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ESC- 



E. imbricu'tm (imbricated). White. May. 

 1816. 



umbclla'tus (umbelled). Rose. May. 1816. 



ERYTHROPHLE'UM. Red Water Tree. 

 ( From erythms, red, and phleos, an an- 

 cient name for a prickly plant ; referring 

 to the flow of red juice when the tree 

 is wounded. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabace;e]. Linn., W-Decan- 

 dria 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Mimosa.) 

 Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots 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. 



ERYTHRO'XYLON. (From erythros, 

 red, and xylon, wood. Nat. ord., Ery- 

 throxyk [Erythroxylacefle]. 10-Decan- 

 dria 3-Triyynia.) 



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

 vanensc, 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. 

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

 E.Havane'nse (Havannah). 10. Havannah. 

 1822. 



hijpcricifo'lium (Hypericum- leaved). 40. 



Mauritius. 1818. 



laurifo'lium (Laurel-leaved). 50. Mauri- 



tius. 1823. 



E SCALLO 'NIA. ( Named after JEscallon, 

 a Spanish traveller. Nat. ord., Escal- 

 loniads [Escalloniacese]. Linn., b-Pcn- 

 landria I-Monoyynia.) 



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 

 weather, in winter, especially if the wall has a 

 broad coping. 



E. Caracasu'nu (Caraccas). White. Caraccas. 

 1827. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). 6. White. South 



America. 1820. 



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



New Grenada. 182/. 



glandulo'sa (glanded). Red. September. 



Chili. 1827. 



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



iUini'ta (varnished). 5. White. August ' 



Chili. 1830. 



incu'na (hoary). July. 1847. 



Monteiiide'nsis (Monte Video). 



July. Brazil. 1827. 



Otfane'iuis ( Organ- Mountain^ 



Organ Mountains. J844. 



jmliwrule'nta (dusted). 8. Chili. 



, White. 

 3. Rose. 



1831. 



ru'ltra (red- flowered) . 

 Chili. 1827. 



3. Red. September. 



E. ru'bru a/iJ/?o'ra (white-flowered}. 6. W'hite. 



July. 



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



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



182Q. 



ESCHALLOT or SHALLOT. (A 1 Ilium 

 ascalo'nicnm.) 



Varieties. The Common, which puts 

 up long, slender, dark-green leaves, and 

 the Lony-keepiny, with larger bulbs and 

 dwarfer habit, and keeps good for nearly 

 or quite two years. Both have a strong- 

 er taste than the onion, yet not leaving 

 its disagreeable smell on the palate. 



Propagation. Each offset will in- 

 crease in a similar manner as its pa- 

 rent, 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 occasion- 

 ally that they are not cast out of 

 their places by worms or other ver- 

 min ; or each bulb may be covered 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 grow- 

 ing, this covering should be removed 

 with the hand; no other culture is re- 

 quired, except earth-stining. Take 

 them up for stoiing, 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. 

 Eschscholtz, a botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Poppy worts [Papaveraceffi]. Linn., 

 I 13-Polyandria 'i-Tctrayynia.) 



Hardy bulbs with yellow flowers ; seeds sown 

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

 ' duced they will generally sow themselves ; it 

 sown in autumn, and an evergreen branch bent 

 t over them in severe weather, they will bloom 

 * early. 



i E. Ca({f b'rnica (Californian). 1. September. 

 California. 1826. 



