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and watered carefully. Even with the best of care however 

 they often there die off suddenly or are attacked by mildew, etc., 

 and thrown into poor health, whereas here they seem to grow 

 without any special care, giving grand results. 



The best for every-day culture are Erica persoluta, Erica 

 gracilis, Erica hymalis, Erica melanthera, Erica Willmore- 

 ana, Erica arborea, Erica ventricosa, Erica capitata, Erica hy- 

 brida, Erica Mediterranea and their varieties. 



Propagate by cuttings placed in a cool frame late in the Fall, 

 October or early in November being the best season; shade them 

 from bright sunshine; pot them off as soon as rooted, in thumb 

 pots, in sandy, leafy soil. 



ERYTHRINA (Coral tfree). 



A genus of plants with trifoliate leaves and pea-shaped 

 flowers mostly dark-red in color (the individual flowers being 

 of large size and generally in large clusters) forming very strik- 

 ing objects in the garden or pleasure-ground. They delight in 

 good heavy loam and plenty of water during the Summer months, 

 and revel in our hottest sun. They do well nearly all over the 

 State excepting close to the coast where the cool fogs of Summer 

 are not agreeable to their sun-loving nature. 



The tree species, Erythrina Humei, grows to the height of 

 from forty to sixty feet. It is a native of South Africa. 



Erythrina indica is another of the family which ought to 

 do better in California than experiments so far have shown. It 

 grows to the height of about thirty feet and is a free bloomer, 

 having great masses of pea-shaped, brilliant scarlet flowers. 



These have several varieties which should be placed in warm, 

 sheltered spots in our gardens. 



Propagate by seeds sown in early Spring one-eighth of an 

 inch deep in hot-bed; plant in permanent quarters the following 

 May or early June. 



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