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Eugenia. Myrtacece. 



Grown from seeds when procurable ; also increased by cuttings 

 of firm shoots in sand in heat. 



Eulalia. Miscanthus. 



By seeds ; also division of clumps. 



Euonymus : Ewnymus, below. 



Eupatorium. Composite. 



The greenhouse kinds are grown from cuttings of the growing 

 wood under glass in winter or early spring. Seeds may also be used 

 and the hardy herbaceous kinds are increased by division. 



Euphorbia (Spurge). Euphorbiacece. 



A polymorphous genus, one of which is poinsettia (which see). 

 The annuals grow readily from seed. Some of the perennial 

 kinds may be divided. The fleshy kinds (simulating cacti) are 

 handled from cuttings of stems. These cuttings are usually taken 

 in summer and allowed to dry somewhat before planting; they 

 may be struck in sand and charcoal or even in coal-ashes. Some of 

 the succulent species may be grafted after the way of cacti. 



Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbiads. 



The annual kinds are increased by seeds ; herbaceous sorts by 

 seeds and division ; succulent or fleshy kinds by cuttings in sand 

 and kept in a warm dry house. With the semi-fleshy species, as 

 poinsettias, as soon as the cuttings are taken off the old plants, im- 

 merse them at once in water and then put in wet sand. 



Euterpe. Palmacecs. 



Propagated by seeds in heat. See Palms, page 377. 



Evodia. Rutacece. 



Propagation by seeds ; for warmhouse species by cuttings of 

 half-ripened wood and also probably by root-cuttings. 



Evonymus. Celastraceoe. 



Grown from seeds stratified and sown in spring, from cuttings 

 and layers. Cuttings usually make better plants than layers. 

 The deciduous species are usually grown from hardwood cuttings, 

 but the evergreen kinds are started under glass, from cuttings of the 

 growing or ripened wood. The small and weak kinds are grafted 

 on the stronger ones. The evergreen species will grow on the 

 deciduous kinds. 



