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the fruit It is of very easy culture, and its noble aspect is 

 never passed unobserved. It is perfectly hardy in the Southern 

 States, and forms a handsome evergreen. (Soil No. 11.) 



Erod/'ums, Heron's bill. There are about thirty species, 

 all of a geranium character, and there are among them some 

 very pretty flowering, soft-wooded, shrubby, herbaceous, and 

 annual plants. Only a few of them belong to the green-house, 

 of which E. incarndtum, E. crassi 'folium, and E. laciniatum 

 are the finest; culture similar to Geranium. The flowers of 

 these are scarlet, pentapetalous and veiny. (Soil No. 10.) 



ErytJiiina cristdgdlli, or Coral plant. If this magnificent* 

 scarlet flowering plant is desired to be kept in a pot or tub, 

 it must have a repotting every month till September : to keep 

 it in fine blooming condition, it is worthy of extra care, as it 

 will bloom three times during the season, if well treated. 

 (Soil No. 18.) For other methods, see Flower-Garden for 

 April, May, and November. 



Escallonidj a shrubby genus, of about ten species, of rather 

 neat blooming plants, of a strong shrubby habit. They re- 

 quire great encouragement to flower them well, if kept in pots: 

 the best mode of treatment would be to plant them in pits with 

 other half hardy shrubs. E. riibra, red flowering; E. grandi- 

 flora, white; E. macrantha, a very beautiful evergreen, pro- 

 fusely covered with waxy pink flowers, are the finest. (Soil 

 No. 12.) They are perfectly hardy south of Virginia, and we 

 are not certain but they may become acclimated here. 



Eucalyptus, above fifty species of them, and the tallest 

 growing trees of New Holland; foliage very diversified, 

 generally of a hard glaucous texture. From their rapid 

 growth, they soon grow higher than the loftiest house. Tho 

 most conspicuous are E. corddta, E. rostrata, E. radidtcu 

 E. pulvigera, E. glolifera, E pulveruUnta, and E. resmifera, 

 In Van Piemen's Land, a manufactory has been established 

 where a^ tannin is extracted from many of the species. The 

 List mentioned produces gum like that which the druggists 

 call Kino. They ought not to be too much fostered, as it 

 would in some degree retard their growth. They are of a 

 very hardy nature. When large, the plants will flower freely, 

 and are similar in flower to Myrtle ; many stamina, proceeding 

 from a hard nut-like capsule. (Soil No. 6.) 



Euorii/mus. a few of this genus h'ive been recently intro- 

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