456 E. RACEMOSA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. EMBOTHRIUM. 



fusion in June. In some localities the 

 plant is nearly evergreen, and is probably 

 hardy throughout Britain, as it withstands 

 the winters of N. Germany. In a wild 

 state it occurs from the Himalayas to 

 China and Japan. 



ELLIOTTIA RACEMOSA. A low 



tree from 15 to 20 feet high, forming a 

 pyramidal head of oblong dark green 

 leaves 4 inches long, and large racemes 

 of flowers each an inch in diameter, 

 and consisting of four white petals 



and distinct, which, if planted in deep 

 soil near the margin of a shrubbery, 

 or on a bank on the grass, makes an 

 effective plant, growing 4 feet high, 

 and as we should cultivate it for the 

 leaves, there would be no loss if the 

 flowers were removed. It is frequent 

 on our shores, but more abundant in 

 the north than in the south. E. con- 

 densatus (Bunch Grass) is a vigorous 

 perennial grass from British Columbia, 

 forming a dense, compact, column-like 



Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius) 



borne on a short tubular hairy red- 

 brown calyx. So far it has proved 

 quite hardy at Kew. It is very rare 

 even in its own country, where it is 

 found growing in sandy woods S 

 United States. 



ELSHOTZIA STAUNTONH. Re- 

 cently introduced half-woody plant of 

 the Sage order, and often dying back. 

 In our isles it is best in the full sun 

 China. 



ELYMUS (Lyme Grass}. E. aren- 

 arius is a wild British grass, vigorous 



frowth, and more than 8 feet high, 

 t is covered from the base almost to 

 the top with long, arching leaves, and 

 in the flowering season is crowned with 

 erect rigid spikes 6 inches long, so 

 that it resembles an elongated ear of 

 wheat. It is very ornamental, and 

 may be grown in the same way as the 

 .Lyme Grass. 



EMBOTHRIUM (Fire Bush).E. coc- 

 cineum is a very beautiful South Ameri- 

 can evergreen shrub of the Protea 

 family, hardy in warm parts of Britain, 



