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Eriosema. Leguminoscc. 



Propagated by seeds or cuttings. 



Eriostemon. Rutacer. 



Cuttings, in sandy peat in spring, under glass, and with 

 gentle heat. Nurserymen propagate by grafting on small 

 stocks of correa. 



Erodium (Heron's Bill). Geraniacece. 



Propagation is effected by seeds or divisions. 



Erpetion (Australian Violet). Violariece. 



Propagated by seeds ; also by division and cuttings. 

 Eryngium (Eryngo). Umbelliferce. 



Seeds or carefully made divisions may be used for increas- 

 ing the species. 



Erysimum (Hedge Mustard). Cruciferce. 



Increased by seeds ; the perennials by seeds and divisions. 



Erythraea, Gyrandra, Hippocentaurea (Centaury). Gentianece. 

 Propagated by seeds or divisions. 



Erythrina (Coral-tree). Leguminosae. 



Seeds. Young shoots can be taken in spring or early sum- 

 mer with a heel, and placed in sandy soil, on a slight bottom 

 heat. 



Erythronium (Dog's-tooth Violet). Liliacece. 



Seeds. Offsets or bulbels are usually employed, taken as 

 soon as the leaves dry away after flowering, inserting the 

 bulbels about three inches deep. 



Erythroxylon, including Sethia. Linece. 



Place cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sand under a 

 glass, in heat. 



Escallonia. Saxifrages. 



Suckers, layers. Cuttings of half-ripened wood strike in 

 sand, when covered with glass. Also by seeds. 



Escheria. See Gloxinia. 



Eschscholtzia, Chryseis (California Poppy). Papaveracece. 



Seeds may be sown in spring or autumn where the plants 

 are to flower. 



