THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



this are Cottyana, flowers deep rich, red; flori bunda, rosy crimson ; Madame B clanger, 

 rich dark reddish crimson ; ruberrima, largo, brilliant crimson- tinted rose ; and specta- 

 bilis, with beautifully yellow variegated foliage. E. herbacea, Carolina, does not exceed 

 3 feet in height, and produces its flowers on elongated spikes from June to September; 

 colour, deep scarlet. E. Bidwilli is a hybrid between E. herbacea and E. christa-galli. 

 Both species form stout root-stocks, from which strong flowering stems, which must not 

 be topped, push forth in the spring, these dying down in the autumn. When flowered 

 in pots erythrinas should receive liberal treatment at the roots. This ought to include 

 a change of soil each season just as the root- stocks arc pushing fresh shoots, and, when 

 strongly rooted in this, abundance of water and liquid manure must be given, accom- 

 panied by daily syringings to keep the foliage free from red spider. 



eucomis. — Of this small family of half-hardy Cape bulbous-rooted plants, E. punctata 

 only is recommended for greenhouse culture. This species forms broad-spreading leaves, 

 and produces tall mottled spikes of small wax-like green and brown fragrant flowers. 

 Propagation is readily effected by offsets removed in September or October. A rich 

 loamy compost is suitable. Eest the plants during the winter, watering sparingly. 

 When growing strongly, water freely and apply liquid manure when the flower spikes 

 are developing. 



EUPATORITJM. 



No shrubby plants are more easily grown than Eupatoriums. The flowers in a cut 

 state are not particularly popular as they bear too strong a resemblance to the dense 

 trusses of ageratum, but the plants are remarkably floriferous and are of good service 

 for conservatory and greenhouse decoration. E. macrophyllum (synonym Hebeclinium 

 macrophyllum), from Tropical America, is tall-growing, and produces large heads of 

 white flowers in the autumn. E. odoratum, a Jamaica species, grows to a height of 

 about 2 feet, also flowers in the autumn; colour, pinkish white, sweet-scented. 0. 

 riparium, South America, is of a branching, spreading habit of growth, flowers small 

 and white, produced in the winter. 0. Weinmannianum, South America, is the most 

 compact and shrubby, and produces white, sweet-scented flowers during the autumn 

 and winter. 



Young shoots taken off in March and inserted in sandy soil, placed in a temperature 

 of about 65° and kept close, root quickly. Top the young plants when fairly growing, and 

 pot singly when they are pushing side-shoots. Grow them in gentle heat not far from 



