LIST OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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(fig. 651), a large bush with erect large heads of blue 

 flowers. Seeds. 



Epacris. — Free-flowering Australian shrubs of Heath- 

 like habit, useful for the greenhouse in winter and spring. 



Fig. 651.— Eehium callithyrsum. 



After flowering they should be cut back and placed in an 

 intermediate temperature until growth recommences. 

 They should then be repotted in sandy peat, and when 

 established they should have all the air and light possible. 

 The new shoots may be stopped until the middle of June ; 

 after that time strong long shoots must be encouraged, 

 which will produce flowers from almost every leaf -axil. 

 A few species and a large number of varieties are in culti- 

 vation, of which the following is a selection: — E. longi- 

 folia, scandent habit, with long tubular flowers, bright- 

 red, tipped white ; E. purpurascens, var. flore pleno, white, 

 double flowers. Of varieties, Exquisite, pink ; Fireball, 

 scarlet ; Alba and Candidissima, white ; Fulgens, red ; 

 miniata splendens, horizontal habit, long flowers, rich- 

 scarlet and white ; Rubra Superba, red ; and The Bride, 

 white. Sandy peat. 



Eriobotrya japonica. — The "Loquat" is an orna- 

 mental tree with handsome leaves often a foot long and 

 4 inches wide ; cultivated for its small orange-coloured, 

 apple-shaped fruit, which in some places is much esteemed. 

 Loam. China and Japan. 



Eriostemon. — Evergreen, peat-loving, compact shrubs 

 from Australia. Flowers usually white and fragrant. 

 They do well when grown either in pots or borders. 



E. buxifolius. Small Box-like leaves and white flowers. 

 E. myoporoides. Leaves 2 inches long, narrow; flowers half 

 an inch across. 



E. neriifolius. Lanceolate leaves, orange-like blossoms; free. 

 E. scaber. Linear leaves and white, pink-tinted flowers. 



Erythrina. — Leguminous plants with ternate leaves 

 and handsome red Pea - shaped flowers ; herbaceous, 

 shrubby, or arboreal in habit. Loam. Cuttings or seeds. 



E. Crista-galli has a thick fleshy root-stock which produces 

 annually stout stems 4 to 6 feet high, bearing large red flowers. 

 Brazil. 



E. herbacea is a dwarf plant with long arching racemes of red 

 flowers. S. United States. 



E. Humeana is a bush 8 to 10 feet high, bearing racemes over 

 a foot long of scarlet flowers. S. Africa. 



Eucalyptus. — Australian trees or shrubs. The wood 

 of some is very hard and durable, while from the leaves 

 of others an oil used as a disinfectant is obtained. Some 

 of the 150 species are handsome when young, and a few 

 are worth growing for their flowers. The best for the 

 greenhouse are — 



E. calophylla. Upright habit, large ovate leaves; flowers freely 

 in a small state; white. 



E. citriodora. Long narrow leaves, very fragrant. 



E. cordata. Handsome tree, small glaucous leaves. 



E. ftcifolia (Red Gum) (fig. 652). Habit of E. calophylla ; large 

 bright-red flowers. 



E. globulus (Blue Gum). Large, glaucous, pendulous leaves; 

 white flowers. 



E. Raveretiana. Pendulous leaves, long and narrow. 



Eupatorium. — Shrubby or herbaceous composites 

 with white or purple Ageratum-like flowers. Cuttings 

 in spring ; afterwards treated as for Chrysanthemums. 



E. atrorubens. Compact habit, large ovate leaves and reddish- 

 purple flowers. Mexico. 



E. probum. Compact habit, small leaves, white flowers. 



E. riparium. Dwarf, white, free flowering ; red stems. 



E. trapezoideum (adenophorum). Tall, with large heads of 

 white flowers. 



Eutaxia myrtifolia. — A pretty, yellow-flowered Legu- 

 minous shrub from Australia, with small Myrtle-like 

 leaves. Sandy peat. 



Fig. 652.— Eucalyptus ficifolia. 



Fatsia {Aralia). — Ornamental foliage shrubs or small 

 trees. F. japonica (Aralia Sieboldii) is largely used for 

 house decoration. It produces large terminal panicles of 



