ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary mixed with a little i and leaf-mould. 
Position, warm, sheltered shrubberies or beds. Plant, Sept. or April. 
Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots in sandy soil in heat in spring. 
SPO ES 0 TIVATED : E. campanulatus, red, summer, 6 ft., Japan; japonicus, 
white, Feb., 5 to 6 ft., Japan. 
Eomecon.—Ord. Papaveracew. Hardy perennial. First intro- 
duced _ 1889. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy peat & leaf-mould. Position, sunny, well- 
drained border. Plant, Oct. to March. Water freely in very dr 
weather. Propagate by division of the roots in March or early April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. chionantha, white, summer, 1 to 2 ft., China, 
Epacris (Australian Heath; Tasmanian Heath)—Ord. Epacri- 
dew. Greenhouse evergreen flowering shrubs. First introduced 1803. 
CULTURE: Compost, three-fourths fibry peat, one-fourth silver 
sand. Position, light airy greenhouse Sept. to July, sunny place out- 
doors July to Sept. Repot, April, May, or June; good drainage essen- 
tial. Prune shoots of erect kinds to within lin. of base directly after 
nag ; pendulous kinds about half-way. Water moderately at all 
times. ringe plants daily March to July. Temp., Sept. to March 
45° to 50°; Sod to July, 55° to 60°. Stimulants not essential., Pro- 
pagate en seeds sown immediately they ripen on surface of sandy peat 
under bell-glass in temp. 55°; cuttings of ends of shoots inserted in pots 
of nendy peat covered with bell-glass placed in cool greenhouse in Aug. 
or April. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: BE. hyacinthiflora, white to red, March, 2 to 3 ft., 
Australia; hyacinthiflora candidissima, white, hyacinthiflora carminata, carmine; 
hyacinthiflora fulgens, pink; longiflora, crimson and white, May and June, 2 to 
4 ft., Australia; longiflora splendens, red, tipped white; purpurascens, white and 
red, winter, 2 to 3 ft., Australia. Numerous varieties and hybrids will be found 
in trade lists. 
Epi-Cattleya.—Ord. Orchidacew. Bigeneric orchids, the result 
of hybridising two distinct genera—Epidendrum and Cattleya. Habit, 
intermediate between the two parents. Flowers borne in terminal 
spikes. Require similar culture to Epidendrums. 
HYBRIDS CULTIVATED: E. matutina (0. bowringiana x E. radicans), 
velo and vermilion; radiata-bowringiana (E. radiatum x 0. bowringiana), rosy 
purple. 
Epidendrum (Dragon’s-mouth Orchid; Tree Orchid). — Ord. 
Orchidacew. Stove & greenhouse epiphytal orchids. Flowers fragrant. 
First introduced 1835. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibry peat, one part chopped living 
sphagnum moss, charcoal & sand. Position, well-drained pots, hanging 
baskets, or on blocks of wood. Repot or block, Feb. or March; pots 
must be well drained. Water three times weekly March to Aug.; once 
a week Aug. to Nov. & Feb. to March; once a month Nov. to Feb. 
Temp. for stove species, 65° to 75° March to Sept., 60° to 65° Sept. to 
March; for greenhouse species, 45° to 55° Nov. to April, 55° to 65° 
April to Nov. Resting ate March to Nov. Growing period, Nov. to 
oh Propagate by division of plants, or by offsets when new growth 
egins. 
STOVE SPECIES: E. atropurpureum, brown, whi i 
Trop. America; nemorale, Tee Gia white, Taly, Bh Mar ees ering, 2 
creamy yellow, purple and rose, summer, 8 ft., Central America 3; Wallisii yellow, 
crimson ond white, winter, 3 ft., Colombia. " * 
‘ fo SPECIES: E. vitellinum, orange, scarlet, and yellow, autumn, 
HYBRIDS: Clarissa, red and purple, April; Endresio-Wallisii, yellow, white, and 
purple, spring; o’brienianum, yellow and carmine, July. Require stove treatment. 
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