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rich yellow loam. They are very desirable plants, either 

 for bed formation, for rockwork ornamentation, or for 

 planting around the shrubbery margins. Propagation is 

 effected either by cuttings or subdivisions, but seedlings 

 of several species spring up freely under favourable 

 conditions. 



Eriobotrya. See Photinia. 



Escallonia (Saxifrageae). 



Escallonia exoniensis (1891) is a pretty, hardy shrub, 

 with small, deep-green, ovate leaves and a rich profusion 

 of pink and white pendent flowers. It is said to be of 

 hybrid origin. 



E. floeibunda (syn E. montevidensis). — New Grenada, 

 1827. This is one of the handsomest species, bearing 

 long, arching clusters of white flowers. It is a very 

 desirable shrub for wall or lattice-work covering, against 

 which it grows rapidly, and soon forms an object of great 

 beauty by reason of its neat foliage and graceful habit, 

 as also wealth of pretty flowers. 



E. illinata. — Chili, 1830. This should also be included, 

 it being a handsome and pretty-flowered plant. 



E. langlevensis is a hybrid between E. macrantha and 

 E. Philippiana. It is a beautiful form, though not perfectly 

 hardy, with rosy-pxirple flowers which are produced freely. 



E. macrantha. — Chiloe, 1848. This is a general 

 favourite in English gardens, where it succeeds well, but 

 especially in maritime parts of the country. It is of stout 

 growth, 6 feet or more in height, of spreading habit, and 

 with elliptical, serrulated, bright-green leaves, and clusters 

 of crimson-red flowers produced in summer. For wall- 

 covering this is an almost invaluable shrub, although it 

 succeeds well as a standard in all but the colder parts of 

 the country. Any free, open soil suits it well, but thorough 

 drainage must be attended to. There are several very 



