98 ECCREMOCARPUS 



ECCREMOCAR'PUS continued. 

 E. sca'ber continued. 



England and Ireland it sometimes keeps 

 green all the winter and even flowers then ; 

 but it is best to sow seed each year, because 

 the old plants usually die during the winter 

 even if protected. Its tubular flowers, of a 

 brilliant red-orange colour hanging in loose 

 racemes, are charming, as it rambles up and 

 throws itself over anything within reach. It 

 is at its best in July to September, revelling 

 in the sunshine. A native of Chili and intro- 

 duced in 1825. 



E. sca'ber au'rea. This is a new form with bright 

 yellow flowers. 



E. sca'ber carmin'eus is a new form with carmine 

 flowers. 



Sow the seed tV in deep in pans or pots in 

 March, in gentle heat about 65 to 70, and plant 

 out at end of May or beginning of June against a 

 pillar, balcony, wall, or trellis in a south aspect, 

 the soil light but good. Or they may be treated 

 as tender biennials and sown during July in small 

 pots, housed during the winter from frost, shifted 

 into 4-in. pots in rich soil in February, and planted 

 out at the end of May. By treating them thus they 

 bloom earlier. 



EGYPTIAN EOSE. See SCABIOSA. 



ELEPHANTS' TRUNK PLANT. See MARTYNIA Probos- 

 cidea. 



