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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Erica continued. 



E. t. rnbra (red).* fl. about lin. long, reddish-purple, shading 

 off to white, with a green neck. I. closely set, slightly spreading, 

 hairy. 



E. t. speclosa (showy), fl. lin. long, umbellate, slightly swollen 

 below the rosy-red middle. I. linear-lanceolate, slightly spread- 

 ing. 



E. t. Wilson! (Wilson's).* fl. l*in. long, much inflated at the 

 base, suddenly contracted at the neck. I. oblong-lanceolate, 

 slightly spreading, profusely hairy. 



E. triumphans (triumphant), fl. white, axillary ; calyx large, 

 inflated, angular ; corolla ovate, inflated. June, July. I. three 

 in a whorl, subulate, ciliated, h. 2ft. 1802. (L. B. C. 257.) 



E. trossula (Spruce), fl. terminal ; corolla with an open ventri- 

 May to July. " 



I. four in a whorl, linear, glabroi: 



cose tube. 

 A. 14ft. 



E.vagans( wandering).* Cornish Heath, fl. axillary, racemose ; 

 corolla pale purplish-red, short, campanulate ; pedicels usually 

 twin. July to September. I. four or five in a whorl, acerose. 

 h. 1ft. Western Europe (Cornwall). Hardy. (Sy. En. B. 893.) 



E. ventricosa (ventricose). fl. disposed in terminal umbellate 

 fascicles ; corolla purplish-red, with a ventricose tube, waxy ; 

 style inclosed. April to September. I. four in a whorl, short, 

 acerose, semi-cylindrical, and, as well as the calyces and bracts, 

 ciliated, h. lift. 1787. (B. M. 350.) Of this very handsome, 

 compact, and free-branching Heath, there are numerous varieties. 



E. v. alba (white), fl. china white, tubular, about lin. long. 

 I. with short white woolly hairs at the edges. 



E. v. breviflora (short-flowered), 

 thickest at the base. 



fl. rosy -red, short, stout, 



E. v. oarnea (flesh-coloured), fl. flesh-colour, lin. long, slightly 

 swollen at the base. 



E. v. oooolnea minor (lesser scarlet).* fl. white, slender, 

 tubular ; tubes |in. long ; lobes of limb reflexed and bright red. 

 (E, H. 1880, 50.) 



E. V. fasciculata rosea (rosy-fascicled), fl. stout, lin. long; 

 tube bright rose, deep purple at the neck. 



E. v. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. rosy - purple, stout, 

 tubular, over lin. in length. I. long, straight. 



E. v. splendons (splendid), fl. numerous, nearly lin. long, 

 swollen in the middle ; tubes white ; neck and limb rosy-purple 

 and white. I. long, linear, recurved, hairy. 



E. V. tricolor (three-coloured).* fl. tubular, nearly lin. long ; 

 tubes blush ; neck carmine, reflexed ; segments of limb white. 

 L linear, slightly reflexed. 



E. vorticillata (vertfdllate). fl. crowded, nearly terminal, ver- 

 tidllate, drooping; corolla scarlet, with a cylindrical inflated 

 tube, glabrous, constricted at top. July to October. L linear, 

 glabrous. A. 3ft 1774. (A. H. i. 48.) 



E. vestita (clad).* fl. crowded, verticillate, nearly sessile, 

 spreading ; corolla white, cylindrical, more or less clavate, nine 

 to eleven lines long, downy, with a revolute limb ; calycine seg- 

 ments ciliated with glandular hairs. I. linear, erect, with 

 scabrous edges. A. 3ft. 1789. The fallowing are the more im- 

 portant forms : 



E. v. alba (white).* fl. hardly lin. in length, pure white ; whorls 

 ten to twenty-flowered. (A. H. iii. 147.) 



E. V. COCOlnea (scarlet).* fl. deep rich red, about lin. long, 



tubular, slightly curved. See Fig. 727. (A. H. iv. 199.) 

 E. v. Incarnata (flesh-coloured), fl. delicate pink, more than 



lin. long, in whorls of from ten to twenty. (A. H. ii. 97.) 

 E. v. rosea (rosy), fl. rosy-red, about lin. long, in whorls of from 



twenty to thirty. 

 XL Victoria (Victoria).* fl. deep purple, with white segments, 



umbellate, flask-shaped, lin. or more long. Summer. L sc 



what ovate, ~ 



Hybrid. 



Testphalingla (Westphalian).* fl. rosy-red, tubular, lin. long. 



{.linear-obtuse. Hybrid. 

 E. Wilmoreana (Wilmore's).* fl. produced upon the lateral 



growths, in spikes of from 1ft to IJft. long ; corolla bell-shaped, 



nearly Jin. long. Spring. I. linear, covered with short white 



hairs, as are also the branches. Hybrid. 



