EUONYMUS — FAGUS. 



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Euonymus (Burning-bush, Strawberry-tree, Wahoo). Ce/as- 

 tracea:. 

 Grown from seeds, cuttings and layers. Cuttings usu- 

 ally make better plants than layers. The deciduous spe- 

 cies are usually grown from hard- wood cuttings, but the 

 evergreen kinds are started under glass, from cuttings of 

 the growing or ripened wood. The small and weak 

 kinds are grafted on the stronger ones. The evergreen 

 species will grow upon the deciduous kinds. 



Eupatorium ( Boneset ) . Composites. 



Cuttings of the growing wood, under glass in early 

 spring, is the common method of propagation of the con- 

 servatory species. Seeds can also be used for some 

 species 



Euphorbia, including Poinsettia (Spurge). Euphorbiacci^. 



By seeds, especially the annual species. The perennial 



shrubby sorts are increased by cuttings in a strong heat. 



Some species are propagated by divisions. See Poinsettia. 



Eurycles. AmaryllidacecE. 



Offsets or bulbels, in spring. 



Euterpe. PalmacecF. 

 Seeds in heat. 



Eutoca. See Phacelia. 



Evening Primrose. See CEnothera. 



Exochorda. Rosacea. 



Grown from seeds, layers, cuttings and suckers. Lay- 

 ering in June is a common practice. Various kinds of 

 cuttings are employed, but tlie best results follow short, 

 soft cuttings, taken from forced plants and set deep in 

 shallow flats of sand. They require a very strong bottom 

 heat, a close frame, and the water should be applied in a 

 spray upon the foliage. Cuttings are sometimes grafted 

 upon pieces of roots. It has been regarded as a difficult 

 plant to propagate, but seeds arc now easily procured 

 from cultivated plants, and they grow readily 



Fagus (Beech). Cupulifera:. 



Commonly grown from the nuts, which should be strat- 

 ified and sown very early in spring. They may be sown 

 immediately after they are gathered, if they can be pro- 

 tected from vermin. The named varieties are grafted 



