaiiveof Virginia, &c. 



Culture. — In this plant it is easily e'ifected by 

 its trailing stalks, which put out roots at the 

 joints, and may be cut oft' from the old plant 

 and planted in a shady situation, where the soil 

 is moist, in autumn, that the plants may be well 

 rooted before the spring. When the winter 

 proves very severe, ii is necessary to lay a few 

 dried leaves, or other liuht covering, over them, 

 to protect them from frost ; and after they are 

 well rooted they only require to be kept free iiom 

 weeds. 



Theseplants aflbrd variety in the fronts of shrub- 

 beries, and other parts of ornamented cro-inds. 



EFILOBIUM, a genus containing^ plant of 

 the herbaceous, flowery, perennial kind, 

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