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multitude of white flowers and pink 

 buds. The cuttings strike without dif- 

 ficulty. 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. 

 Edy worth. Nat. ord , Daphnads [Thy- 

 melacese]. Linn., S-Octandria l-Mo- 

 nogynia. 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 Edgeworthia of Falconer, 

 now called Reptoniu. A Daphne-like green- 

 house 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, 

 botanical draughtsman. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacece]. Linn., 

 10-Decandria \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Sophora.) 



All have yellow flowers. Cuttings of firm 

 side-shoots, 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; if kept dry during 

 winter all except E. nitida will stand against a 

 wall. 

 E. Chilc'nsis (Chilian). May. Chili. 1822. 



chrysophy'lla (golden-leaved). 12. May. 



New Zealand. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 12. May. 



New Zealand. 1/72. 



Macnabin'na (Mr. Macnab's). 6. July. 



Australia. 1820. 



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



Zealand. 1/72. 



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



1818. 



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



Zealand. 



ni'tid a (shining). 8. Bourbon. 1820. 

 EGG-PLANT or BEARER. Solafnnm 



ovi'yerum. 



EGG-SHELLS. See Animal matters. 



EGLANTINE. Ro'sa lu' tea, and Ru'bcns 

 eylante'ria. 



EGYPTIAN LOTUS. Nymphce'a lo'tus. 



EGYPTIAN THORN. Aca'c'ui ve'ra. 



EHRE'TIA. (After Ehret, a German 

 botanical draughtsman. Nat. ord., 

 Ehretiads [Ehretiacese]. Linn., 0- 

 Pentandria \-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Tournefortia and Heliotropium.) 



I All of them unfold their flowers from twisted 

 I (gyrate) stalks, like the Heliotrope. All ever- 

 | greens and white-flowered. Cuttings, in sandy 

 j soil, in April, under a bell-glass, and in bottom- 

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

 80; winter, 50 to 55. The New Holland 

 species will do in a temperature in winter of 35 

 to 45. 



E. acumina'ta (long-pointed). 15. July. New 

 Holland. 1820. 



buxifo'lia (Box-leaved). 8. East Indies. 



1823. 



divarica'ta (straggling). 15. Havannah. 



1820. 



interno'dis (interknotted). 6. Antilles. 181Q. 



la'vis (smooth). 12. East Indies. 1823. 



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



Indies. 1818. 



serra'ta (saw-edged-/eai'ed). 6. East Indies. 



1823. 



EKEBE'RGIA. (After Capt. Ekeberg, 

 a Swede. Nat. ord., Meliads [Me- 

 liaceajj. Linn., 10-Decandria l-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Triehilia.j 



A fine tree, with the aspect of a large Melia 

 azedarach. 



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

 Good Hope. 1789. 



ELSA'GNUS. Oleaster or Wild Olive. 

 (From el&aqnos, Dioscorides's name for 

 the Wild Olive. Nat. ord., Oleastcru 

 [Elaeagnacese]. Linn., k-Tctrandrta 

 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Shepperdia.) 



The flowers of E. orientulis are highly frag- 

 rant, and the fruit is esteemed in Persia. 

 The deciduous species, and their varieties, 

 by seeds sown in spring, and cuttings in- 

 serted in the open ground in autumn ; the 

 evergreen species by layers in autumn, and 

 cuttings under a hand-light in summer 5 sandy 

 soil and a little peat, and requiring, during the 

 winter, the assistance of the greenhouse. The 

 hardy kinds are very graceful. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREEN'S. 



E. acumina'ta (long-pointed). 4. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 4. July. East 



Indies. 1712. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 10. July. Levant. 1/48. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 



E. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). Yellow. July. 



South Europe. 1633. 

 dttcti/lifo'rmis (Date - form - 



fruited). White. July. 



arge'ntea (silvery). 10. North America. 



1813. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). White. Canada. 



1848. 



confe'rta (crowded). 10. White. Nepaul. 



1825. 



horte'nsis (garden). 20. Yellow. July. 



South Europe. 1633. 



parvifo'lius (small-leaved). 10. White. 



June. India. 1843. Evergreen. 



salicifo'lia (Willow-leaved). 



spino'nus (prickly). White. July. Egypt. 



