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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



Soil. Mode of Propagation. 



I>iosma Peat and loam Cuttings of the young shoots root freely. 



Disandria Light loam By cuttings freely. 



Disperis Loam and peat By oftVets. 



( Bv cuttings. By no means a showy genus, but 

 ^oion^ Loam and peat ^ -^^^^ cultivated. 



Dolichos Loam and peat From seeds and cuttings. 



Doodia Sandy peat and loam . . Seeds vegetate freely, & the roots are often divided. 



r By suckers which rise from the roots of old plants, 

 Doryanthes. . . .Peat earth \ but not very frequently. Imported roots or 



C. seeds are most to be depended on. 



Dorycnium . . .Peat and loam By seeds and cuttings. 



Dracocephalum.Peat and loam By cuttings. 



Drijj^a (Sandy loam and de- ; ^g-g^^^ ^^.^^^ ^j^^ ^^1^,5^ ^^^^ 



( cayed leaves ) 



Drosera Peat and sphagnum Few Foreign species are cultivated. 



Dryandra Peat aud loam By cuttings, and by imported seeds. 



Echites Sandy loam aud peat . . By cuttings, which root freely. 



, . ( Part of the genus by cuttings, and others by 



Echium Peat and loam J 



I layers, but most by seeds. 



Edwardsia Peat and loam By seeds, and also by cuttings. 



C By cuttings, which should not have their leavea 

 Ekebergia .... Loam and peat | shortened. 



r Cuttings of the ripe wood strike pretty freely ; 

 Elaeocarpus. .Peat and loam "S but as seeds are sometimes produced on large 



C plants, they should be preferred. 

 Elegia Sandy peat By dividing the roots. 



C By cuttings of the young wood ; and some cul- 

 Elichrysum.... Sandy peat S tivators succeed by making cuttings of large 



C pieces of the branches. 



Empetrum Sandy peat Cuttings of the young wood strike freely. 



Empleurum . . .Sandy peat By cuttings of the young wood. 



/•Seeds sometimes ripen, by which plants are ob- 



Eutelea Peat and loam < tained, as well as by cuttings of the half-ripe 



wood. 



rThis beautiful genus is not very readily in- 

 J creased. Young wood is usually chosen for 



Epacris y pea < g^^^jj^g^-^ which succeed best when planted in 



V autumn or winter. 



r Most of the species are propagated by cuttings 

 Erica Sandy peat < of the young wood, and many of them ripen 



(. their seeds, which vegetate freely. 



Eriocephalus . .Peat and loam By cuttings of the young wood. 



Eriospermum . Loam and peat By offsets from the roots, or by seeds. 



Erodium Rich loam ^""^"^ V cut- 



( tings of the roots. 



E thrina 5 ^^^^ and rotten C Readily by cuttings of the young shoots, when 

 ( dung ( about half ripe. 



