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Eriobotrya japonica, now Photinia, but Eriobotrya still for me, is 

 the loquat, or Japanese medlar. From fruit I ate in Italy, I saved 

 the seeds and have a little colony of this excellent, quick-growing, 

 hardy evergreen. The white blossoms are said to appear on 

 favoured plants in Devon and Cornwall, but the fruit will not set 

 with us. Doubtless, in a cold house, one might ripen it. The 

 great foliage is handsome, and the young leaves in spring very 

 attractive. 



Eriostemon is a fine race of neat white and pink flowered shrubs 

 from hottest Australia. E. intermedius, now wintering in a cold 

 house, goes out next spring under a sunny wall, but I am not 

 sanguine of success. It is well worth a pot in any case. 



Escallonia exoniensis, with small, creamy-pink flowers and 

 vigorous habit, is a good choice variety of this familiar evergreen 

 from South America. E. macratha has become a handsome weed 

 in the West Country, but the white-flowered E. philippiana is, 

 perhaps, better worth growing. 



Eucalyptus occurs here very sparingly. I name only E. 

 cocctfera alpina, a perfectly hardy and most attractive little species. 

 The colour is a good shining green, and the flowers burst their 

 houses and thrust forth bright silver stars in mid- winter. The 

 blue gum often makes splendid specimens near our coast-line, and 

 I have seen a fine tree in full flower not far distant ; but a hard 

 winter punishes them terribly, and cuts them back by the yard. 

 E. citriodora is a small fragrant species which smells like Aloysia. 

 It will not, however, survive an English winter out of doors. 



Euonymus Yedoensis is a very handsome, deciduous variety from 

 Japan, which has not yet given me its yellow blossoms and scarlet 

 fruits ; while of tiny things, the dwarf species whose foliage is 



