EPIPHYLLUM ERIOSTEMON. 23! 



Epiphyllum. Cactacecz. 



Readily grown from cuttings. Pieces of the branches 4 

 to 6 inches long are placed in sandy soil in gentle heat, 

 and kept moderately dry. Epiphyllums are often grafted 

 on strong stocks of pereskia {Pereskia aculeata is com- 

 monly used, but P. Bleo is equally as good), for the pur- 

 pose of getting high or rafter plants. A young shoot is 

 cleft- or side-grafted into any portion of the pereskia 

 which has become hard, and the cion is held in place by 

 a cactus spine passed through it. Several cions may be 

 inserted along the sides of the stock. See Cactus. 



Eranthemum. Acanthacecz. 



Seeds. Cuttings root readily in spring in peaty soil, in 

 a close frame where there is a bottom heat of about 70. 



Eranthis (Winter Aconite). Ranunculacecs. 

 Increased by seeds and divisions. 



Eremurus. Liliacetz. 



Increased by seeds and divisions. 



Erica (Heath). Ericacecs. 



Will grow from seeds, but these are used generally to 

 secure new varieties. If seeds are employed, sow on 

 peat or live sphagnum, and exercise great care not to let 

 them dry out. Commonly propagated by very short cut- 

 tings, taken from the tips, or made of the lower young 

 growth. Carefully remove the leaves from the lower 

 parts of the cutting, which should be about one inch long, 

 and then insert rather closely in pots, which should be 

 filled two-thirds with crocks, the remainder being fine 

 sandy peat with a layer of clean, compact sand on the sur- 

 face. Cover with glass. Water well, and place in a tem- 

 perature of about 60. 



Erinus. Scrophulariacea. 



Seeds and divisions. After becoming established, they 

 propagate themselves by seeds. 



Eriobotrya. See Photinia. 



Eriodendron. Malvacetz. 



Raised from seeds sown in sandy soil, in heat. 



Eriostemon. Rutacecz, 



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

 gentle heat. Nurserymen propagate by grafting on small 

 stocks of correa, 



