EVERLASTINGS 



EVONYMUS 



1185 



fall, reducing the moisture in the air, otherwise the 

 dry flower-stems would absorb the moisture and become 

 limp. 



A certain number of "droopers" is wanted when 

 arranging a bouquet, in order to avoid stiffness. These 

 are easily secured. Take a long sheet of a pliable card- 

 board about 8 inches wide, tack one edge lengthwise 

 on the top of a shelf, at the front bringing it out and 

 downward so as to form a half circle, and fasten it 

 there. Then lay the freshly picked flower-stems on the 

 shelf, heads hanging down. It is sometimes necessary 

 to place a book or some weight on the stems to keep 

 them in place. They will dry in this curved form. 

 Brown split bamboo baskets make good vases, as they 

 harmonize well with the deep orange of the golden 

 ball and the pink of the acroclinium. A wire mesh in 

 these baskets enables the flowers to be arranged more 

 easily. As there is no green foliage used, it is well to use 

 some short-stemmed flower in the center, midway 

 between the basket and the tallest flowers. These 

 "flecks" of color relieve the bareness of the stems. 



The Chinese lantern plant (Physalis Franchetii} is 

 an easily grown perennial, spreading at the roots. 

 The seed-pods are very ornamental, retaining their 

 brilliancy of color when dried, the colors ranging from 

 a pale green to orange and red. They hang like inverted 

 balloons, on slender peduncles and lose their graceful 

 appearance unless the main stem that carries them can 

 be curved outward when dry. They have to be treated 

 differently from the others. Boards on a partition in 

 a wood-shed may be used, driving tacks, one each side, 

 close up to the side of the bottom of the main stem, 

 the heads of the tacks overlapping the stick. Run the 

 stem up straight for about 6 inches, then curve to right 

 or left and fasten in same manner. Then, when dried, 

 the lanterns will hang clear of the stem. The seed- 

 pods of the balloon vine, Cardiospermum Halicacabum, 

 work in well among the lanterns. Cut away part of 

 the side of the lantern, and see the brilliant wick inside. 



W. C. EGAN. 



EVODIA (Greek, pleasant odor). Rutacese. Orna- 

 mental woody plants grown chiefly for their handsome 

 foliage. 



Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: trunk with 

 smooth bark: winter-buds naked: Ivs. opposite, petioled, 

 simple or pinnate with entire punctate Ifts.: fls. in 

 terminal or axillary panicles or corymbs, unisexual, 

 usually 4-merous, less often 5-merous; sepals imbricate; 

 petals valvate or slightly imbricate; stamens 4-5, at 

 the base of a cupular disk: carpels 4-5, each with 2 

 ovules, nearly free or connate, with a cylindric style, 

 at maturity dehiscent, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded. About 

 50 species in E. Asia, from Korea and N. China to 

 S. Asia., Austral, and Polynesia. Allied to Zanthoxy- 

 lum which is easily distinguished by its alternate Ivs.; 

 very similar in habit and foliage to Phellodendron 

 which besides in the berry-like frs. differs in the winter 

 buds being inclosed in the base of the petiole, while 

 in Evodia they are borne free in the axils. 



The cultivated hardy species are strong-growing 

 deciduous trees with rather large pinnate leaves of 

 aromatic odor when bruised, and with whitish flowers 

 in terminal broad panicles followed by small capsules 

 exposing glossy black seeds when opening. Evodia 

 Daniellii has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. 

 E. glauca and E. Henryi, are somewhat tenderer. 

 There are also a few tropical species from New Guinea, 

 rarely cultivated as warmhouse evergreens; they are 

 little known and their correct names have not yet been 

 determined. Propagation is by seeds and of the warm- 

 house species by cuttings of half-ripened wood; proba- 

 bly also by root-cuttings. 



A. Frs. obtuse or only mucronulate at the apex. 



glaftca, Miq. (E. Fdrgesii, Dode). Tree, to 50 ft.: 

 Ifts. 5-11, usually 7, on slender slightly hairy stalks, 



J^-^in. long, elliptic-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, 

 minutely crenulate, glaucous below and glabrous 

 except hairs along the midrib near the base, 2^-4 

 in. long: infl. corymbose, 6-8 in. broad, nearly glabrous; 

 pistil of the staminate fls. glabrous: fr. about J^in. 

 long, finely pubescent. June; fr. Sept. Cent. China. 



