550 



ESCHSCHOLZIA 



fl. saucer-shaped, opening in sunshine, 2-3 in. across, 

 yellow or orange or cream-colored : pod 3—4 in. long, 

 strong-ribbed : torus largo and funnel-shape. Calif, 

 and Ore., mostly along the coast. B.M. 2887. B.R. 

 14:]1«8. R.H. 1894, p. .-iSL-Oin- of the most popular 

 garden fls. It is tmitr.l ,i- :, li n-lv :iiiiiii:il. Seeds may 

 be sown very crii-l !• * -.i '> rat.lo cold, and 



blooms after th. i i h . ! ;wteeted, plants 



of one season'.-. ; ! ; ■ '- ,, inter and give 



some bloom thr _, I' "inPtimes self- 



sows. Veryattr:!' _.ii;_-, inr.'in^,- ,,f its in- 



teresting bluisli I . : . ■ I" .ir.' .|..ulil.-iM. forms. 

 Very variable, :ni. ■ ■! i \:init\ cf iiani.-s. as 



C.maritima,lhT< m-t i,i. . n. .. r. r,),i„. H"rt. (trade 

 name for mixed varii-ti.'s). ('. itui-anlluca, Hort., and 

 C. (ilba, Hort. The so-called white varieties are not yet 

 pure white. Do not bear transplanting well. 



Var. crdcea, Hort. ( /■;. r,vV,.„, Benth.). Fls. deep 

 orange: torus \. i , in i. . |.:iii.lcd: calyx bud long- 



Var. DoCiglasii. ( ' . / / .//.(.si;, Benth.). Rather 

 more slf-niliT. aTiiI M i imIki-: (Is. pure yellow. 



tenuifdlia, Hook. Low.r, with finer-cut and denser 

 foliage, the long divisions being almost capillary: fls. 

 small (1 in. across), light yellow, overtopping the Ivs.r 

 torus less prominent. Calif. B.M. 4812. l_ jj. g. 



except rarely in the young shoots, sometimes covered 

 with a glaucous wax : umbels solitary and axillary or 

 paniculate, near the ends of the branchlets, usually 

 white: fls. in umbels of 3 to many, rarely solitary ; ca- 

 lyx tube obconical campanulate or oblong, adnate to the 

 ovary at the base ; lobes connate, forming a lid which 

 separates by a circumscissile dehiscence ; petals wanting 



EUCALYPTUS 



(or ;iiln.-iti' to tlic calyx-lid I; stamens numerous, in 

 iiiaii>, I'i'.^. -. ii.iiali-,- I'ri'i', fr. Muc III ly inflexed in bud; 

 iinil i' iiu.r than broad and 

 op. I ,,. :,, 11 -. often almost kid- 

 iirj ■ n:ir.-i aiMi i-ii. iiiii_' I.;. ■ 1 1 N . a la 1 1 1 longitudinal slits, 

 or iMui...i._- iiii.l oi„-i,ii,K liv u-niiihul pores ; style undi- 

 vided; fr. a capsule, opening at the top by 3-G valves; 

 seeds numerous, mostly angular, only a few fertile. 

 For structure of fruit and calyptra, see Figs. 782-788. 

 A genus of about 140 species, all Australasian, except- 

 ing perhaps 5 found in the East Indies. Valuable hard- 

 wood trees, mostly of rapid growth : the timber is ex- 

 ceedingly durable and largely used in Australia by ship- 

 builders, railroad engineers, inijiU-nieiit iiKikers, and for 

 Imil.lir.i,' iiur|".M-s. Falliiii.' far : i-laaiM 1„. effected 



of tin 



lid 



hausting I 

 from the 

 contain •\ 



iM-aii M I'V v,i,l, |., ,l:.iiala,n,| .a,,aMla- a I . .1 . 1 hroUgh the 



persi-vfring efforts of the hiti- Biiron Von riliu-ller; it is 

 frequently planted in the malarial regions of warm cli- 

 mates, as at the Campagna at Rome, with very benefi- 

 cial effect. (Sanitarians will be interested in "Eucalyp- 

 tus in Algeria and Tunisia, from an hygienic and cli- 

 raatological point of view," by Dr. Edward Pepper, 

 Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 35:39-56.) In England the same 

 species is grown extensively for subtropical gardoning, 

 on account of its distinntivr- L'lniii-ons Inn- nii.l sviiinict- 

 rical growth, but in Ilia 1 ainaai. n laaai ;!,,■ ii.aa.iion 

 of glass in winter. \'. i :iil\ ; 



most of them, howa \ a i i m 



California and count 111 - iai.aina -muair ahhaa, , 



For ready detei-mination of spci'iias in this iTiii.-iil ge- 

 nus, it is necessary to have adult leaves, mature buds, 

 flowers, and mature fruit : immature fruits are often 

 very misleading. ^Monographed in part by Baron von 

 Mufllrr in lii- fiiaalrifrarraphia (cited here as F.v. M. 

 lanral.i. in ■ ' ■ ■' I' ■ -ias are carefully illustrated. 

 H.iiiliani lii , a. .ies (almost the whole ge- 



nu- 1 ill III I aii-.is.VnI. 3. The following 



k( \ lias I. , 111 Liiflinuiiin's Dichotomous 



a.quently 



thinlv 



v raised 



These 



t, sandy 



vhen in- 



I through 



soil, and placed in a little )h at / 

 tended to be used for subtro]ih 

 on H liiwn, is be.st sown in Ana 

 the winter, for use the follow n, a .a 

 nini-li larger and better phiiii> niii.\ I..- ol.iiiined than 

 wliiii sowing is deferred to the spring. It is best to 

 raise new plants each year, as lifted specimens do not 

 regain their beauty of the preceding season. Being 

 fast-growing plants, consideralile space must be al- 

 lowed when they beeonie e-ial.lislieil. either in the open 

 ground or in pots. .\ nith. r ri.h -oil. composed of loam 

 and decayed manure, with tie- n.l.lition of some char. 



flV;a.../ ,a, 1- , I I- ii- l a' |.a _ :,a , a a' ill potS in the COn- 



sei , a rendering it a gen- 



species ue a rare or select one, in wood boxes or seed 

 pans) germinate quickly ; when about hand-high the 

 seedlings should be transplanted in the nursery, to 

 check the downward growth of the roots and to promote 

 the formation of lateral rootlets, fit to retain some soil 

 while moving such seedlings to places of permanency. 

 The operation of transplanting should be carried out in 



