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shape, dull green above and paler beneath. A 
common shrub in gardens of the south of 
Europe, it is hardy at Cannes, and would 
probably do well in the open at the warmest 
points of the south coast, and elsewhere as a 
greenhouse shrub. Easily grown from cuttings 
which flower from a small size. Australia. 
E. odoratum. — A strong shrubby kind and 
one of the oldest in gardens, useful for its 
winter flowers borne freely in a cool house. 
It needs constant " stopping," running up tall 
if left to itself, or when planted out. Flowers 
white, pale pink, or even pale blue accord- 
ing to variety, and very fragrant. 
E.perfoliatum. — The Rough Wort. A hardy 
perennial, common upon low lands of North 
America, with stout rank-smelling stems of 
3 to 5 feet, hairy wrinkled leaves, toothed at 
the edges and clasping around the stem, and 
dense clusters of 10 to 30 creamy white flowers 
of striking effect at the waterside. A good 
plant for the wild garden. 
E, petiolare. — A charming greenhouse plant 
of recent introduction,shown in Februaryof last 
year before the Royal Horticultural Society 
when it won an award of merit for its 
distinct beauty. Its habit is lax and 
freelybranching,withlargeheart-shaped 
leaves, wrinkled and coarsely toothed, 
and a cloud of white flowers drooping 
prettily from the main stems and from 
every leaf axil in midwinter : so free is 
it that 36 heads were counted upon a 
little plant of 5 stems. The blossoms 
carry a strong smell of vanilla and last 
long in water, filling a large room with 
their fragrance. In the first stages the 
flowers are rosy but open to pure white 
and are likely to prove a gain to our 
winter flowers. In its second season, 
and grown in large pots, this makes a 
stout soft-wooded shrub of 5 or 6 feet, 
and very useful in the conservatory. 
Syn. E. 'Purpusii. 
E. probum. — Belongs to the same sec- 
tion of winter-flowering greenhouse 
plants, coming after the early kinds and 
distinct from others. It is of bushy habit and 
seldom more than 18 inches high,with rough- 
edged light green leaves of heart-shape, 
covered on both sides with soft close down 
and somewhat sticky. The flowers are as 
large as a sixpence, pure white, and gathered 
into dense heads 6 inches or more across. 
Their size distinguishes this from any other 
greenhouse kind while their fine effect and 
long duration give it a peculiar value from 
January onwards, the first clusters being fol- 
lowed by a second crop of smaller flowers. 
One of the easiest to grow and inclined to 
flower when quite small. Peru. 
E. purpureum. — Purple Hemp Agrimony. 
— A beautiful American plant of good effect 
in damp ground, growing 6 to 8 feet high, 
with stout brown stems and large broad leaves 
in tiers of 3 to 6 together, coarsely toothed 
and much veined. The flowers expand during 
August and September as broad heads a foot 
or more across and lasting for several weeks ; 
their colour varies from reddish-purple to pale 
flesh colour approaching white ; good effect 
depends upon choice of a good strain. Too 
coarse for the kept garden, it is good for bold 
effects, — hardy, vigorous, and at its best after 
a hot summer. Syn. E. vertkillatum. Two 
distinct forms are grown in gardens : macu- 
latum being a dwarfer plant with purplish 
rough-haired growths and heads of greyish- 
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purple flowers ; and amcenum, only zhout 2 feet 
high, in which the hairiness almost disappears. 
E. riparium. — A graceful greenhouse plant 
much grown for its white flowers early in the 
year and useful as a room-plant. Its habit is 
low and spreading, not much influenced by 
