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places where neatness only need be con- 

 sidered^ slates set edgeways form the 

 best edging. In peaty, or any light soils, 

 the common heath (Eri'ca vulga'ris} is 

 very advantageously employed; it re- 

 quires to be clipped twice annually, and 

 may be planted at any season. Box is 

 neat, but objectionable as a harbour for 

 vermin, liable to decay, troublesome, and 

 as a great impoverisher of the soil. Thrift 

 is almost as objectionable; when em- 

 ployed, it is best inserted by the dibble 

 during September, the plants being 

 placed two inches apart. It requires fre- 

 quent trimming, and to be renewed every 

 three years. Gentiane'lla makes a very 

 beautiful edging, but is expensive. It 

 may be planted in September. Various 

 other substitutes have been recom- 

 mended, but none seem so deserving of 

 attention as the Saxi'fraga hypnoi'des. It 

 is a native plant, and is strongly recom- 

 mended. Sprigs have to be planted a 

 few inches asunder; they soon spread 

 out and unite, only require paring once 

 in autumn or summer, and no other at- 

 tention than a second paring in winter or 

 early spring. In winter the leaf of this 

 saxifrage is a refreshing green, and in 

 spring and summer it is in great beauty, 

 from its multitude of white flowers and 

 pink buds. The cuttings strike without 

 difficulty. Turf is sometimes employed, 

 and should be of the finest grasses, such 

 as are found on the chalk downs. Cast- 

 iron edgings, if kept constantly painted, 

 either very dark green, or dark brown, 

 are very neat, and, if of an open basket- 

 work pattern, very ornamental. 



EDGWO'RTHIA. (Named after M . Edge- 

 worth. Nat. ord., Daphnads [Thymela- 

 cese]. Linn., 8-Octandria l-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Daphne.) 



The flower-heads at the end of the shoots are 

 in round balls, covered with hairs; when open 

 they are clear, yellow, and fragrant. Must not be 

 confounded with Edgewo'rthia of Falconet, now 

 called Repto'nia. A Daphne-like, greenhouse 

 plant. Cuttings in sand, under a bell-glass, in 

 spring; and grafting should be tried on the 

 Spurge-laurel ; peat and loam. Winter temp., 

 40 to 45. 



E. chrysa'ntha (golden-flowered). 3. Yellow. 

 June. China. 1845, 



EDWA'RDSIA. (After Mr. Edwards, bo- 

 tanical draughtsman. Nat. ord., Legumi- 

 nous Plants [Fabaceffl]. Linn., 10-Z><?- 

 candria l-Monoyynia. Allied to Sophora.) 



All have yellow flowers. Cuttings of firm side- 

 hoots, several inches in length, in sand, under a 

 glass, in summer ; sandy peat and a little lumpy 



loam. If in pots in a greenhouse, winter temp., 

 35 to 45; jf kept dry during winter, all except 

 E. ni'tida will stand against a wall. 

 E. Chile'nns (Chilian). May. Chili. 1822. 



cttrysopht/'lla (golden-leaved). 12. May. New 



Zealand. 



grundiflu 1 ra (large-flowered). 12. May. New 



Zealand. 17/2. 



Macnubia'na (Mr. Macnab's). 6. July. Aus- 



tralia. 1820. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 6. May. New 



Zealand. 17/2. 



mi'nima (least). 4. May. New Zealand. 1818. 



myriophy'lla (many-leaved). 5. May. New 



Zealand. 



ni'tida (shining). 8. Bourbon. 1820. 



EGG-PLANT or BEARER. Sola'num ovi'- 

 yerum. 



EGG-SHELLS. See ANIMAL MATTERS. 



EGLANTINE. Ro'sa lu'tea and Eu'bus 

 Eglante'ria. 



EGYPTIAN LOTUS. Nympha'a lo'lus. 



EGYPTIAN THORN. Aca'cia ve'ra. 



EHRE'TIA. (After Ehret, a German 

 botanical draughtsman. Nat. ord., Ehre- 

 tinds [Ehretaceae]. Linn., fy-Pentandria 

 \-Monoyghia. Allied to Tournefortia and 

 Heliotropium.) 



All of them unfold their flowers from twisted 

 (gyrate) stalks, like the Heliotrope. All evergreens 

 and white-flowered. Cuttings in sandy soil, in 

 April, under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat; 

 loam and peat. Summer temp., 60 to 80; win- 

 ter, 50 to 55. The New Holland species will do 

 in a temperature, in winter, of 35 to 45. 

 E. acumina'ta (/cmo'-pointed). 15. July. N. 

 Holland. )8'20. 



buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 8. E. Ind. 1823. 



dinarica'ta (straggline). 15. Havannah. 1820. 



inter-no' dis (interknotted). 6. Antilles. 1819. 



Its' vis (smooth). 12. E. Ind. 1823. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 10. July. E. 



Ind. 1818. 



serra'tn (saw-edged-feawed). 6. E. Ind. 



1823, 



EKEBE'RGIA. (After Capt. Ekeberg, a 

 Swede. Nat. ord., Meliacts [Meliaceae]. 

 Linn.. 10-Decandria 1-Muiwgynia. Al- 

 lied to Trichilia.) 



A fine tree, with the aspect of a large Me f lia 

 Azeda'rach. 



E. Cape'nsis (Cape). White. July. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 1789. 



ELJEA'GNUS. Oleaster, or Wild Olive. 

 From el&ngnos, Dioscorides's name for 

 the Wild Olive. Nat. ord., Oleasters [Else- 

 agnacesej. Linn., -i-Tetrandria \-Mono- 



nia. Allied to Shepperdia. ) 



The flowers of E. orientit'lis are highly fragrant, 

 and the fruit is esteemed in Persia. The de- 

 ciduous species and their varieties, by seeds 

 sown in spring, and cuttings inserted in the o|>en 

 ground, in autumn ; the evergreen species, t>y 

 layers in autumn, and cuttings under a hand- 

 light, in summer ; sandy soil ami a little peat, and 

 requiring, during the winter, the assistance of the 

 greenhouse. The hardy kiuus are very graceful. 



