ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. citriodora (Citron-scented Gum), 15 to 20 ft., 
Australia; suitable for pot culture; globulus (Blue Gum), 15 to 20 ft., Australia, 
pera or outdoors; Gunnii, 15 to 20 ft., suitable for outdoor culture; resinifera, 30 to 
Eucharidium.—oOrd. Onagrariew. Hardy annuals. First in- 
troduced 1787. ; 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary rich. Position, sunny well-drained beds 
or borders. Propagate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep where plants are to 
row in Aug. or Sept. for early summer flowering, in March or April 
or mid-summer flowering, & June for autumn flowering. Thin seed- 
lings to 2in. apart when 1 in. high. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. Breweri, white, lilac, and purple, summer, 8 in., 
California; concinnum, purple, summer, 1 ft., California. 
Eucharis (Amazon Lily).—Ord. Amaryllidacez. Stove bulbous 
flowering plants. Evergreen. First introduced 1851. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibrous loam, one part peat, decom- 
posed sheep manure & sand. Position, well-drained pots on a bed or 
stage heated beneath to temp. 85° in plant stove. Pot in June or July, 
placing six bulbs in a 10in. pot. Press compost down firmly. Repot- 
ting not needful oftener than once every three or four years. Water 
moderately Oct. to April, freely afterwards. Syringe freely in sum- 
mer. Liquid manure apply twice a week after flower stems appear. 
Top-dress established plants annually in March with rich compost. 
Temp., March to Sept. 70° to 80°; Sept. to Dec. 55° to 65°; Dec. to 
March 65° to 75°. Propagate by seeds sown }in. deep in sandy soil in 
temp. 85° in Feb. or Maroh; offsets removed from old bulbs & placed 
singly in 3 in. pots in June or July. : 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. candida, white, autumn, 1 ft., Colombia; grandi- 
flora (Syn. E. amazonica), white, March to Dec., 1 to 2 ft., Colombia, and its 
varieties, Lowii, Moorei and fragrans; Mastersii, white, spring, 12 to 18 in., 
Colombia; Sanderi, white and yellow, spring, 12 to 18 in., Colombia; Stevensii, 
white and yellow, spring, 1 ft., hybrid. 
Eucomis (Pine-apple Flower; King’s Flower).—Ord. Liliacez. 
Half-hardy bulbous flowering plants. Evergreen. Nat. Cape of Good 
Hope. First introduced 1760. 
OT CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part well- 
decayed manure & sand. Position, well-drained pots in light, warm 
greenhouse. Pot, Oct. or March, placing one bulb in a 5in. pot. 
Water very little Sept. to March, moderately March to May, freely 
afterwards. Temp., Sept. to March 45° to 50°; March to Sept. 55° to 
65°. Apply liquid manure occasionally when flower spike shows. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary light rich. Position, sunny, 
well-drained border. Plant, Sept., Oct. or March, placing bulbs 3 in. 
below surface & Gin. apart. Protect in winter by covering of ashes, 
cocoanut-fibre refuse or manure. Propagate by offsets removed & 
transplanted in Sept. or Oct. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: E. punctata, green and brown, Aug., 18 in. to 2 ft.; 
regia, green and purple, spring, 2 ft.; undulata, green, May, 2 ft. 
cy ats cal aaa aes Rosacew. Half-hardy evergreen flowering 
shrub. 
CULTURE: Soil, good ordinary. Position, warm shrubberies; 
against S. or 8.W. walls; or in cold greenhouse. Plant in autumn. 
Propagate by layers in autumn. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED :E. pinnatifolia, white, Aug., 8 to 10 ft., Chili. 
Eugenia (Fruiting Myrtle)—Ord. Myrtacerw. Stove & green- 
house flowering shrubs. Evergreen. First introduced 1768. Fruit, 
black, rose; globular, fragrant, edible; autumn. 
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