ENCYCLOPZIDIA OF GARDENING. 
or Oct.; division of plants in Oct.; layering shoots in Sept., Oct. or 
Nov. 
HARDY SPECIES: E. arborea, white, May, 5 to 10 ft., Mediterranean Region, 
hardy only in 8. of England; carnea (Syn. E. herbacea), pink, Jan. to April, 
6 in., Europe; carnea alba, white; ciliaris (Dorset Heath), red, summer, 8 to 12 in., 
Britain; cinerea iseoteh Heather), crimson-purple, July to Sept., 6 to 12 in., 
Britain and Ireland, and its varieties, alba (white), atropurpurea, (purple), coccinea 
(scarlet), purpurea rosea, (purplish rose); Jusitanica (Syn. E. codonodes), pinkish 
white, Jan. to April, 2 to 6 ft., Spain; Mackaii, red, July and Aug., 1 ft., Ireland; 
mediterranea (Irish Heath)—Syn. E. hibernica—pink, April and May), 4 to 5 ft., 
Ireland, etc.; tetralix (Cross-leaved Heath, or Bell Heather), rosy red, July to 
Sept., 6 to 12 in., Britain and Ireland; tetralix alba, white; tetralix rubra, red; 
vagans (Cornish Heath), pink, July to Sept., 6 in. to 2 ft., England, France, and 
Ireland; vagans alba, white; vagans rubra, red. 7 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: E. aitoniana, white and purple, Aug., 18 in., 8. 
Africa; caffra, white, May, 18 in., 8. Africa; cavendishiana (hybrid), yellow, May, 
4 ft.; coccinea, scarlet, June, 1 ft., 8. Africa; elegans, rose and green, Aug., 6 in., 
8. Africa; gracilis, reddish purple, 1 ft., 8. Africa; hyemalis (hybrid), pink, Deo. 
to March; jasminiflora, pink, Aug., 2 ft., S. Africa; macnabiana (hybrid), pink 
and white, June, 18 in.; marnockiana (hybrid), purple, crimson and white, July 
and Aug., 18 in.; persoluta, purple, April, 16 in., 8. Africa; ventricosa, pink, June, 
1 ft., S. Africa, and its varieties alba (white), carnea (flesh), and -coccinea 
(scarlet); vestita, white, June, 3 ft., S. Africa, and its varieties alba (white), 
carnea (flesh), coccinea (scarlet), incarnata (pink), lutea (yellow), purpurea 
(purple), and rosea (rose); willmoreana, red, June, 12 in., a hybrid. 
Erigeron (Flea-bane).—Ord. Composite. Hardy herbaceous 
perennials. First introduced 1628, __ : 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny moist rockeries or 
borders. Plant, Oct. or March. Cut down stems after flowering. 
Propagate by seeds sown 4 in. deep in light soil in shady position out- 
doors in April, May or June; division of roots in Oct. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. alpinus grandiflorus, purple and yellow, Aug., 12 in., 
Northern Regions; aurantiacus (Orange Daisy), orange, summer, 12 in., Turkestan; 
Mucronatus, white, pink and yellow, summer, 12 in., Australia; Roylei, bluish 
purple and yellow, summer, 6 to 8 in., Himalayas. i 
Erinus.—Ord. Scrophularines. Hardy herbaceous perennial. 
First introduced 1739. 
CULTURE: Soil, decayed vegetable mould & old mortar. Position, 
crevices of old sunny walls ‘or dryish rockeries. Plant, March or April. 
Propagate by seeds sown where plants are to grow in April; division of 
plants in April. 
SPEOIES LTIVATED: E. alpinus, violet purple, spring, 6 in., Pyrenees. 
Eriobotrya (Loquat; Chinese Medlar)—Ord. Rosacew. _ Half- 
hardy evergreen flowering shrub. Fruit bearing. Fruit of Loquat 
about the size of green walnut, pale orange-red, downy, borne in 
bunches. ran : . 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, light deep loam. Position, against 
south walls 8. & S.W. of England & Ireland only. Plant, Sept. to Nov., 
April or May. Prune, April. Protect in severe weather with mats 
or straw hurdles, ; 
INDOOR CULTURE: Soil, two parks sandy loam, one part leaf- 
mould. Position, beds against back wall of cold or slightly heated 
qunny reenhouse. Plant, Oct. or April. Water moderately Sept. to 
April, freely afterwards. Syringe daily May to Sept. Prune strag- 
gling shoots in April. Propagate by seeds sown tin. deep in pots of 
ight soil in cold greenhouse or frame, spring or autumn; cuttings of 
firm shoots inserted in sandy soil in cold frame or greenhouse, Aug.; 
layering in Oct.; grafting on common quince in March; budding on 
hawthorn in J’ uly 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. japonica, white, summer, 10 to 30 ft., China and 
Japan. Known also as Photinia japonica. 
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