258 GHEENHOUSE PLANTS. 



young shoots are about an inch in length, they should be re- 

 potted into fresh soil, care being taken that they are firmly 

 potted. The lax or pendulous growers must not be pruned 

 in so closely as the erect kinds, and are better trained upon 

 balloon trellises. When the plants are beginning to get 

 established in the new soil, they should be stood in the open 

 air during the summer, but in such a position that the sun 

 does not burn the young and tender roots, and where heavy 

 rains can be kept from them. Cuttings of the tips of 

 young and slender shoots strike tolerably free ; they 

 should be inserted in sand and placed under a bell-glass, 

 autumn and spring being the best time to perform the 

 operation. 



E. Butterfly.- — A very free late bloomer ; flowers pure 

 white, beautifully suffused with rose. 



E. cavipamdata. — Flowers bell-shaped, rich red, produced 

 in long spikes. Native of Tasmania. 



E. cawpanulata alba. — Eesembling the preceding in shape 

 of flowers, and with the same reflexed ovate leaves, but pure 

 white in colour. Native of Tasmania. 



J'L ccmninata. — A variety of good compact branching habit, 

 with large bright red flowers. 



E. Bevoniensis. — This is somewhat in the style of E. 

 miniata ; the flowers are long, and of a deep scarlet colour. 



E. Eclipse. — A variety with fine bright crimson flowers, 

 tipped with white. 



E. elegans. — A charming variety ; flowers long and of a 

 delicate soft rose colour, the lobes slightly paler. 



E. ewquisita. — A very profuse bloomer ; flowers very large, 

 and bright rosy pink in colour, lobes a shade lighter. 



E. Fireball. — A beautiful form; its flowers when fully 

 expanded are bright orange scarlet, with the lobes tipped 

 with rosy pink ; in the bud they are rich crimson. 



