180 BRECK'S BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



in blossom, few plants possess greater attractions, from the 

 extreme brilliancy of the flowers, which are of the deepest azure- 

 blue. It is a hardy annual, and easily raised from seed. In 

 bloom most of the season. 



E. divaricata. Straggling Eutoca. A small, light-violet 

 flower, from California, not very showy. E. multiflora is in 

 gardens here, but, although preferable to this, is not very likely 

 to become a favorite. 



E. Wrangelina. Baron Wrangel's Eutoca. This pretty 

 flowering annual is a native of New California, and has 

 very recently been introduced into this country. The plant is 

 of ready culture, growing freely in the open border, and bloom- 

 ing for several months, and has a peculiarly neat appearance. 

 The cyrnose heads, of pale-blue blossoms, are showy ; each 

 blossom is about half an inch across. 



E. Menziesii. Menzies' Eutoca. A beautiful hardy 

 annual. The whole plant is clothed with hoary down, inter- 

 mixed with longer bristly hairs. Flowers light-blue, in racemes 

 an inch long. The plant should be cultivated in a light soil 

 and sunny situation. 



EUPHORBIA. 



Euphorbia variegata. Variegated Euphorbia. A most 

 elegant species ; a native of Missouri and Arkansas Territory ; 

 an annual much cultivated now in gardens, and highly 

 esteemed ; flowering late in autumn, and remarkable for its 

 abundant variegated floral leaves. 



Leaves oval entire ; wavy, edged with white ; capsules 

 smooth ; stems hairy. 



The seed must be sown early in April; it is some time 

 vegetating. 



