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wall protection. E. verrucosus and E. atropurpureus are 

 also worthy of cultivation. 



E. LATIFOLIUS. Broad-leaved Spindle Tree. A Euro- 

 pean species (1730), deciduous, and growing from 10 feet 

 to sometimes fully 20 feet in height. The leaves are 

 bright, shining green, and much larger than those of our 

 native species. Flowers, purplish-white, appearing in 

 June; the capsules large, deep red, and when open 

 contrasting very effectively with the bright orange arils in 

 which the seeds are enveloped. It is a very distinct and 

 beautiful, small-growing lawn tree, and succeeding, as 

 it does, best in shade is an extra qualification. 



E. NANUS (Caucasus, 1830) is a small-growing rockery 

 shrub, with deep-green lanceolate, entire leaves, and 

 greenish-white flowers in July. It is a neat under shrub. 



Eurybia. See Olearia* 



Exochorda (Rosaceae). 



EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLOBA (syn Spiraea grandiflora). 

 North China. This handsome shrub forms ;a much 

 branched, spreading bush about 4 feet to 6 feet high, and 

 flowers abundantly in May. The habit is similar to that 

 of a shrubby Spiraea, but the pure-white flowers are as 

 large as those of some of the species of Cherry, and quite 

 unlike those of any known species of Spiraea. The 

 flowers are liable to injury sometimes from late spring 

 frosts, but the plant itself is quite hardy. As a bush 

 on the lawn it is nevertheless highly ornamental and 

 desirable. 



Fabiana (Solanaceae). 



FABIANA IMBRICATA. Chili, 1838. This is, unfortu- 

 nately, not hardy in any but the milder maritime parts of 



