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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDEMNG. 



E. longijlorus. — A handsome plant with tripinnate 

 leaves, the segments being oval and entire ; raceme 

 drooping, bearing three to four long tubular flowers ; 

 calyx large, bright red ; tube orange-yellow tipped 

 with green. Summer months. Peru. 



E. scaher — known in some collections by the 

 name of Calampelis scahra — ^is a very ornamental plant, 

 attaining a height of about twelve feet; leaves 

 bipinnate, segments 

 somewhat cordate, 

 toothed at the 

 edges, bright green; 

 flowers tubular, 

 orange and scarlet, 

 very showy. Sum- 

 mer months. Chili. 



Eutaxia. — A 

 small family of Pea- 

 flowered plants 

 nearly allied to 

 Fultencea and Bill- 

 wynia, but, inde- 

 pendent of the 

 slight differences in 

 the formation of 

 their flowers, they 

 may at once be dis- 

 tinguished from 

 them by their op- 

 posite leaves. All 

 are natives of 

 Australia. The soil 

 and general treat- 

 ment are the same 

 as for Chorozema ; 

 doing best in a mix- 

 ture of about two 

 parts peat, one of 

 sharp sand, and one 

 of loam. Like those 

 also, they are 

 fihiefly propagated 



by cuttings, and require careful pruning back as 

 soon as the flowering season is over. If these points 

 are attended to, no difficulty will be found in their 

 cultivation. 



E. myrtifoUa. — A shrubby plant with slender 

 stems ; leaves somewhat Myrtle-like ; flowers yel- 

 low, situated in the axils of the leaves, in pairs, and 

 producing long racemes of bloom which are very 

 effective. Spring and early summer. 



E. pungcm. — A slender-growing plant, with nar- 

 row verticiUate sharp-pointed leaves ; flowers bright 

 orange and yellow, crowded into dense terminal 

 cotymbs. Spring and early summer. 



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Salsafjr (TragopogmporrifoUm). French, Salsifis ; 

 German, Safer- Wuriel ; Italian, Scorzonera bimca; 

 Spanish, Astra vegetal.— This plant is a hardy peren- 

 nial, and a native of England, sometimes called 

 " Oyster plant," as the Spanish name shows. The 



roots are long and 

 tapering when well 

 grown, of a white, 

 fleshy nature, al- 

 though, as the re- 

 sult of indifferent 

 culture in rich soil, 

 it is often produced 

 as a mere bundle uf 

 small roots, knotted 

 together, and is 

 then Uttle short of 

 useless for culinary 

 purposes. 



To gi'ow the root 

 well a light mellow 

 soil should always 

 be chosen, at least 

 ten inches deep. 

 When preparing 

 such soil for the re- 

 ception of the seed, 

 so treat it, either by 

 means of shallow 

 trenching or very 

 deep digging, as to 

 place a layer of 

 good manure at a 

 depth of at least 

 eight inches below 

 the surface. This 

 can be easily done 

 by having a very 

 AKciciDEs. opgn trench in pro-' 



cess of deep dig- 

 ging, and placing the manure at the bottom of each 

 trench as the work proceeds. 



Seeds should be sown in drill-rows during the 

 month of April or May, such drills to be drawn 

 moderately shallow, and about nine inches asunder. 

 Hake the seeds in neatly by drawing the rake trans- 

 versely across the rows. During the month of June, 

 when the plants have attained to three or four inches 

 in height, thin the rows out, so that five or six 

 inches space exist between each plant. Occasional 

 deep hoeings are alone requisite during the remain- 

 der of the summer. The crop is generally sufSciently 

 advanced for drawing, commencing during the month 



