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e'pacris. 



account of its similarity to Dalea. 

 As, however, the German names are 

 found to be quite as distinct as Dahl 

 and Dale, the Eschscholtzia retains 

 its first appellation. 



Emilia. — Composite. — Cassini's 

 name, adopted by Professor De Can- 

 dolle, in his new arrangement of the 

 Composites, for the Cacalia coc- 

 cinea, C. sonchifolia, and C. sagit- 

 tata of Linnaeus. 



Empe x trum, — Empetrece. — The 

 Crow Berry. Little heath-like plants, 

 with pretty flowers and very showy 

 berries, adapted for growing on rock- 

 work. They should be grown in peat 

 soil, and kept rather dry. 



Enchanter's Nightshade. — See 



ClRCEjE. 



Endogens. — Monocotyledonous 

 plants. The trees belonging to this 

 division, such as the Palms, Tree 

 Ferns, &c, increase very little in 

 thickness as they advance in age ; but 

 their wood becomes gradually more 

 solid, by the woody fibres formed 

 every year in the interior of their 

 stems. Trees of this kind have no 

 medullary rays, and their trunks, 

 when cut down, show none of these 

 marks of the successive layers of 

 wood which are so conspicuous in 

 exogenous trees. 



Enkia'ntkus. — Ericaceae. — 

 Greenhouse shrubs, with very hand- 

 some arbutus-like pink and white 

 flowers, which are produced from 

 September to February. The plants 

 are very difficult to manage. They 

 should be grown in very sandy loam, 

 mixed with a little peat : and they 

 should be allowed plenty of air and 

 light, with only enough of heat to 

 exclude the frost. They will not, 

 however, bear planting out, as their 

 roots appear to require to be confined 

 in a small space, and the plants rarely 

 do well if they are transplanted, un- 

 less before the roots have pushed 

 through the ball of earth in the pot, 



as the roots seem to dislike fresh soil. 

 The pots should be well drained with 

 crocks, and care should be taken nei- 

 ther to over- water the plants, nor to 

 let them become very dry. They are 

 propagated by cuttings of the ripe 

 wood, which are struck in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, but without bottom-heat; 

 and which, when transplanted, should 

 have balls of earth attached. For 

 this reason, only two or three cuttings 

 should be put into each pot, and these 

 should be as far asunder as possible. 



E'pacris. — Epacridea-. — The 

 Epacris is a New Holland shrub, 

 which the first settlers mistook for a 

 kind of Heath, and which is still called 

 the Heath in Australia, where the 

 true Heath {Erica) is unknown. 

 The E'pacris should be grown in a soil 

 composed of turf bog, chopped small, 

 but not crumbled, and mixed with 

 sand ; and they do best in double 

 pots, with moss, kept moist, stuffed 

 between ; as, if the hot sun comes on 

 the outside of the pot, the tender 

 roots, which soon become matted 

 round the ball of earth in the pot, 

 will be withered, and the plants 

 will receive a severe check, if they 

 are not killed. The pots should be 

 well drained, by filling them about a 

 third full of broken pots, or pieces 

 of brickbat, the largest of which 

 should not exceed two inches in dia- 

 meter, and small lumps of freestone ; 

 and this will provide a reservoir of 

 moisture for the nourishment of the 

 roots. The plants should be potted 

 high, like Heaths, as the collar is ine- 

 vitably rotted, if buried, by the mois- 

 ture which is essential for the routs. 

 They require plenty of air and light, 

 but not much heat ; sufficient to ex- 

 clude the frost in winter is quite 

 enough for them. Cuttings of the 

 young woo l may be struck in pure 

 sand, under a bell-glass, and with the 

 aid of bottom-heat. See Euf ca and 

 Cuttings. 



