EUPATORIUM 
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at that season. These kinds are kept 
under glass, needing more heat than the 
others, particularly during winter when 
much of their growth is made. An 
Australian kind, E. Morrisii^ much 
grown in the south of France as a 
stout woody shrub, does not seem to 
be known in this country. It flowers 
so freely in autumn and again in spring, 
and its large loose clusters are so pretty 
that it should be worth trying for our 
conservatories, and would probably 
thrive in the open air upon the warmer 
parts of the south coast. The follow- 
ing species of Eupatorium have found 
a place in gardens : — 
Eupatorium ageratoides. — The "White Snake 
Root " of North America, a perennial hardily 
indifferent to cold or heat, and good grouped 
in the wild garden. It varies much as to height, 
with branching reddish stems, thin leaves 
coarsely and sharply toothed, and feathery 
clusters of white misty-looking flowers in 
August and September. These wide heads 
are useful for cutting and borne in quantity. 
Division. A dwarf form is sold in nurseries 
as £. Fraseri. 
E. altissimum. — One of the tallest of her- 
baceous plants and stately in effect in open 
places near water, and of such stout growth 
as rarely to need support though sometimes 
10 feet high. It has downy stems, clothed 
with narrow leaves tapering at each end, and 
large loose heads of reddish flowers, the effect 
of which is partially lost by their height. 
North America. 
E. aromaticum. — The Aromatic Hemp 
Agrimony of gardens, another of the herba- 
ceous group from North America, coming 
near ageratoides but more slender and refined 
in appearance, and less hardy; easily known 
by the thicker and more bluntly toothed leaves 
and less branching white clusters, coming a 
little later in September. The white flowers 
are graceful, useful for cutting, and last well 
in water. Does best in dry places, and is a good 
seaside plant. Syn. E. cor datum. 
E. atrorubens. — A hothouse plant and one 
of the finest of the genus, very useful for its 
reddish flowers in winter and early spring, 
and with handsome foliage. The thick woody 
stems bear a velvet surface of reddish-crimson 
which extends to the large rounded leaves as 
a soft rich coating. The widely-branched 
clusters are massive and conspicuous, their 
fine colour paling to a clear lilac when fully 
open. An old plant from Mexico, it was first 
grown in 1862 and is perhaps the best of the 
Hebeclinium section. It enjoys warmth in win- 
ter but at other seasons is more vigorous in 
an intermediate house. Young plants should 
carry only one cluster in their first season, 
but will bear many when well established. 
E. Candolleanum. — A good but little known 
greenhouse plant, with pale green leaves and 
white flowers in heads like Ageratum^ open- 
ing from December to early spring upon neat 
little bushes of about 2 feet, and lasting a long 
time even in rooms. Raised from cuttings in 
March, the young plants should be grown on 
in an airy house, with firm potting and 
abundant light ; in the middle of August stand 
in the open for a few weeks to harden, giving 
more warmth after the buds are well advanced, 
according to the season at which flowers are 
required. Brazil. 
E. cannabinum. — Hemp Agrimony, a native 
plant growing in rock or moist places as a 
tall perennial with stout stems, downy leaves 
cut into 3 to 5 narrow-toothed leaflets, and 
crowded heads of dull pale-purple flowers in 
summer and autumn. A handsome plant, well 
worth growing in damp places of the wild 
garden, from 3 to 5 feet high. 
E. deltoideum. — A scarce greenhouse ever- 
green from the mountains of Mexico, grow- 
ing as a branching tuft of about 4 feet, with 
downy triangular leaves, and pale mauve or 
purple flowers in tapering clusters. 
E.ferrugineum. — A soft-wooded tender shrub 
from Brazil, best grown cool and freely stopped 
to keep it low ; if unchecked the long erect 
growths are ungainly in small houses. Large 
white flower clusters in early spring, a good 
succession to E. riparium. Syn. E. Wendlandi. 
E.fruticosum. — A perennial sub-shrub with 
fleshy roots and hard grey stems, densely 
branched and clothed with stemless leaves of 
narrow-oval outline and glossy texture, and 
