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HARDY BIENNIALS. 



E, barma'ticus al'bus (Hungarian white). 

 White. Hungary. 1832. 



Gmeli'ni(Gmclin'a) J . White, blue. 1835. 



hu'milis (humble). l. Blue. June. Cau- 



casus. 1816. 



lanugino'sus (woolly). 2. Blue. July. Levant. 



1736, 



platy'lepis (broad-scaled). September. 1835. 



pu'ngens (pungent). Russia. 1835. 



Tau'ricus (Taurian). 4. Blue. August. 



Tauria. 181 6. 



Tournefo' rtii (Tournefort's). Caucasus. 



1835. 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



E. Dahu'ricus (Dahurian). 3. Blue. August. 

 Dahuria. 1828. 



exalta'tus (lofty). 6. White. July. Austria. 



1817. 



glabe'rrimus (most-smooth). Blue. August. 



Sinai. 1830. 



punicula'tus (panicled). 6. Blue. July. 



Spain. 1815. 



Pe'rsicus (Persian). White. August. Persia. 



1821. 



Ri'tro (Ritro). 3. Blue. July. Europe. 1570. 



Ruthe'nicus (Russian). 3. Blue. July. 



Russia. 1816. 



spino'sus (spiny-headed). 4. White. July. 



Egypt. 1597- 



stri'ctus (erect). 3. Pale blue. July. Europe. 



1830. 



tenulfo'lius (fine-leaved). 2. Blue. August. 



Russia. 1820. 



virga'tus (twiggy). 2. Blue. June. South 



Europe. 1820. 



ECHI'TES. (From echis, a viper; re- 

 ferring to the snake-like coils of the 

 twining shoots. Nat. ord., Dogbanes 

 [Apocynacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monoyynla.} 



Nearly all evergreen climbers. Cuttings in 

 sand, in bottom-heat, in spring ; lumpy loam 

 and peat. Summer temp., for stove species, 

 60 to 80 ; winter, 48 to 60. Others, usual 

 greenhouse temperatures. 



GREENHOUSE. 



E, bispino'sa (twin-spined). 1. Pink. Sep- 

 tember. Cape of Good Hope. 1795. 

 Under shrub. 



diffo'rmis (two-formed). 8. Pale yellow. 



July. Carolina. 1806. 



E. antidysente'rica (antidysenteric). Pink. 

 East Indies. 1821. 



atropurpu' rea (dark-purple). Brown, pur- 



ple. July. Brazil. 1814. 



biflo'ra (twin-flowered). 20. White. July. 



West Indies. 1783. 



caryophylla'ta (Clove - leaved). 6. Pale 



yellow. October. East Indies. 1812. 



cymo'sa (cymosed). 10. July. fc>ast Indies. 



1828. 



Dominge'nsis (St. Domingo). 10. Yellow. 



June. West Indies. 1820. 



E, Franci'scea (River Francisco). Rose, green. 

 September. Brazil. 1845. 



frute'scens (shrubby). 10. East Indies. 



1816. 



grandiflo'ra (large- flowered). 8. Pink. East 



Indies. 1823. 



He'ynii (Heynes's). 5. Yellow. June. East 



Indies. 1818. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). 10. Yellow, rose. Sep- 



tember. Brazil. 1843. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). 6. White. 



June. Brazil. 1816. 



Malaba'rica (Malabar). 6. Red. June. 



Malabar. 1822. 



panicula'ta (panicled). 10. Yellow. July. 



South America. 1823. 



pelta'ta (shield-leaved). 10. Trinidad. 1826. 



reticulu'ta (netted). 6. Yellow. July. East 



Indies. 1818. 



sple'ndens (shining). White, rose. Sep- 



tember. Brazil. 1841. 



Richa'rdii (Richard's). 3. Yellow. July. 



Guiana. 1824. 



rubricau'lis (red-stemmed). 6. Yellow. 



July. Guiana. 1824. 



stella'ris (sta.r-eyed-corollaed). 10. Rose, 



yellow. July. Rio Janeiro. 



subere'cta (slightly bent. Savannah flower}, 



10. Yellow. July. Jamaica. 1759. 



toro'sa (twisted). 10. Yellow. July. Ja- 



maica. 1778. 



umbella'ta (umbelled). 15. Yellow. July. 



Jamaica. 1/33. 



E'CHIUM. Viper's Bugloss. (From 

 echis, a viper, seeds like the viper's 

 head. Nat. ord., Bomgeworts [Boragi- 

 nacese]. Linn., b-Ptnlandria 1-Mono- 

 (jynia. Allied to Anchusa. ) 



Annuals and biennials, by seed, in common 

 garden soil, in March ; evergreen shrubs also, 

 by seeds, sown in spring in a slight hot-bed; 

 by layering the young shoots in summer j and 

 cuttings in sandy soil, of firm young shoots, in 

 April or May ; under a bell-glass, but not kept 

 very close, and receiving a little bottom heat ; 

 peat and loam. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



E. angustifo'lium (narrow-leaved). Blush. July. 

 Spain. 1826. 



arena'riurn (^3.nd-inhabiting}. Purple. July. 



Calabria. 1826. 



calyci'num (large calyxed). Blue, yellow. 



July. South Europe. 1829. 



macro. 1 nthum (large-flowered). 1. Violet. 



July. Barbary. 1818. 



Si'msii (Sims's). Red, blue. August. South 



Europe. 1816. 



HARDY BIENNIALS. 



E. amce'num (agreeable). Blue. July. Cau- 

 casus. 1826. 



aspe'rrimum( very rough). Blue. July. Cau- 



casus. 1826. 



Dahu'ricum (Dahurian). Blue. July. 



Dahuria. 1827. 



Ita'licum (Italian). 4. White. July. Jersey. 



Sibthn'rpii (Sibthorp's). 1. Red. June. 



Europe, 1824. 



