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sort it must be sown in pots, and plunged in the 

 hot-bed under glasses to bring them forward : 

 in this way the plants grow slowly. The slips 

 and layers may likewise be planted in the same 

 situations, according to the different kinds, in 

 the spring or summer season. The potted sort 

 succeeds best when the pots are filled with boggy 

 or peaty earth. 



The first sort affords variety in the fronts of the 

 borders and clumps of shrubberies, and the lat- 

 ter in the same situations in the green-house. 



ENDIVE. See Cichoiuum. 



EPHEDRA, a genus containing plants of the 

 under-shrubby, evergreen kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Dioecia l\Io- 

 nadelphia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Comfcrce. 



The characters are : that in the male the calyx 

 is a compounded anient of one-flowered scales, 

 few, roundish, concave, length of the perianthi- 

 um: theperianthium proper one-leafed, half-two- 

 cleft, roundish, inflated, small, compressed ; di- 

 visions obtuse: there is no corolla : the stamina 

 consist of seven filaments, coalescing into a su- 

 bulate pillar, divided at the tip, longer than the 

 calyx : anthers roundish, turned outwards, of 

 which four are interior; the other three superior. 

 In the female the calyx is a live-fold perianthium, 

 one placed on another, with alternate divisions, 

 in an ovate figure; each one-leafed, somewhat 

 ovate, two-parted; the exterior ones smaller: 

 there is no corolla : the pis till um two ovate 

 germs, size of the last perianthium, on which 

 they are placed: styles simple, filiform, short; 

 stigmas simple: there is no pericarpium : caly- 

 cine scales all thickened, succulent, constituting 

 a divided berry : the seeds two, ovate-sharp, on 

 one side convex, on the other flat, compressed 

 by the calyx covering them on every side. 



The species cultivated are: 1. E. distathya, 

 Great Shrubby Horse Tail, or Sea Grape ; 2. 

 E. monostachya, Small Shrubby Horse Tail. 



The first has a low, under-shrubby stem, 

 sometimes branching to the height of two feet, 

 having various small joints, from which come 

 off" opposite narrow shoots, branching out into 

 long rushy tufts, opening in the manner of 

 leaves, for which they serve. It is a native of 

 the south of Europe, flowering from June to 

 July. 



The second species rises with a low under- 

 shrubby stalk to the height of not more than 

 about a foot, sending oft" branches in a similar 

 growth to the first. It is a native of Siberia, 

 flowering from September to November. 



Culture. — The propagation in these plants is 

 .■easily effected by planting the offsets, taken from 



their creeping roots in the early spring season, 

 in a situation where the ground is rather stiff 

 and moist. They were formerly cultivated in 

 pois, but they are now found to answer better 

 in the open air. 



They afford variety in the small borders and 

 clumps, by their singular growth and appear- 

 ance. 



EPIG42A, a genus containing a plant of the 

 low, trailing, flowery, shrubby kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decmdria 

 Momogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Bicornes. 



The characters are: that (he calyx is a double 

 perianthium, approximated, permanent; exterior 

 three-leaved; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; the exterior large: interior five-parted, 

 upright, a little longer than the exterior : leaflets 

 lanceolate, acuminate : the corolla one-petalled, 

 salver-form: tube cylindrie, as long as the calyx 

 or longer, hirsute within : border spreading, five- 

 parted: lobes ovate-oblong: the stamina consist 

 of ten filiform filaments, length of the tube, 

 affixed to the base of the corolla: anthers ob- 

 long, sharp : the pistillum is a globose germ, 

 villnse:. style filiform, length of the stamens : 

 stigma obtuse, subquinquetid : the pericarpium 

 a subglobose capsule, depressed, five-cornered, 

 five-celled, tive-valved : the seeds very many 

 and roundish: the receptacle large, and five- 

 parted. 



The species chiefly cultivated is E. rcpens, 

 Creeping Epiga?a, or Trailing Arbutus. 



It is a low plant, with "a trailing shrubby 

 stalk, which puts out roots at the joints. The 

 stalks are garnished with oblong rough leaves, 

 waved on their edges.. The flowers are produced 

 at the end of the branches in loose bunches of 

 a white colour, and divided at the top into five 

 acute segments, which spread open in form of 

 a star. It flowers in July, but does not produce 

 fruit in thischmate. It is anativeof Virginia, &c. 



Culture. — In this plant it is easily effected by- 

 its trailing stalks, which put out roots at the 

 joints, and may be cut off from the old plant 

 and planted in a shady situation, where the soil 

 is moist, in autumn, that the plants may be well 

 rooted before the spring. When the winter 

 proves very severe, it is necessary to lay a few 

 dried leaves, or other light covering, over them, 

 to protect them from frost ; and after they are 

 well rooted they only require to be kept free from 

 weeds. 



These plants afford variety in the fronts of shrub- 

 beries, and other parts of ornamented grounds. 



EPILOBIUM, a genus containing a plant of 

 the herbaceous, flowery, perennial kind. 

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