ELAPHAGLOSSUM 



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ELLIOTTIA 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



E. A'rgan (Argan). 

 ausira'le (southern). 3. Green, white. July. N.S. 



Wales. 1796. 

 cape'nse (Cape). 18 Green. June. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1828. 



confertiflo'rum (crowded-flowered). White. S. Africa. 

 cro'ceum (saffron). \Vhite. June. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1794. 



,, ilicifo'lium (Holly-leaved). Country unknown. 

 integrifd Hum (entire-leaved). See E. AUSTRALE. 

 laurifo'lium (Laurel-leaved). White. S. Africa. 

 ,, sphcerophy'ttum pube'scens (round- leaved downy). 



S.Africa. 1891. Wrongly named Guevina Avellana 



in Italy. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



E. glau'cum (milky-green). 6. Green. Ceylon. 1824. 

 orienta'le (eastern). 12. Green, yellow. Mauritius. 



1771. 



peduncula'tum (stalked-fruited). See E. GLAUCUM. 

 ,, xyloca'rpum (wood-fruited). 3. Green, yellow. 



Island of St. Thomas. 1816. 



ELAPHAGLO'SSUM. See ACROSTICHUM. 

 ELATER. See WIRE-WORM. 



ELDER. Sambu'cus ni'gra. 



Varieties. There are several kinds in cultivation, but 

 the old S. ni gra is in most general esteem, being the best 

 adapted for wine-making. The White-berried (S. ni'gra 

 a'lbida) is much esteemed by some, especially as an 

 ornamental shrub. 5. ni'gra vi'ridis, or the Green-berried, 

 and S. ni'gra variega'ta, the Silver-striped, and S. ni'gra 

 au'rea, the Golden-edged, are interesting varieties. One 

 with scarlet berries is said to be very handsome. Most 

 of the varieties of S. ni'gra are ornamental, and well 

 adapted to assist in forming screens to the exterior of 

 small gardens, or even as hedge-row fruits. 



Propagation. Generally by cuttings, which strike 

 easily, even as large truncheons. They are readily pro- 

 duced, also, by suckers, and in all these cases care should 

 be taken to cut away from the stem those buds which 

 are to be placed below the ground. They are easily 

 produced from seed, and by such means varieties may be 

 obtained. 



Soil. They will thrive in almost any ordinary soil ; 

 still they prefer an upland, light loam, containing a fair 

 amount of vegetable matter. 



Culture. The form will depend on the situation it is 

 to occupy. The elder will bear fruit either as a huge 

 bush, or as a small tree, provided the preparatory course 

 of training is properly carried out. Those for fruiting 

 as bushes should be formed almost as a gooseberry-bush 

 in its earlier stages, keeping the centre somewhat thin. 

 Indeed, thinning out superfluous shoots is nearly all 

 that can be practised. Those for standard trees, or 

 with stems, must be trained by clearing away side- 

 shoots, and forming a head at a higher level. About 

 five or six feet are commonly allowed for stem height, 

 and the head must then be formed as recommended for 

 the bushes. They require scarcely any subsequent 

 culture, and will endure for many years. 



Fruit. The making of elder wine is the principal use. 

 Elder flowers are used occasionally to flavour confections. 



ELECAMPA'NE. I'nula HeMnium. 



ELETTA RIA. (The native name of E. Cardamomum. 

 Nat. ord. Scitaminaceae.) 



Stove herbs with fleshy, creeping rhizomes. Seeds, 

 and divisions of the rhizomes in spring. Good fibrous 

 loam, with some dried cow-dung rubbed up finely ; with 

 an abundance of water when growing. 

 E. Cardamo'mum (Cardamomum). 5 to 9. Greenish- 

 white. August. S. India. 1815. " Cardamom." 

 costa'ta (ribbed). See AMOMUM COSTATUM. 

 linguifo'rmis (tongue-shaped). 4 to 6. Yellow, red. 



July. India. 1820. 



puni'cea (purple). 6. Scarlet. June. Sumatra. 

 1820. 



ELEUSI NE. Crab Grass. (A classical name from 

 Eleusis, a temple of Ceres. Nat. ord. Gramineae.) 



