ENCYOLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: ie ak two parts sandy loam, one leaf-mould or sand. 
Pot, Feb. or March. Position, pots in stove or greenhouse. Water 
moderately Oct. to April, freely afterwards. Syringe April to Aug. 
Prune straggly shoots in March. Temp. for stove species, 55° to 65°: 
Sept. to March; 65° to 75° March to Sept.; for greenhouse species, 40° 
to 50° Oct. to March, 55° to 65° March to Oct. Propagate by cuttings 
of firm shoots inserted in sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 55° to: 
75° inssummer. See also the genus Myrtus. 
STOVE SPECIES: E. capyaphe late. white, summer, 15 to 20 ft., Moluccas; 
Jambos (Rose Apple), white, summer, 20 ft., Trop. Asia; malaccensis (Malay 
Apple), scarlet, summer, 15 to 20 ft., Malaya. 
oR PeNBOURE SPECIES: E. myriophylla, leaves narrow and elegant, 6 ft., 
Eulalia.—See Miscanthus. 
Euonymus (Spindle-tree; Japanese Spindle-tree).— Ord Cela- 
straces. Hardy & half-hardy deciduous & evergreen shrubs. Orn. 
re e. Leaves mostly oval-shaped, green, or variegated with white 
¢ yellow. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, deciduous species in shrub- 
beries; evergreen species against south or west walls, edgings to beds, 
window boxes, hedges & front of shrubberies. Plant deciduous species 
in Sept., Oct. or Nov.; evergreen in Sept., Oct., March or April. Prune, 
Oct. or April. Good seaside shrubs, 
POT CULTURE OF EVERGREEN SPECIES: Compost, two parts 
loam, one part leaf-mould & sand. Position, well-drained pots in cool 
greenhouse, corridors, balconies, windows. Pot, Sept., Oct. or March. 
Water moderately in winter, freely other times. Syringe foliage fre- 
quently in summer. Propagate by cuttings of shoots of previous year’s 
growth, 3in. long, inserted in sandy soil in cool greenhouse, window 
or frame, in Sept. or Oct. 
DECIDUOUS SPECIES: E. americanus, 2 ft., United States; atropurpureus, 
10 ft., N. America; europzus, 10 to 15 ft., Europe (Britain) and Siberia; latifolius, 
8 ft., Europe and Asia. 
EVERGREEN SPECIES: BE. japonicus, leaves green, 4 to 6 ft., China and Japan; 
and its varieties albo-marginata (leaves margined with white), aureus (leaves 
yellow), latifolius albo-variegatus (leaves broad and variegated with white), ovatus 
purens (leaves golden); radicans, 1 ft., Japan, and its silvery and golden-leaved 
orms. 
Eupatorium (Hemp Agrimony).—Ord. Composite. Hardy her- 
baceous and greenhouse shrubby plants. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, open 
borders, shrubberies. Plant, Oct., Nov., March or April. 
CULTURE OF SHRUBBY GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, 
equal parts loam & dried cow manure with a little sand. Position, 
ots in light greenhouse Sept. to June; cold frame June to Sept. Pot, 
arch to April. Prune immediately after flowering. Water mode- 
rately Sept. to March, feely afterwards. Temp., Sept. to March 45° 
to 50°; March to June 55° to 60°. Apply liquid manure frequently to 
plants in flower. Both species may be planted out in the open garden 
in June, have their shoots frequently pinched, & then be lifted & placed 
in pots for flowering in greenhouse. 
Propagate hardy species by division in Oct, or March; greenhouse 
species by cuttings of young shoots inserted in sandy soil in temp. £5° 
to 65° in March or April. 
HARDY SPECIES: E. ageratoides, white, summer, 2 to 4 ft., N. Ameriea; 
cannabium (Hemp Agrimony), reddish purple, July, 2 to 4 ft., Britain; purpureum 
(Trumpet Weed), purplish, autumn, 3 to 6 ft., N. America. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: E. atrorubens (Syn. Hebeclinium atrorubens), red, Jan, 
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