110 CATALOGUE OF GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



yield purple and white flowers from April to August, under 

 good cultivation. 



Erica, Heath. Upward of five hundred species and vaiie- 

 ties of this plant are cultivated in Great Britain, where a 

 continued succession of bloom is kept up from January to 

 December; the most prominent colours are white, scarlet, 

 purple, yellow, and red. They are desirable plants to culti- 

 vate in any country, as they furnish material for the bouquet 

 in winter, but they must be screened from the noonday sun 

 in summer, and only moderately watered ; as extremes of 

 drought or moisture are destructive to this family of plants. 



jErytliniia, Coral plant. There are several species of this 

 plant, chiefly adapted to the hot-house, producing long spikes 

 of crimson or scarlet flowers. Some keep them in good 

 condition in a green-house ; they must, however, be well 

 attended to, and frequently re-potted, which will sometimes 

 induce them to bloom two or three times in a year. 



Escallonia. There are several species of this plant, 

 some of which will survive the winters of our Southern 

 States. When cultivated in a green-house as half-hardy 

 shrubs, they yield their red, white, and pink flowers through- 

 out a long season. 



Enonymus. This plant is called by some the variegated 

 Camellia ; the flowers are not very showy, but the silvery 

 and golden edged foliage of the different varieties, render 

 them very attractive. They are natives of China. 



Euphorbia. There are several species of this plant adapted 

 to the green-house, some of which are beautiful, especially 

 the E. splendens, and Poinsett's scarlet, or Euphorbia Poin 

 seiti. They flower freely from December to May, if kept in 

 a warm part of the house. 



Etipatorium elegans. A dwarf plant, producing white 

 sweet-scented flowers early in the spring ; to promote bushi- 

 ness, the plant, after blossoming, should be closely pruned. 



Etitaxia myrtifolia. A beautiful little evergreen shrub ; 

 foliage small, but very neat, furnishing numerous red and 