Hardy or half-hardy grasses of an ornamental char- 



acter, and suitable for drying to mix with flowers in 

 winter. Seeds. Well-drained garden-soil. 

 E. arista'ta (bearded). Baluchistan. 



,, barcinone'nsis (Barcinon). September. Spain. Annual. 



coraca'na (Cpracan). S. Amer. 



i'ndica (Indian). Tropical and subtropical regions. 



,, oligosta'chya (few-spiked). Brazil. 



,, stri'cta (erect). India. 



ELETJTHERI'NE. (From eleutheros, free ; the seg- 

 ments and filaments are free. Nat. ord. Iridaceae.) 



A stove bulb. Seeds ; offsets. Fibrous loam, leaf- 

 mould, a little dried cow-dung and sand. 

 E. plica' ta (plaited), i to i J. White, fugitive. February. 

 Trop. Amer. 1779. 



ELEUTHEROCO CCUS. (From eleutherios, noble, and 

 kokkos, a berry ; in allusion to the black, prickly berries. 

 Nat. ord. Arah'aceae. Allied to Acanthopanax.) 



Hardy shrubs with prickly steins. Seeds, and suckers ; 

 possibly also by roots and grafting on roots. Ordinary 

 garden-soil. 

 E.. Henry'i (Dr. Henry's). 10. Greenish-white. China. 



1905. 



Itucorrhi'zus (white-rooted). Smaller and less vigo- 

 rous than E. Henry i. China. 1905. 

 Simo'ni (Simon's). Stem and branches with sharp, 

 strong spines. 1905. 



ELICHRY'SUM. See HELICHRYSUM. 



ELJSE'NA. (Ancient name of romance. Nat. ord. 

 Amaryllids [Amaryllidaceae]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, i- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Pancratium.) 



E. longipe'tala is a fine, rare, greenhouse bulb, with a 

 flowerscape a yard high, with six to eight large white 

 flowers, more like a Peruvian Daffodil (Isme'ne) than a 

 Pancratium, and requires more than one-half sand, with 

 light loam, to flower it welL Offsets ; peat and very 

 sandy loam. Summer temp., 55 to 80; winter, 45 

 to 55. 



E longipe'tala (long-petaled). May. Lima. 1837. 

 ,, subli'mis (sublime). Andes of Peru. B. M., t. 3873. 



ELI'SMA. (Etymology doubtful. Nat. ord. Alis- 

 maceas.) 



An interesting and beautiful water plant, with the 

 root leaves submerged and the stem leaves floating. It 

 may be grown in pots and submerged at no great depth 

 in a tank. Division. 



E. na'tans (floating). White, yellow. July and August. 

 Britain. 



ELLEA'NTHUS. (Derived from eUo, I shut in, and 

 anthos, a flower ; the latter is enclosed by bracts. Nat. 

 ord. Orchidaceae.) 



Stove epiphytical Orchids. For cultivation, see 

 ORCHIDS. 



E. bracte'scens (large-br acted). Red. July. Mexico. 

 capita'tus (headed). White. June. Trop. Amer. 



1795. 

 Carava'ta (Caravata). Yellow. November. Guiana. 



1858. 

 columns.' ris (columnar). White, purple. June. 



Colombia. 

 ensa'tus (sworded). Carmine. August. Ecuador. 



flave'scens (yellowish). Yellow. May. Mexico. 

 ,, furfura'ceus (scurfy). Scarlet. June. Mexico. 

 ,, kermesi'nus (carmine). Rich carmine. January. 



Venezuela. 1843. 



lupuli'nus (hop-like). Rose. August. Mexico. 

 xantho'comus (yellow-haired). Yellow. May. Peru. 

 1872. 



ELLIO TTIA. (After S. Elliot, an American botanist. 

 Nat. ord. Heaihwords [Ericaceae]. Linn. 8-Octandria, 

 i-Monogynia.) 



Little evergreen bushes, with spikes of Andromeda- 

 looking flowers. They require a warm situation and a 

 peat border. Cuttings of small shoots under a hand- 

 light in spring, or layers at the end of summer ; sandy 

 loam and peat. If in a greenhouse, winter temp., 35 

 to 40. 



E. panicula'ta (panicled). White. June. Japan. 

 racemo'sa (racemed). 2. White. June. Georgia. 



