I20 PLANT CULTURE 



all the plants may be placed in a sheltered position out of doors, 

 but in the full sun. 



Euphorbia fulgens (better known as E. jacquiniaflora) is less 

 easy to manage than the Poinsettia. A start should be made 

 with soft cuttings, with a heel or piece of the old wood at- 

 tached. They should be put in the open propagating bed instead of 

 a frame, as their leaves are very liable to decay, owing to the damp- 

 ness. Place in 2-inch pots and gradually shift on, keeping the plants 

 in the full sun. Too much water at the root should be guarded 

 against. After mid-Summer the plants may be plunged in an open 

 frame to ripen their growth, and removed indoors before the weather 

 shows signs of getting cool. 



EURYA. A plant useful for decorating though rarely seen is 

 Eurya latifolia var. variegata. 



Culture. Give the same treatment in Summer as recom- 

 mended for Araucaria. 



Propagation. Put in cuttings about the same time as Azaleas. 



EXACUM. A compact, bushy annual, Gentian-wort, Exacum 

 affine gives a very good account of itself for Winter flowering in a 

 moderately warm house. The flowers are bluish purple with yellow 

 stamens protruding from the center of the flower. It does not have 

 the provoking habit of some of the Gentians in closing its flowers 

 during the latter part of the day. 



Culture. Give warm conditions in Winter; and in Summer 

 keep in a cool house with no draft. Shade plants from intense 

 sunlight. 



Propagation. Seed sown beginning of July will make fine 

 plants by the* Fall. As soon as the seedlings are large enough they 

 may be plunged in a frame, where they will need but little attention, 

 as they do not suffer from an occasional drying out. It may also be 

 propagated by cuttings. 



FATSIA (Aralia. Rice Paper Plant). In this latitude the 

 plants of F. papyrifera are annually killed to the ground, but the>- 

 send up shoots in Spring from the roots which grow very rapidh', 

 making very attractive growths, sometimes 6 feet high, so that it 

 may be treated as an herbaceous plant instead of a shrub, which it 

 really is in its native country and in localities with mild 'Winters. 

 Its habit of growth resembles to a certain extent that of the Castor 

 Bean, but the plant is furnished with leaves and retains them from 

 the ground up all through the season. 