ERICACEAE. An extensive order, widely spread over 

 the whole world (but very rare in Australia), containing 

 eighty-seven genera and about 1300 species. The species 

 are, for the most part, shrubs or sub-shrubs, but occasion- 

 ally growing into small trees. Flowers regular, or nearly 

 so, hermaphrodite ; calyx superior or inferior, of four or five 

 divisions; corolla four or five-cleft, or toothed; stamens 

 four, five, eight, or ten, or twice those numbers, hypogy- 

 nous or epigynous. Fruit a capsule or berry. Leaves 

 mostly evergreen, whorled, alternate or opposite, ex- 

 stipulate. Well-known genera are: Arbutus, Cassandra, 

 Erica, Qaultheria, Pieris, Pyrola, and Rhododendron. 



awned, with short stiff spines round the edges. 



ERICINELLA (a diminutive of Erica). ORD. Eri- 

 caceae. A genus of four species of small-flowered, slender, 

 bushy, erect, greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with a Heath- 

 like appearance. They are natives of South Africa and 

 the mountains of tropical Africa and Madagascar. Pro- 

 bably none have ever been introduced, except the follow- 

 ing. For cultivation, see Erica. 



(Mann's), fl. dull red, three or four together at the 

 tops of the branchlets, on' short, curved pedicels, nearly globose ; 

 corolla sub-globose, with four short, obtuse, ciliate lobes. July. 

 I. quaternate, close-set, whorled in fours, linear, with revolute 

 margins, glabrous, h. 4ft. to 10ft. Cameroon Mountains, 1866. 

 (B. M. 5569.) 



ERiIGERON (from Eriogron (early old), the name 

 given to a Composite by Theophrastus ; species downy- 

 hoary when young). Including Phalacroloma and Polyac- 

 tidium. ORD. Composite. A genus comprising about a 

 hundred species of hardy annuals, biennials, or perennials, 

 resembling Aster, but having the ray-florets in several 

 series. In Britain, it is represented by the perennial 

 B. dl/pvnus, a pretty rock plant found in the Breadalbane 

 and Clova Mountains ; the annual or biennial E. acris ; and 

 the annual E. canadense, a troublesome weed in some 

 places. They are found everywhere in cold and moun- 

 tainous regions, and are of very easy culture in common 

 garden soil. Few species are worth growing. Those 

 enumerated below form excellent subjects for mixed 

 borders, in a somewhat moist, but well-drained situation. 

 They may be readily increased by divisions or by seeds. 



E. aurantlacus (golden).* fl.-heads about 2in. across, bright 

 orange, solitary, on a stout, erect peduncle. {. oblong, entire ; 

 upper ones sessile, lanceolate, h. 1ft. Turkestan, 1879. Peren- 

 nial. (Gn., Sept. 20, 1884.) 



B. caucaslcns (Caucasian), fl.-heads scarcely lin. across, rosy- 

 purple, borne in loose masses on stems nearly 2ft. high. Summer. 

 L, radical ones spathulate ; cauline ones ligulate, stem-clasping. 

 A. 1ft. Caucasus, 1821. Perennial. 



E. glabellus (smooth-leaved), jl. -heads large, one to seven on 

 the leafless summit of the stout stems ; ray-florets very numerous, 

 purple ; disk yellow. June. I. nearly glabrous, except the mar- 

 gins, entire ; the upper oblong-lanceolate and pointed, closely 

 sessile or partly clasping ; the lower spathulate, stalked, h. 6in. 

 tolSin. North United States. Perennial. 



FIG. 728. ERIGERON GLAUCUS. 



(glaucous).* fl.-headt purple, pretty. Summer and 

 uui,uiuu. I. ciliated, glaucous, clammy; radical ones with 

 winged stalks ; cauline ones sessile, entire. A. 6in. to 12in. 

 Western North America, 1812. Perennial. See Fig. 728. (B. R. 10.) 



E. grandinorns (large-flowered).* fl.-heads purple or whitish, 

 comparatively large, solitary. Late summer. 7., radical ones 

 obovate-spathulate ; cauline ones oblong to lanceolate, h. 4in. to 

 Sin, Rocky Mountains, 1819. Perennial. 



E. multiradiatus (many -rayed).* fl.-heads terminal, solitary, 

 about 2in. across, surrounded by numerous overlapping linear 

 leaves ; ray-florets purplish ; disk yellow. Summer. I. oblong, 

 toothed, tapering into a long stalk, h. 6in. to 2ft. Himalaya, 

 1880. (B. At. 6550.) 



E. Roylel (Royle's).* fl.-heads 2in. across, disposed in a loose 

 corymb; ray-florets bluish-purple; disk yellow. Summer. J. 

 oblong-spathulate, smooth, ciliated. A. 4in. to Sin. Himalayas. 



E. speolosns (showy).* fl.-heads large, handsome, corymbose; 

 ray-florets violet, exceedingly narrow; those of the disk 



