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perennial; i foot; flowers yellow, in July; California; 1833. 

 E. crocea (saffron- colored) ; hardy perennial ; 18 inches; flow- 

 ers orange, in June ; California ; 1833. E. tenuifolia (slender) ; 

 hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers yellow, in July; California ; 1853. 



EUCHARIDIUM. [Onagracese.J Hardy annuals, allied to 

 Clarkia, and requiring the same treatment. Sow in the 

 open border in May. 



E. concinnum (neat) ; hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers rosy, in 

 June; North America; 1836. E. grandiflorum (large-flow- 

 ered) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers rose-colored, in June ; 

 garden variety. 



EUCNIDE. [Loasaceae.] A pretty half-hardy annual, suc- 

 ceeding well in garden soil. Sow in May, or in a frame, and 

 transplant. 



E. bartonoides (bartonia-like) ; half-hardy annual ; I . foot ; 

 flowers yellow, in August ; Mexico. 



EUONYMUS. Spindle-tree. [Celastraceae.] A genus of 

 hardy shrubs, of which E. Japonicus, and a striped variety, 

 are fine evergreens with ornamental foliage, but are not 

 hardy in the Northern States. They grow in common gar- 

 den soil, and increase by layers or cuttings planted under 

 hand-glasses. The deciduous kinds are proper for shrub- 

 beries : they are not remarkable for beauty in the flowefs, 

 but are ornamental in autumn, from the profusion of three- 

 cornered scarlet fruit which they produce. 



ORNAMENTAL EVERGREENS. E. Chinensisj E. grandiflo- 

 rus; E. Japonicus, and its varieties maculatus and variegalus. 



ORNAMENTAL DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. E. Americanus; E. 

 atropurpureus ; E. Europceusj E. Hamiltonianus j E. latifo- 

 lius ; E. verrucosus. 



EUPATORIUM. [ Composite. ] A family of stove and 

 hardy herbaceous plants. The hardy species do well in any 

 rich garden soil, and are propagated by division. 



