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AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



Elettaria cardamomum. — An East Indian fruiting tree that produces 

 the Cardamom of commerce. The leaves have a highly aromatic 

 fragrance, and are serviceable, especially for scenting clothes or 

 working into bouquets or vases of flowers. The seeds are also 

 highly aromatic, and when taken in the mouth have a pleasant 

 taste, and add a delicious fragrance to the breath. The foliage of 

 the plant is in itself highly ornamental, to say nothing of its 

 fragrance, whilst the flowers, which are white, are borne in spikes 

 closely resembling some of the most beautiful Orchids. 



Elsholtzia cristata. — An Eastern shrub with scented flowers. 



Epacris pulchella (Sweet-scented Epacris). — A beautiful greenhouse 

 shrub, native of Australia, bearing tubular pink flowers upon long 

 stems that have a very pretty efi"ect. This variety appears to be 

 one of the few that possess scented attractions. 



Epigaea rep ens (Mayflower or Ground Laurel). — A very pretty 

 dwarf creeping shrub, one of the most popular rockery plants of 

 the day, with flowers a rich pink with white tubes, that give ofi" 

 a rich spicy fragrance, and pretty heart-shaped evergreen leaves. 

 E. repens is a native of the Northern States of America. In its 

 native habitat it grows on stony places ; sometimes under the 

 shade of trees and larger shrubs than itself. 



Epilobium hirsutum. — A perennial herbaceous plant common in many 

 parts of Great Britain, bearing pink flowers ; the whole plant 

 exhales a peculiar scent, to which the appellation of Codlins and 

 Cream has been given. 



Epiphora. See Orchids. 



Eremurus robustus. — A noble plant of the Asphodel tribe from Eastern 

 Europe, producing enormous spikes of bright peach-coloured bloom, 

 deliciously scented. The individual flowers are somewhat like the 

 old border Asphodel, but far handsomer and larger ; they also 

 continue six to eight weeks in bloom, the flowers opening first at 

 the bottom of the spike. Several of the family possess scented 

 attractions, and can be readily grown from seed or bulbs, 



Eria. — A class of Orchidaceous plants closely related to Dendrobiums ; 

 many species possess fragrant flowers. 



Erica (Heath). Although these charming hardy shrubby plants 

 belong to an extensive natural order, very few possess sufficient 

 scented value to come within the limit of these notes. One or two 

 varieties, however, we must not pass unheeded. E. odorata is one 

 of the pretty spring flowering heaths far too seldom seen. The 

 flowers are pure white, bell-shaped, gracefully supported on slender 

 footstalks, and possess a delightful fragrance which has often 

 been compared to ' a compound of Roses and Honeysuckle.' It is 



