Eschscholzias for Sunny Banks 
climbing habit. A handsome fast-growing plant 
with scarlet and orange tubular flowers. Treat 
in the usual way for half-hardy annuals, or sow 
in late summer, and winter the plants in a 
greenhouse, when earlier growth and bloom 
will be secured. 
Eryngium giganteum ( Silver Thistle ) ; 
hardy biennial ; 3 feet. — A very beautiful Sea 
Holly of splendid spiny structure and silvery 
metallic surface. It can be grown in a seed- 
bed and be transplanted, but is finest if sown 
where it is to remain. Seed should be sown 
as soon as it is ripe. 
Erysimum Peroffskianum ; h.a. or as 
biennial. — A well-known plant with brilliant 
orange bloom ; 18 inches to 2 feet high. The 
place of the older plant has of late been taken by 
an improved kind of uncertain origin and doubt- 
ful name, but known in seed lists as an improved 
Cheiranthus Allionii. It is best treated as a 
biennial, sown in July where it is to bloom. 
Eschscholzia ( Californian Poppy) ; h.a. — 
No annual is better for a warm bank or any 
place with full sunny exposure. There are a 
number of varieties, all beautiful, ranging from 
white through cream colour and pale yellow 
to deepest orange and crimson ; some with 
double flowers. Varieties named Mandarin and 
Mikado are among the best. 
Eutoca viscida ; h.a. ; 18 inches to 2 feet. — 
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