ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
Eriogonum.—Ord. Pol . Hard ials, 
Gee edaeon aL ygonacez ardy herbaceous perennials., 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open borders. Plant, Oct. 
or March. Propagate by seeds sown } in. deep in light soil outdoors in 
April; division of roots in March. 
PEOIES OULTIVATED: E. umbellati ileri in. 
Wo aoa mbellatum Sileri, golden yellow, summer, 12 in., 
Eriophorum (Cotton Grass)—Ord. Cyperacex. Hardy aquatic 
perennials, Inflorescence borne in spikelets, with cottony tufts on 
their extremities. 
CULTURE: Soil ordinary. Position, margins of ponds. Plant, 
March. Propagate by seeds sown where plants are to grow; division 
of planks in March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E, alpinum, 1 ft., N. Hemisphere; polystachion, 1 ft., 
Britain; vaginatum, 1 ft., Britain. 
Eriopsis.—Ord. Orchidaceew. Stove evergreen epiphytal orchid. 
First introduced 1845. 
CULTURE: Compost, fibrous peat, little sphagnum moss. Repot, 
March or April. Position, light sunny part of stove. Water three 
times weekly March to Aug.; once aadtly Aug. to Nov & Feb. to 
March; once a month other times. Syringe freely insummer. Temp., 
March to Sept. 65° to 85°; Sept. to March 60° to 70°. Propagate by 
division of pecude-balbs at potting time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: E. rutidobulbon, brown and yellow, summer, 2 ft., 
Colombia; Helens, orange, summer. 
Eriostemon.—oOrd. Rutacee. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 
First introduced 1822. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam & peat. Position, 
well-drained pots in light airy greenhouse. Repot, March, pressing 
soil down firmly. Water moderately Sept. to April, freely afterwards. 
Prune straggly growths in Feb. Temp., Sept. to April 45° to 50°; 
April to Sept. 50° to 60°. Ventilate greenhouse freely in summer. 
Propagate by cuttings 2 in. long inserted in sandy peat under bell-glass 
in temp. 60° in March ; grating on Correa alba in March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. buxifolium, pink, May or June, 3 to 4 ft., Australia; 
pulchellus, pink, May, 2 to 3 ft., hybrid; salicifolius, red, spring, 2 ft., Australia. 
Eritrichium (Fairy Borage; Fairy Forget-me-not).—Ord. Boragi- 
nace, Hardy perennial alpine plant. Nat. Alps. First introduced 
1869. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts broken limestone, sandstone, fibry 
loam, peat & sand. Position, sheltered crannies of exposed rockeries, 
where foliage can be vrotected from excessive moisture in winter. 
Plant, April. Protect by panes of glass in rainy weather. Propagate 
by division of plants in April; seeds sown in gentle heat in spring. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: E. nanum, sky blue and yellow, summer, 2 to 3 in., 
N. Temperate Regions. - 
Erodium (Heron’s- bill)—Ord. Geraniaceez. Hardy perennial 
herbs. First introduced 1640. : 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy. Position, dry sunny borders or rockeries. 
Plant, March or April. Trans lant very seldom. Propagate by seeds 
sown fin. deep in pots of sandy soil in temp. 55° in March or April, 
transplanting seedlings outdoors in June or July; division of roots in 
April. 
ee CULTIVATED: E. chamedryoides (Syn. E. Reichardi), white and pink, 
April to Sept., 2 to 3 in., Balearic Islands; macradenium, violet, flesh an 
purple, summer, 6 in., Pyrenees; Manescavi, purplish red, summer, 1 to 2 ft., 
Pyrenees; petreum, purple, July, 6 in., Pyrenees. 
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