ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
brick dust in March or April; grafting on Pereskia aculeata or P. Bleo 
in temp. 65 to 75° in Feb., March or April. ; : 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: EL. truncatum, rosy red, winter, Brazil; russellianum, 
rose, May, Brazil. : 
HYBRIDS AND VARIETIES: E. bicolor, purple and white; coccineum, scarlet; 
Gertneri (hybrid), scarlet and violet; salmoneum, salmon; violaceum, carmine, 
white and purple. 
Epistephium.—oOrd, Orchidacee. Stove terrestrial orchid. 
First introduced 1864. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibrous loam, one part sand. Pot, 
Feb.; good drainage essential; keep soil below rim of pot. Water 
three times weekly March to Aug.; once weekly Aug. to Nov. & Feb. to 
March. ; once a month other times. Syringe freely in summer. Temp., 
March to Sept. 65° to 85°; Sept. to March 60° to 70°. Propagate by 
division of pecudo: bulbs at potting time. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. Williamsii, mauve, rose, white, and yellow, summer, 
12 in., Bahia. 
Equisetum (Horsetail; Fox-tailed Asparagus). — Ord. Equise- 
tacee. Hardy deciduous herbaceous perananee Orn. foliage. Leaves, 
green, narrow, rush-like, elegant. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, bogs, margins of ponds, moist 
shady corners, or in pots in a cool shady greenhouse. Plant or pot, 
April, Water plants in pots freely whilst prowing, moderately at other 
times. Eropapate by division of rootstocks in March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. maximum (Syn. E. Telmateia), 3 to 6 ft., Britain. 
Eragrostis (Feather Grass; Love Grass).—Ord, Graminem. 
Hardy annual flowering grasses. Nat. Temperate Regions. Inflores- 
cence, light, feathery & graceful. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open sunny beds or borders. 
Propagate by seeds sown } in. deep where plants are to grow in April. 
Gather inflorescence in July & dry for winter use. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. exgyptica, elegans, maxima and plumosa, 
Eranthemum.—oOrd. Acanthacem. Stove flowering plants, 
Orn, foliage. First introduced 1796. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, leaf-mould, loam & sand. 
Position, well-drained pots in light stove Sept. to June, sunny frame 
June to Sept. Pot, March or April. Water moderately in’ winter, 
freely other times. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 65°; March to June, 
65° to 75°. Prune shoots to within 1 in. of base after flowering. Apply 
liquid or artificial manure occasionally to plants in flower. Propagate 
by cuttings of sue shoots inserted in sandy peat under bell-glass in 
temp. 75° March to July. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: E. albiflorum, white, summer, 2 ft., Brazil; Andersonii, 
white and purple, autumn, 1 ft., Malaya; cinnabarinum, scarlet, winter, 3 ft., 
Burma; Oooperi, white and purple, June, 2 ft., New Caledonia, 
Eranthis (Winter Aconite).—Ord. Ranunculacew. Hardy tuber 
ous-rooted perennial. First introduced 1596. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, shady borders, beds, lawns, 
under trees or on rockeries, Plant 2in. deep & 2in. apart in Oct., Nov. 
or Dec. Tubers should not be lifted, but left permanently in the soil. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, equal parts leaf-mould, loam & sand. 
Position, 3 in. pots or large pans in cool greenhouse or window. Plant 
tubers } in. deep & close together in pots or pans in Oct. or Nov. Water 
moderately. After flowering, plant tubers out in borders. Propagate 
by division of tubers in Oct. or Nov. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: EE. hyemalis, yellow, Jan. to March, 3 to 4 in. 
Europe (Britain). : : 
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