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The kind called argenteus variegatus has 

 leaves clothed with silver ; aureus varie- 

 gatus, leaves margined with deep yellow ; 

 latifolius argenteus and latifolius aureus, 

 leaves with white and yellow variegations 

 respectively. 



E. KEWENSIS. A pretty dwarf-growing 

 kind well suited to dry banks and poor 

 soils. 



E. RADICANS VARIEGATUS. A dwarf 



creeping variety, its leaves are variegated 

 with white ; it is hardy, and useful for 

 planting as an edging. On low walls it 

 has a pretty effect, and as it forms roots 

 similar to those of the Ivy, it requires little 

 care to keep it to the wall or other support. 

 E. LATIFOLIUS (Broad-leaved Spindle 

 Tree). Wild in the south of France and 

 in some parts of Germany, and a tree of 

 from 10 to 20 feet high, the leaves shining 

 green ; the flowers, which expand in June, 

 a purplish white ; the capsules large and 

 deep red, contrasting, as they open, most 

 effectively with the bright orange seed 

 pods. It is quite hardy, and forms an 

 ornamental tree, well fitted for a lawn. 



EUPATORIUM ( Thorough-wort] . 

 Coarse Composite perennials, most of 

 which are better suited for the wild 

 gardens than for borders, though two 

 or three kinds are worth a place for 

 supplying cut flowers in autumn. The 

 most suitable are E. ageratoides, 

 altissimum, and aromaticum, which 

 are 3 to 5 feet high, and bear a pro- 

 fusion of white blossoms in dense flat 

 heads, E. cannabinum (Hemp Agri- 

 mony), E. perfoliatum, and E. pur- 

 pur eum (Trumpet- weed), a fine object 

 in the rougher parts of a garden, being 

 12 feet high, with stems terminated by 

 huge clusters of purple flowers. All 

 grow in ordinary soil. 



EUPHORBIA (Spurge}. Perennials 

 and dwarf bushy plants, including few 

 hardy species of value for the flower 

 garden. The foliage of some, such as 

 E. cyparissus (Cypress Spurge), is 

 elegant. In spring E. pilosa and 

 amygdaloides are attractive by their 

 yellow flowers when little else is in 

 bloom, but they are scarcely worth 

 growing in a general way. Some of the 

 dwarf kinds, such as E. Myrsinites, 

 portlandica, capitata, and triflora, are 

 neat and distinct in habit and grow in 

 any soil. There are a few variegated 

 forms. The well-known Caper Spurge 

 (E. Lathyris) is often seen in cottage 

 gardens, and in habit is a distinct 

 plant, with a certain beauty of foliage 

 and habit. A few plants of it on a 

 bank or rough place are not amiss. 

 They are all poisonous, and are for the 

 mostjpart kept in botanical collections. 



EUPTELEA. Trees of China and 

 Japan as yet little known in our 

 country, but said to have much 

 beauty of leaf and to be hardy. 



EUSCAPHIS. Summer - leafing 

 shrubs from the Far East, allied to 

 Staphylea. There are two kinds, but 

 only one, E. staphyleoides , is in culti- 

 vation, and that little known. It 

 grows 10 or 12 feet high, with smooth 

 deeply-cut leaves and clusters of white 

 or yellowish flowers at the tips of the 

 shoots in early summer. In the 

 autumn these give place to red blad- 

 der-like fruits of attractive appearance, 

 filled with shining black seeds. China 

 and Japan. The plant needs good 

 soil and a warm place, and is increased 

 by seeds, or cuttings of the ripened 

 shoots rooted under glass. 



Eutoca. See PHACELIA. 



EVODIA HUPEHENSIS. Until 

 quite recent years, Evodia was not 

 represented in the outdoor garden, 

 but there are now several kinds suit- 

 able for planting in sunny positions in 

 well-drained loamy soil. E. hupe- 

 hensis grows into a small, wide-headed 

 tree or large shrub. The leaves are 

 made up of about eleven ovate leaflets, 

 the larger ones exceeding 5 inches in 

 length and 2^ inches in width. The 

 flowers appear in large terminal clus- 

 ters in August, a creamy-white colour. 

 Judging from its growth since its 

 introduction, it is likely to become a 

 very useful shrub. 



EXOCHORDA (Pearl Bush). Beau- 

 tiful summer-leafing, hardy shrubs 

 with pearl-like flower buds ; of easy 

 culture. 



E. GRANDIFLORA. One of the loveliest 

 of hardy shrubs allied to the Spiraeas, but 

 with larger flowers, forming, when full 

 grown, a rounded bush of about 10 feet 

 high. It flowers about the middle of May, 

 just after the foliage unfolds, and affords 

 a charming contrast between tender green 

 leaves and snow-white flowers as large as 

 florins. It likes shelter, and grows best in 

 warm loam, though hardy anywhere. 



E. ALBERTI. Has larger leaves borne 

 upon stems of stouter and more rigid habit, 

 and of a brighter reddish-brown. The 

 flowers are clustered in erect spikes, are 

 sessile, of a greenish- white, with the petals 

 rather far apart. Coming from C. Asia, 

 it is hardier than the Chinese plant, but 

 does not bloom freely in cold soils. A 

 cross between these two species, known as 

 Alberti macrantha, has great vigour, and is 

 more profuse in its snow-white flowers 

 than either of the parents. 



EXOGONIUM (Jalap Plant). A 

 graceful perennial trailing plant, none 



