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in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat ; rich, fibry 

 loam, with a little peat. Summer temp., 60 to 

 80 ; winter, 48 to 55. 



E. Guinee'nse (Guinea). 100. Pale yellow. Sierra 

 Leone. 1793. 



ERYTHKO'XYLON. (From erythros^ red, 

 and zylon, wood. Nat. ord., Enjthroxyh 

 [Erythroxylaces&]- Linn., lO-Dccandria 

 3-Trigynia.) 



The wood of some species is deep red. E. Ha- 

 vane'nse is the best garden-plant among them. 

 Stove evergreen trees, with yellowish - green 

 flowers. Cuttings of half-ripe shoots in sand, 

 under a glass, and in heat; peat and loam. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 48 to 55. 

 E. Hayane'nse(Havannah). 10. Havannah. 1822. 



hypericifo' Hum (hypericum-leaved). 40. Mau- 



ritius. 1818. 



laurifo'lium (laurel-leaved). 50. Mauritius. 



1823. 



ESCALLO'NIA. (Named after Escallon, 

 a Spanish traveller. Nat. ord., Escalom- 

 ads [Escalloniacese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria I-Monogynia.) 



Evergreen greenhouse shrubs. Cuttings of 

 young shoots rather ripe, in sandy soil, under a 

 hand-light, in summer ; or younger smaller 

 shoots under a bell-glass, in the greenhouse; 

 peat and loam, with a little road-drift, and well 

 drained ; most of them will do against a wall, with 

 the protection of a spruce-branch in frosty wea- 

 ther, in winter, especially if the wall has a broad 

 coping. 



E. Caracasa'na (Caraccas). White. Caraccas. 

 1827. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). 6. White. S. Amer. 



1820. 



fioribu'nda (many-flowered). White. July. 

 New Grenada. 1827. 



glandulo'sa (glanded). Red. September. Chili. 



1827. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 5. July. 1846. 



illini'ta (varnished). 5. White. August. Chili. 



1830. 



inca'na (hoary). July. 1847. 



Muntemdefnsis ( Monte Video). 6. White. July. 



Brazil. 1827. 



Organe'nsis (Organ Mountains'), 3. Rose. 



Organ Mountains. 1844. 



ptero' cladon (winged-branched). 4. White, 



red. July. Patagonia. 1854. Hardy. 



pulerule'nta (dusted). 8. Chili. 1831. 



ru'bra (red-flowered). 3. Red. September. 



Chili. 1827. 

 albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 6. White. 



albifio 1 

 July. 



pube'scens (downy). 6. Red. July. 



visco'sa (clammy). 5. White. Mendoza. 182Q. 



ESCHALLOT, or SHALLOT. A'lliurn Asca- 

 lo'iiicum. 



Varieties. The Common, which puts 

 up long, slender, dark- green leaves ; and 

 the Long-keeping, with larger hulbs and 

 dwarfer habit, and keeps good for nearly 

 or quite two years. Both have a stronger 

 taste than the onion, yet not leaving its 

 disagreeable smell on the palate. 



Propagation. Each offset will increase 



in a similar manner as its parent, and 

 may be planted out either in the months 

 of October and November, or early in the 

 spring, from February to the beginning 

 of April. Autumn is the best season for 

 planting, if the soil lies dry. If planted 

 in beds, let them be three feet and a half 

 wide, and three or four inches higher 

 than the alleys, and the surface of the 

 bed a little arched. Set out the rows nine 

 inches apart from row to row, and plant 

 the offsets singly with the hand upon the 

 surface of the bed, six inches apart in the 

 row, just pressing each bulb down firm 

 in the soil; see occasionally that they are 

 not cast out of their places by worms or 

 other vermin ; or each bulb may be co- 

 vered with either a little old tan or coal- 

 ashes, in little ridges along the rows, an 

 inch and a half or two inches deep. 

 When the bulbs are well established and 

 growing, this covering should be removed 

 with the hand; no other culture is re- 

 quired, except earth- stirring. Take them 

 up for storing, when full grown, towards 

 the end of June or July, as soon as the 

 leaves begin to decay. Spread them out 

 to dry, on boards, in some airy situation. 

 ESCHSCHO'LTZIA. (Named after Dr. 

 Eschschollz, a botanist. Nat. ord., Poppy- 

 worts [Papaveraceffi], Linn., 13-Polyan- 

 dria 4;-Tetragynia.) 



Harby bulbs, with yellow flowers ; seeds sown 

 in the open border, in March ; when once intro- 

 duced they will generally sow themselves ; if sown 

 in autumn, and an evergreen branch bent over 

 them in severe weather, they will bloom early. 



E. Calif o'rnica (Californian). 1. September. 

 California. 1826. 



compa'cta (compact). 1. August. California. 



1833. 



cro'cea (saffron-coloured). 1. August. Cali- 



fornia. 1833. 



fumaricefo'lia (fumaria-leaved). September. 

 Mexico. 1827. 



tenuifo'liit (tender-leaved). $. Yellow. Ger- 



many. 



ESPALIERS. A term used to express 

 modes of training fruit-trees on rails of 

 iron or wood, as bordering to the walks 

 of kitchen-gardens, whereby the margins 

 are rendered more ornamental, and the 

 walls are relieved of many trees too 

 tender to withstand the ordinary rigours 

 of our climate. The forms of these 

 trellises vary much; some. are placed 

 perpendicularly, others horizontal, and 

 others, again, in a curved or saddle-like 

 form, with various other shapes which 

 the fancy of the owner, or the peculiar 

 situation, may dictate. These rails are 



