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for the bushes. They require scarcely 

 any subsequent culture, and will endure 

 for many years. 



Fruit. The making of elder wine is 

 the principal use. Elder flowers are 

 used occasionally to flavour confections. 



ELECAMPANE. 1'iuda hele'niiim. 



ELICHRY'SUM. See HELICHRY'SDM. 



ELISE'NA. (Ancient name of romance. 

 Nat. ord., AmaryUids [Amaryllidaceae]. 

 Linn., G-Ifexandria l~Monogynia. Allied 

 to Pancratium.) 



A fine, rare, greenhouse bulb, with a flower- 

 scape a yard high, with six to eight lartre white 

 flowers, more like a Peruvian Daffodil (Isme'ne) 

 than a Pancratium, and requires more than one- 

 half sand, with light loam, to flower it well. Off- 

 sets ; peat and very sandy loam. Summer temp., 

 55 to 80 ; winter, 45 to 65. 

 E, lengip&tala (long-petaled). May. Lima. 1837. 



ELLIO'TTIA. (After S. Elliot, an Ameri- 

 can botanist. Nat. ord., Oyrillads [Cy- 

 rillacese]. Linn., 8-Octandria I-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



A little evergreen bush, with spikes of Andro- 

 meda-looking flowers. It requires a warm situa- 

 tion and a peat border. Cuttings of small shoots 

 under a hand-light in spring, or layers at the end 

 of summer ; sandy loam and peat. If in a green- 

 house, winter temp., 35 to 40. 

 E.racemo'sa (racemed), 2. White. June. 

 Georgia. 



ELLOBOCA'RPUS. Pod Fern. (From en, 

 in, lobos, a pod, and carpos, a seed-vessel ; 

 alluding to the appearnce of the divided 

 fronds. Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiacese]. 

 Linn., 2^-Cryptoqamia l-Filices.) 



A beautiful stove Fern. Divisions ; peat and 

 loam, rather most of the latter. Summer temp., 

 55 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. By some botanists 

 called Cerato'pteris. 



E. olera'ceus (potherb). l. Brown. August. 

 Tranquebar. 1818. 



ELM. U'lmus campe'stris. 



ELM-BEETLE. See SCOLYTUS. 



ELobE'A. (From elodes, a marsh, the 

 native place of the species. Nat. ord., 

 Tutsans [Hypericaceoe]. Linn., 3-Trian- 

 dria 3-Trigynia. Allied to Parnassia.) 



Aquatic annuals, requiring a cool stove. Sow 

 in light loam annually, and keep the pots standing 

 in trays of water. 



E.Guiane'nsis (Guiana). . White. July. Gui- 

 ana. 1820. 

 pulche'lla (pretty). E. Ind. 1831. 



EMBF/LIA. (From JEm'belia, its name 

 in Ceylon. Nat. ord., Ardisiads [Myrsi- 

 nacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria I-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Ardisia.) 



Like Ardisia, the chief ber.uty resides in the 

 leaves and berried fruit. The pungent berries of 

 Embe'lia ri'ocs are eatable, and called currants 

 in India. Stove evergreen. Cuttings of half- 

 ripe young shoots in sandy soil, under a bell-glass, 



in heat ; peat and loam. Summer temp. 60 to 

 89 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



E. robu'sta (robust). 20. White, green. E. Ind, 

 1823. 



E'MBLICA. (The native name. Nat. 

 ord., /?/JH>-</<;or/s[Euphorbiaceoe]. Linn., 

 21-Moncecia W-Decandria. Allied to Phyi- 

 lanthus.) 



Stove evergreens, from the Molucca Islands. 

 Cuttings, dried at their base, in sandy soil, in 

 heat; sandy peat. Summer temp., 60 to /5j 

 winter, 48 to 55. 



E. officina'lis (shop). 12. Pate vellow. July, 

 1768. 



racemo'sa (racemed). 2. Green, yellow. 



July. 17Q3. 



EKTBO'THRIUM. (From en, in, and bo- 

 thrion, a little pit ; referring to the pollen- 

 cases, or anthers. Nat. ord., Protends 

 [Proteacese]. Linn., k-Tetrandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Knightia.) 



Greenhouse evergreeen shrub, from New Hol- 

 land. Cuttings in sandy soil, taken when the 

 wood is ripe, under a glass ; sandy peat, with a 

 little fibry loam. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 

 E. cocci'neum (scarlet). 3. Scarlet. Africa. 

 May. 1851. 



strobili'num (strobile-like). 3. Green, yellow. 



April. 1824. 



E'MPETRUM. Crow Berry. (From err, 

 in, or upon, and petros, a rock ; plants 

 grow in stony places. Nat. ord., Crow- 

 berries [Empeti'aceee]. Linn., 22-Dicecia 

 3-Triandria.) 



Low, spreading, heath-like plants, better suited 

 for damp peat-beds than rock-work. The black 

 berries are as wholesome as black currants, and 

 more palatable. Their Gaelic name means raven- 

 berries ; but ravens or crows never touch them. 

 Grouse eat them greedily, and Ptarmigans feed 

 on the leaves in winter. Hardy evergreens ; propa- 

 gated by cuttings under a hand-light, in sandy 

 peat, in summer, and by seeds sown in spring or 

 autumn, which generally remain a year in the soil 

 before vegetating j heathy soil, and rather moist 

 situation. 



E. ni'grum (black-berried). 1. April. Britain. 

 Sco'tirum (Scotch). |. April. Scotland. 



ru' bruin (red-fruited"). Brown, purple. 8. 



Amer. 1833. 



EMPLEU'RUM. (From en, in, and p/eu- 

 ron, a membrane; referring to the seed 

 being suspended from the seed-cord by a 

 thin membrane. Nat. ord., Rucworts 

 [Kutacese]. Linn., %l-Aff>ncecia 4^-Tetran- 

 dria. Allied to Diosma.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Cuttings of points 

 of shoots when two inches in length, and getting 

 a little firm at their base, taken off with a heel ; 

 peat, one part, sandy fibry loam, two parts. Win- 

 ter temp., 40 to 45. 



E. serrula'tum (fine-saw-edged). 3. Pink. June. 

 1774. Cape of Good Hope. 



ENCE'LIA. (From egchelion, a little eel; 

 formation of the seeds. Nat. ord., Com- 



