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E. a'sper (rough). Purple. August. N. Amer. 

 18-28. 



asteroi'des (aster-like). l. White. July. 



Hudson's Bay. 17/6. 



A'tticus (Attic). 1. Purple. July. Attica. 



1816. 



bdlidifo'lius (daisy-leaved). lj. Purple. July. 



N. Amer. 1790. 



~ Carolinia'nus (Carolina). 1. Purple. July. 

 N. Amer. 1/27. 



Cuuca'sicus (Caucasian). J. Purple. July 



Caucasus. 1821. 



cnmpo'situs (composite). $. White, red. July. 



N. Amer. 1811. 



grami'neus (grass-like), i. Purple. July. 



Siberia. 1824. 



grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). j. Purple. 



July. Switzerland. 13IQ. 



hu'milis (humble), i Flesh. August. N. 



Amer. 1828. 



LcA7wa'nwi(Lehmann's). Lilac. August. 1828. 



ma'ximum (largest). Purple. July. Mexico. 



1830. Half-hardy. 



Philade'lphicus (Philadelphian). 1. Purple. 



July. N. Amer. 1778. 



pube'scens (downy). White. July. Mexico. 



1827. 



pulche'llum (pretty). Purple. April. Dahuria. 



pu'milum (dwarf). White. August. Dahuria. 



1818. 



purpu'reus (purple). 1. Purple, 



u..j. nn > u ii~ 



August. 

 Switzer- 

 Call- 



Hudson's Bay. 1/76. 



rupe'stris (rock). . Purple. July. 



land. 1819. 



specio'sum (handsome). Blue. June. 



fornia. 1838. 



Villa'rsii (Villars's). 1. Purple. July. Pied- 



mont. 1804. 



ERINO'SMA. (From er, the spring, and 

 osme, to smeil ; referring to the early 

 flowering of this sweet-scented bulb. 

 Nat. ord., Amaryllids [Amaryllidacese]. 

 Linn., 6-Hexatidria 1-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Galanthus.) 



Once called Leuco'jum ve'rnum. Hardy bulb, 

 with white flowers ; offsets ; light garden-soil. 

 E. ve'rnum (spring), j. February. Germany. 

 1596. 



Carpa'thieum (Carpathian), j. February. 



Carpathian Mountains. 181t). 

 multiplex (full-flowered), f. March'. 



ERI'NUS. (From er, the spring; re- 

 ferriug to the early time of flowering. 

 Nat. ord., Figworls [Scrophulariaceoe]. 

 Linn., l-Didynumia 2-Angiospermia. 

 Allied to Wulfenia.) 



Half-hardy plants. Seeds and divisions ; mostly 

 require the protection of a cold pit in winter. 

 Succeed well as rock-plants in summer, if the soil 

 is sandy loam. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 E. alpi'nus (smooth alpine). $. Blue. March. 

 Pyrenees. 17:19. 



Hispa'n>cus(/tairi/. Spanish). . Red. March. 



Spain. 1739. 



EVERGREENS. 

 E.fra'grans (fragrant.). . White, yellow. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 17/6. 

 ~Lychnide'a (Lychnidea). . Yellow, white. 



May. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. tri'stia (A^rY- flowered). 1. Purple. May. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1825. 



ERIOBO'TRYA. Loquat. (From erion, 

 wool, and botrys, a bunch of grapes ; re- 

 ferring to the downy flower -racemes. 

 Nat. ord., Appleworts [Pomacese]. Linn., 

 12-Icosandria 2-Digynia. Allied to Pho- 

 tima.) 



Half-hardy evergreen fruit-trees, with white 

 flowers. Cuttings of side-shoots, from one to two 

 inches in length, in sand, under a hell- glass, and 

 iu a few days placed in bottom-heat ; by seeds in 

 a hotbed as soon as gathered ; also by grafting on 

 the White Thorn, or, better still, on the Quince. 

 Peat and loam ; will grow against a wall with a 

 protection in winter ; has been fruited in pots by 

 turning it out to rest in summer, giving a stove 

 heat in winter, when it flowered in December, and 

 fruited in April. 

 E. elli'ptica (oval-fruited). 12. Nepaul. 18.23. 



Japo'nina (Japanese). 15. October. Japan.- 



1787- 



ERIOCAU'LON. Pipewort. (From erion, 

 wool, and caulos, a stem. Nat. ord., Pipe- 

 worts [Eriocaulacese]. Linn., 3-Triandria 

 3-Trigynia.) 



The only known European Pipewort is E. sep- 

 trtngula're, a small bog or marsh-plant in the Isle 

 of Skye. There are five other species, but all more 

 curious than beautiful. 



ERIOCE'PHALUS. (From erion, wool, and 

 kepliale, a head ; referring to the appen- 

 dage. Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracese]. 

 Linn., 19-Syngenesia 4^-Nacessaria.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Cuttings of young shoots, getting firm, in 

 April, in sand, under a glass ; sandy loam and a 

 little peat. Winter temp., 38 to 45 C . 

 E. decussa'tus (crossed). 4. Yellow. April. 1816. 



purpu'reus (purple). 4. Purple. April. I&l6. 



raceMJo'stts(rucemed). 3. Yellow. March. 1739. 

 ERIOCHA'SMA. (From erion, wool, and 



chasme, a rent; referring to the spore- 

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

 Linn., 24^-Cryptogamia 1-Filices.) 



Ferns, with brown or brownish-yellow spores. 

 Division, before fresh growth commences; peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 

 50 to 55. The greenhouse species will do with 

 5 to 10 lower temperature. E. vesti'ta is hardy. 



GREENHOUSE. 

 E. di'stans (distant), f. May. Wales. 1823. 



hi'rtu (hairy). . May. Cape of Good Hope. 



1816. 



stella'pilis (starry-haired). May. N.S.Wales. 



1810. 



silica' t a (furrowed). May. N. S. Wales. 



vesti'ta (clothed). . August. America. 1812. 



Hardy. 



STOVE. 

 E. hr/poleu'ca (whife-beneath). July. W. Ind. 



Innugino'sn (woolly), f. July. Bourbon. 1818. 



ru'fu (reddish). August. W. Ind. 1830. 



tumento'sn (woolly). May. N. S. Wales. 18 12. 



ERIOCHI'LUS. (From erion, wool, pnd 

 chtilos, a lip ; downy on the labellum, or 



