ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
to March, 12 to 18 in., Mexico; ianthemum (Syn. Hebeclinium ianthinum), purple, 
winter, 2 ft., Mexico;riparium, white, spring, 2 to 3 ft., Mexico; weinmannianum 
(Syn. E. odoratum), white, autumn, 2 to 3 ft., Mexico 
Euphorbia & urge; Caper Spurge; Poinsettia)—Ord. Euphor- 
biaces. Stove an taciy flowering shrubs or herbs. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts fibrous loam 
& peat with liberal amount of sand. Position, sunny dry part of stove, 
with shoots trained up roof, wall, or on trellis. Pot, March or June. 
Water moderately Sept. to Jan.; keep almost dry Jan. to May; freely 
afterwards. Temp., Jan. to May 50° to 55°; May to Sept. 65° to 75°; 
Sept, to Jan. 55° to 65°. Prune E. fulgens in June, cutting shoots back 
to within 1 in. of base. 
CULTURE OF POINSETTIA: Flowers, insignificant. Bracts, scar. 
let, white; winter. Foliage, green or variegated with creamy white. 
Compost, four parts fibrous loam, one part decayed cow manure, & 
half a part silver sand. Position, pots or beds with shoots trained to 
back wall of stove. Youne Puants: Place old plants in temp. 65° to 
75° in May. Remove young shoots when 2 to 3 in. long, insert singly 
in 2in. pots filled with sandy loam & peat, and plunge to the rims in 
bottom heat of 85°, under a bell-glass or in propagator. When rooted, 
place singly in 4 in, pots, plunge again in bottom heat for a few days, 
then remove to shelf near glass. As soon as well rooted transfer to 
6 or 8in. pots, keep near glass for week or so, then gradually harden, 
place in cold sunny frame until Sept., when remove to temp, 55°. 
Shade from mid-day sun when in cold frame. Water freely. Syringe 
twice daily. Ventilate freely on fine days. Transfer plants into temp. 
60° to 65° end of Sept. Water moderately. Apply stimulants twice 
a week. After flowering remove to a temp. of 40° to 45°, keep roots 
uite dry & store pots on their side under staging. Oup Puants: Prune 
shoots, unless required for pe cuttings, to second latent bud or 
eye from their base, end of April. When new shoots form 1 in. long, 
turn plants out of their pots, remove old soil from roots, cut off the 
straggling ends of latter, & repot in pots just large enough to take roots 
& little compost. Place in temp. 65° to 75° from pruning time. Repot 
into larger size when small pots are filled with roots. Place in cold 
sunny frame or pits during July & rae Water & syringe freely. Re- 
move to temp. 55° to 60°, Sept.; 60° to 70°, Oct. onwards. Apply stimu- 
lants twice a week Oct., until bracts are fully developed, then cease. 
After flowering, treat as advised for young plants. Beds: Compost, as 
above. Plant, July. Train the shoots thinly to wall. Water freely 
while growing; after flowering keep quite dry. Prune shoots to within 
one latent bud of their base, end of Sept. Temp., April to Sept. 65° 
to 75°; Sept. to April 55° to 60°. Average height of a well-grown 
young plant 12 to 18 in. Average diameter of a well-grown head of 
bracts 10 to 15 in, : 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, dry 
borders, banks, sunny rockeries. Plant, March or April, 
PropaGateE stove species by cuttings of young shoots 3in. long in- 
serted in well-drained pots of sandy compost in temp. 70° in May, June 
or July; hardy species by cuttings inserted in sandy soil in cold frame 
in summer, secds sown in diyish positions outdoors in April, division of 
plants in Oct. or April. 
STOVE SPECIES: E. fulgens (Syn. E. jacquineflora), scarlet, autumn and 
winter, 2 to 3 ft., Mexico; pulcherrima (Syn. Poinsettia pulcherrima), scarlet, 
autumn, 3 to 6 ft., Mexico; punicea, scarlet, April, 6 ft., Jamaica; splendens, 
red, summer, 4 ft., Madagascar. 
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