AA. Frs. strongly beaked. 



Henryi, Dode. Tree, to 35 ft.: Ifts. 5-9, short- 

 stalked, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nate, rounded or narrowed at the base, finely crenu- 

 late, glaucescent or pale green below and glabrous, 

 2J-3-4 in. long: infl. paniculate, 2-2% in. across: fr. 

 reddish brown, sparingly hairy, J^in. long, with slen- 

 der beaks about half as long. June; fr. Sept. Cent. 

 China. See page 3568. 



Daniellii, Hemsl. (Zanthdxylwn Daniellii, Bennett). 

 Small tree: Ifts. 7-11, ovate to oblong-ovate, acuminate 

 with an obtusish point, rounded at the base, sometimes 

 subcordate or broadly cuneate, pale green below and 

 glabrous except hairs along the midrib and sometimes 

 on the veins, 2-3 % in. long: infl. corymbose, 4-6 in. 

 across: fr. nearly J^in. long, slightly hairy or nearly 

 glabrous, with a rather short, usually hooked beak. 

 June; fr. Sept. N. China, Korea. 



E. ilegans, Hort. Evergreen: Ivs. 3-foliolate; Ifts. linear-lanceo- 

 late, undulate and crenate; resembling Aralia elegantissima. New 

 Guinea. F.E. 1899:291. Gng. 12:404. G. 21:273. E. formdsa, 

 Hort. A similar species, intro. in 1900 by Sander & Co. This and 

 the preceding are warmhouse evergreens and belong probably to 

 species already described. E. officindlis, Dode. Allied to E. 

 glauca. Small tree: Ifts. 5-11, ovate to elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 

 pubescent and light green beneath: infl. pubescent: fr. glabrous, 

 Cent. China. E. nUxcdrpa, Hook. f. & Thorns. Allied to E. glauca. 

 Small deciduous tree: 1ft. short-petioled, broader, pubescent on 

 both sides: infl. smaller and denser, with stout pedicels, pubescent, 

 Japan, Himalayas. S.Z. 1:21 fas Bqymia rutnecarpaK R. reliUina, 

 Rehd. & Wilson. Allied to E. Henryi, but Ivs. and young branchleta 

 densely short-pubescent: fruiting corymb 4-8 in. across. Cent. China. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



EVOLVULUS (to unrott, because not twining as 

 in Convolvulus). ConvolvuLacex. Prostrate or erect 

 annual or perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, rarely planted 

 or grown in greenhouses. The genus differs from Con- 

 volvulus in having 2 styles 2-cleft, stigmas always 

 narrow, corolla often open or rotate, and not twining: 

 Ivs. entire, small: fls. small, in summer and autumn; 

 sepals 5, the calyx not bracted at base; corolla blue, rose 

 or white, Spangled or shortly 5-lobed. The species are 

 about 80; in warm regions, several in the U. S. E. 

 purpiiro-cceruleus, Hook., of Jamaica, appears to be 

 the only species prominently mentioned horticulturally, 

 and this is seldom planted: 1-2 ft., woody at base: Ivs. 

 small, lanceolate-acute: fls. purplish, terminal, the 

 corolla rotate, white-centered and purple-rayed. B.M. 

 4202. 



EV6NYMUS (ancient Greek name). Often spelled 

 Euonymus. Celastrdcese. SPINDLE-TREE. Woody plants, 

 erect or climbing, grown chiefly for their handsome 

 foliage and the attractive fruits. 



Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees with 

 usually more or less 4-angled branches, mostly erect, 

 rarely creeping or climbing by rootlets: winter-buds 

 usually conspicuous with imbricate scales: Ivs. opposite, 

 petioled, usually serrate, and mostly glabrous: fls. 

 small, in axillary cymes, 4-5-merous, generally per- 

 fect; style and stamens short, the latter inserted on a 

 disk: fr. a 3-5-lobed, somewhat fleshy caps., each dehis- 

 cent valve containing 1 or 2 seeds inclosed in a generally 

 orange-colored aril; the seed itself is white, red or 

 black. About 120 species in the northern hemisphere, 

 most of them in Cent, and E. Asia, extending to S. 

 Asia and Austral. 



The spindle-trees are of upright or sometimes pro- 

 cumbent or creeping habit, with rather inconspicuous 

 greenish, whitish or purplish flowers in axillary cynics; 

 very attractive in fall, with their handsome scarlet, 



