ON STOVE PLANTS. 



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Fig. 420. — Euchaeis amazonica. 



the lower segment of the corolla. It flourishes under the treat 

 ment recommended for Gloxinias. 



Eucharis. — A genus of well-known handsome flowering bulbs 

 from the valley of the Amazon. 

 They make fine specimen plants, 

 and the cut flowers are extensively 

 used for vases, bouquets, wreaths, 

 &c. A compost of two parts 

 rough fibrous loam, one part peat, 

 a little well-decayed manure, and 

 sand suits them admirably, with 

 a hot, moist temperature and 

 bottom-heat when growing, and 

 a cooler, drier situation during 

 the resting period. Repot estab- 

 lished plants once every three 

 years, and supply liquid manure 

 freely when the flower-stems appear. 

 Propagate by offsets from old bulbs. 

 E. amazonica (Fig. 420) is the 

 species chiefly grown ; E. Candida, 

 E. Mastersii, and E. Sanderiana 

 are, however, all handsome and 

 desirable. 



Eupatorium (Hebeclinium) ianthinum is an old favourite 

 half-shrubby plant from Mexico, with opposite, oblong-ovate 

 leaves and purplish-blue flower-heads in terminal corymbs. It 

 propagates readily by cuttings in close heat ; these, when rooted, 

 should be freely grown on in rich, light, loamy soil, in an 

 atmosphere of 6odeg. to 65deg. close to the glass, and should 

 have the points of the strong shoots pinched out occasionally 

 to make them branch. It is a useful decorative plant, as it can 

 be grown to blossom in early spring when flowers are scarce. 

 C. atrorubens {Eupatorium atrorubens) is a handsome winter- 

 flowering species from Mexico, with reddish-lilac flowers. 



Euphorbia jacquinleflora- (E. fulgens), a slender-growing 

 plant, is readily propagated from cuttings in heat under a bell- 

 glass in June. Grow on briskly in a good heat, and avoid 

 draughts of cold air. Ripen the shoots well in the autumn by 

 exposing them to sunshine, and they will produce pretty bright 

 orange-scarlet wreaths in winter, and last a long time in beauty. 

 Keep the plants somewhat dry after the flowering season, and 

 let them rest for three or four months. A compost of equal 

 parts fibrous loam and peat, with a little sand and a few lumps 

 of charcoal or broken bricks, suits them. E. splendens, owing 

 to its bright red waxy involucres being very showy and durable, 

 is often seen in our hothouses, and requires little care when 



