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ELECAMPANE. I'nula hete'nium. 



ELICHRY'SUM. See Helichry' sum. 



ELISE 'NA. (Ancient name of romance. 

 Nat. ord., Amarylllds [Amaryllidaceee]. 

 Linn., 6-Hexandria \-Monogynia. Al- 

 lied to Pancratium.) 



A fine rare greenhouse bulb, with a flower- 

 scape a yard high, with six to eight large white 

 flowers, more like a Peruvian Daffodil (Ismene) 

 than a Pancratium, and requires more than 

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

 Offsets; peat and very sandy loam. Summer 

 temp., 55 to 80; winter, 45 to 55. 

 E. longipe'tala (long-petaled). May. Lima. 

 1837. 



ELLIO'TTIA. (After S. Elliot, an 

 American botanist. Nat. ord., Cyrillads 

 [Cyrillacese]. Linn., 8-Octandria 1- 

 Monor/ynia.) 



A little evergreen bush with spikes of Andro- 

 meda-looking flowers. It requires a warm si- 

 tuation, 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 greenhouse, winter temp., 35 to 40. 

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

 Georgia. 



ELLOBOCA'EPUS. Pod Fern. (From 

 en in, lobos, a pod, and carpos, a seed- 

 vessel; alluding to the appearance of 

 the divided fronds. Nat. ord, Ferns 

 [Polypodiaceae]. Linn., 1-Cryptoyamia 

 1-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 bota- 

 nists called Cerato'pteris. 



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

 Tranquebar. 1818. 



ELM. U'lmus campe'stris. 



ELM-BEETLE. See Scoly'tus. 



ELODE'A. (From elodes, a marsh, 

 the native place of the species. Nat,, 

 ord., Tutsans [Hypericaceffi]. Linn., 

 3-Triandria Z-Trigynia. Allied to Par- 

 nassia.) 



Aquatic annuals, requiring a cool stove. Sow 

 in light loam annually, and keep the pots stand- 

 ing in trays of water. 



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



Guiana. 1820. 

 pulche'lla (pretty). East Indies. 1831. 



EMBE'LIA. (From JEnibdia, its name 

 in Ceylon. Nat. ord., Ardlslads [Myr- 

 sinacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1-Mo- 

 noyynia. Allied to Ardisia.) 



Like Ardisia, the chief beauty resides in the 

 leaves and berried fruit. The pungent berries 

 of Kmbelia vibes 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 80; winter, 50 to 65. 



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

 Indies. 1823. 



E'MBLICA. (The native name. Nat. 

 ord., Spurgeworts [Euphorbiaceee]. 

 Linn., 21-Moncecia IQ-Decandria. Al- 

 lied to Phyllanthus.) 



Stove evergreens from the Molucca Islands. 

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

 heat ; sandy peat. Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; 

 winter, 48 to 55. 



E. officina'lis (shop). 12. Pale yellow. July. 

 1768. 



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



July. 1793. 



EMBO'THEIUM. (From en, in, and 

 bothrion, a little pit ; referring to the 

 pollen cases or anthers. Nat. ord., 

 Proteads [Proteace]. Linn., -L-Tetran- 

 dria 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Knightia.) 



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

 yellow. April. 1824. 



E'MPETRUM. Crow Berry. (From 

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

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

 berries [Empetracese]. Linn., 22- 

 Dicecia B-Triartdna.) 



Low, spreading, heath-like plants, better 

 suited for damp peat beds than rockwork. The 

 black berries are as wholesome as black cur- 

 rants, and more palatable. Their Gaelic name 

 means ravenberries, but ravens or crows never 

 touch them. Grouse eat them greedily, and Ptar- 

 migans feed on the leaves in winter. Hardy 

 evergreens ; propagated by cuttings, under a 

 hand-light, in sandy peat, "in summer, and by 

 seeds sown in spring or autumn, which gene- 

 rally remain a year in the soil before vegetating ; 

 heathy soil, and rather moist situation. 



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

 Sco'ticum (Scotch). i l . April. Scot- 

 land. 



ru'brum (red- fruited) . Brown, purple. South 



America. 1833. 



EMPLEU'RUM. (From en in, and 

 pleuron, a membrane ; referring to the 

 seed being suspended from the seed- 

 cord by a thin membrane. Nat. ord., 

 Rueworts [Eutaceffi]. Linn., 21-Mo- 

 ncecia ^-Tetrandria. 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. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 



