EU'P 



EUP 



The lift h rises with a shrubby stalk to the height 

 nfeigfaf or tea i'eet, dividing into many branches, 

 which come out op posite from the joints of the 

 stem: the leaves are lanceolate, two inches long, 

 and about three qu arttrs of an inch broad in the 

 middle, ending in acute points; are opposite, 

 and continue green all the year : the flowers arc- 

 produced at the ends of the branches, and also 

 from the sides, in small clusters; and are suc- 

 ceeded by round capsules, wnich are closely arm- 

 ed with rough protuberances. It flowers in July, 

 but seldom produces ripe fruit in this climate. 



There is a variety with variegated leaves. 



Culture. — The four first sorts may be propa- 

 gated either by seeds, layers, or cuttings of the 

 young shoots. 



In the first mode, the seeds should be sown 

 in the clumps or borders in the early autumn, 

 covering them well in. In the following autumn 

 the plants should be removed and set out in nur- 

 sery rows, being kept well cleared from weeds 

 during the summer. After two or three years 

 gro.vih in th'.s situation, they will be fit to plant 

 out for good. 



The young shoots may be laid down in the 

 autumn, a slit being made at a joint placed the 

 deepest in the ground. In the following autumn 

 they will be. well rooted, and may be taken off 

 and planted out in the manner of the seedlings. 



The cuttings should be made eight or ten 

 inches in length, and planted in a shady border 

 in the autumn. When they have struck full 

 root, they should be carefully removed, and ma- 

 naged as those raised from seed. 



The two last methods, and those of budding 

 and grafting are the only ones by which, the vari- 

 eties can be continued with certainty. 



The last species is best increased by laying 

 down the young branches after being tongued in 

 the autumn, managing them, afterwards in the 

 same manner, as the others. 



These plants are sufficiently hardy to bear the 

 open air when planted in warm sheltered situations. 



They are all very ornamental ; the former sorts 

 producing a tine effect by their berry-like seeds, 

 and the last by its evergreen leaves. 



EUPATORIUM, a genus comprising plants 

 of the herbaceous flowery kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Syngcjiesia 

 Pflh/gpfnia JEqualis, and ranks in the natural 

 order of Composites Discoidcce. 



The characters are: that the calyx is common 

 oblong, imbricate: scales linear-lanceolate, up- 

 right, unequal : the corolla compound uniform, 

 tubular: corollets hermaphrodite, equal ; proper 

 tunnel-form: border live-cleft, spreading: the 

 stamina consist of five capillary filaments, very 

 shorts anthers cylindric, tubular: the pistillum 



is a very small germ: style filiform, very long, 

 two-cleft almost to the germs, straight: stigmas 

 slender: there is no pericarpium: calyx un- 

 changed : the seeds oblong: down plumose, long: 

 (pilose, onlytooihletled or ciliate :) the receptacle 

 naked. 



The species cultivated are: I. E. altissimum; 

 Tall Hemp Agrimony; 2. E. purpurcum, Pur- 

 ple Hemp Agrimony ; 3. E. maculatum, Spot- 

 ted Hemp Agrimony ; 4. E. perfoUaium, Per- 

 foliate Hemp Agrimony; 5. E. aromai'mim, 

 Aromatic Hemp Agrimony. 



There are other species that maybe cultivated. 

 The first rises with a single upright green stalk, 

 about four feet high. At each joint are four 

 leaves in whorls ; they are six inches long, and 

 two inches broad in the middle, lessening tr, 

 both ends, terminating in acute points, rough, 

 serrate, and on short foot-stalks: the stem ter- 

 minated by a close corymb of purple flowers; 

 appearing in July, and continuing till September. 

 It is native of North America. 



The second species grows to the height of 

 three feet or more, with a suflruticose, upright, 

 striated stem, but little branched : the leaves are 

 subsessile, and of a dark green : the corymb of 

 flowers is fastigiate. Native of North America. 

 The third has an annual stem, about two 

 feet and a half high, purple, with many dark, 

 spots upon it : the leaves rough, placed by threes 

 towards the bottom of the stalk, but near the 

 top by pairs at each joint : the flowers are purple, 

 terminating in a sort of corymb, appearing in 

 July and August It is a native of North America. 

 The fourth species rises with annual stems, 

 from two to three feet high, and hairy : the leaves 

 at each joint rough, from three to four inches 

 long, and about an inch broad at their base, 

 gradually lessening to a very acute point, dark 

 green, and covered with short hairs : the upper 

 part of the stalk divides into many slender pedun- 

 cles, each sustaining a close cluster- of white 

 flowers, coming out in July. It is a native of 

 North America. 



The fifth has a round stem, four feet high, 

 strict, brachiate : the leaves are somewhat wrin- 

 kled : racemes terminating: the flowers twice the 

 length of the calyx, snow-white, containing 

 from eighteen to twenty-eight florets; the styles* 

 scarcely longer than the floret. In this circum- 

 stance it differs from the other species, as well as . 

 in having the calyx not imbricate. It is a native 

 of Virginia. 



Culture. — These plants may be increased by 

 seeds in many of the sorts which produce them 

 in this climate, and in the others by parting the 

 roots and planting them out. 



In the first mode, the seeds should be sown in 

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