Edelweiss 



(316 ) 



Ekebergia 



(LEONTOPOD1UM AI-- 



EDELWEISS. 



PINUM.) 



A pretty, white-leaved "Everlasting" plant (ord. 

 Composite), erroneously considered difficult to 

 grow, and prized because of its association with 

 Switzerland. It grows readily from seeds, sown 

 under glass in spring, the young plants being placed 

 on a dry, sunny rockery when large enough to 

 handle. ' The Edelweiss is quite hardy, but may 

 sutTer in rainy districts unless a sheet of glass be 

 placed over it to keep off winter rains. It likes a 

 light soil. It grows about 6" high, and has yellow 

 flowers surrounded by white bracts. 



EDGEWORTHIA. 



A small genus (ord. Thynielseaceae). The plants 

 do well in a cool greenhouse in a compost of sandy 

 peat and loam over perfect drainage. Cuttings of 

 half-ripened wood in sand root, though not freely. 

 An abundance of water is required in summer, but 

 the supply must be considerably reduced in 

 winter. 



Only Species : 



clirysantha,3',Ap.,Je.,yel.; sweet (syn. Gardner!). 



EDGING. 



The edges of lawns should be carefully cut 

 with the long-handled edging shears each time 

 the grass is mown, and all cuttings carefully 

 gathered up, or a troublesome crop of grass 

 weeds will soon appear. The "edging-iron" is 

 a crescent-shaped steel blade fixed to a long 

 cross handle. It is used for removing irregular 

 portions of grass edgings to beds or walks, and 

 cutting out new beds on grass. It should be 

 .sharpened with a rubber or file, and carefully 

 -cleaned after use to prevent rusting. 



EDGINGS. 



Edgings may be roughly divided into two classes, 

 viz. living and dead. The former are greatly 

 favoured because of their fresh and natural appear- 

 ance, but have three great drawbacks: (1) They 

 generally require much care in clipping to keep 

 them tidy, and frequent replanting to fill blanks ; 

 (2) they serve as harbours to slugs, earwigs, and 

 other foes of the gardener ; (3) they prevent the 

 use of weed-killing compounds on any walks which 

 they may be employed to border. 



Dead edgings, on the other hand, are durable, 

 -do not harbour vermin to the same extent as live 

 ones, and, if formed of undressed stone, cannot 

 well be objected to on the score of unnaturalness. 



There is a wide choice of subjects for use in 

 either section. Taking living edges first, we have 

 suitable for the flower garden, Box ; Ivy ; Periwinkle ; 

 <ientiana acaulis ; the Thrift (Armeria vulgaris) ; 

 London Pride (Saxifraga umbrosa) ; various Saxi- 

 frages of the mossy section, such as muscoides, 

 hypnoides, and csespitosa ; Euonymuses, of which 

 perhaps radicans, argenteus variegatus, and latifo- 

 lius aureus marginatus are the best; the common 

 Houseleek ; Stonecrops ; Arabises ; Aubrietias ; He- 

 lianthemuius ; Hypericum calycinum ; and Lysima- 

 chia Nummularia aurea. 



The choice of dead edgings must depend largely 

 upon the financial resources at command. One of 

 <he most effective, and also most expensive, is 

 formed of the rope twist pattern tile. The cheapest 

 is perhaps that formed of split deal battens. 



EGG PLANT. 



In France, under the name of Aubergine, the 

 EiTir Plant (Solanum Melongena the elongated 

 forms are known as S. esculentum and the ovoid 

 ones as S. ovigerum) is more largely cultivated 

 than in this country, and the egg-shaped or 

 elongated fruits are served in many ways as a 

 vegetable. Here, however, we cultivate the 

 several forms chiefly as ornamental plants. Sow 

 seeds in heat early in February, and pot the 

 seedlings singly in rich soil ; 6" or 7" pots are large 

 enough to fruit the plants in. Syringe freely and 

 afford liquid manure as soon as the fruits com- 

 mence to swell. In the summer a warm position 

 out of doors will suit them, but even during that 

 period they are best managed in a greenhouse. 

 The ovoid forms are not so successful from a 

 culinary point of view as the longer ones. 



A Selection of Varieties : - 



Burly Dn-m-f Purple. Suttous' Long Purple. 



Xevr York Purple. White. 



EGLANTINE. 



This is a poetic title applied somewhat indis- 

 criminately to rambling species .of Hose or Kubus, 

 though as "a general rule it is used to denote the 

 fragrant Sweetbrier, and was so used by Shake- 

 speare. Milton calls Honeysuckle "Eglantine." 

 Latterly the name has been given to Rubus Eglan- 

 teria, a white-flowered Australian species. 



EHRETIA. 



A genus (ord. Boraginetc) of greenhouse and 

 stove evergreen shrubs and trees that flourish in 

 equal parts of peat and loam. Increase is by 

 cuttings in spring in sandy soil beneath a bell-glass 

 over bottom heat. 



Principal Species : 



acuminata, 11', Jy., grh., wh. 



EICHORNEA. 



A small genus (ord. Pontederiacese) of aquatics 

 that flourish in a tank in the stove, and may be 

 increased by division of the rhizomes in the spring. 



Principal Species: 



azurea, 1', sum., yel. hi. speciosa, H',sum.,bl. (.11/11. 

 Pontederia crassipes). 



EKEBERGIA. 



A small genus (ord. Meliacea?). Capensis, an 

 evergreen tree, grows well in fibrous loam, peat, 

 and sand, and may be propagated from cutting;- uf 

 ripe wood in very sandy soil beneath a bell-glass 

 over gentle bottom heat. 



Principal Species : 



capensis, Je., Jy., wh. 



Echtrvs (ice Ar genome). 



Evkardia, {see Peristeria). 



Edraianthus {in part, sec WftJileiike-rgia). 



Edraiantlnts scrpyllifoUiti (now Campanula ser- 



ptjHifolia). 



Edwards'ia (uf Salisbury, see $oplwru^ : 

 Eel Fern (tee Acrosticlmm Jlerininieri). 

 Eel Grass (see Yallitnerla spiralis), 

 Egenolpliia (see Acrostic/nun). 

 Egeria (sec Elodea). 



Ei/yptian liean (see JVelumbimii speriosum). 

 Egyptian Lotus (lee Nymplxea Lotus). 

 Egyptian Paper Heed (sec Papyrus anti-quorum). 

 Egyptian Hose (see Scabiota arvensis'). 

 Egyptian Thorn (see Acacia aralica). 



