158 HOT-HOUSE — OP REPOTTING, ETC. [May. 
will scent the air for a considerable distance, leaves green 
and lanceolate. D. margindta is rare, yet it is to be seen 
in a few of our collections. D. striata is now Charlwobd'uc- 
stricta, flowers blush, and in loose panicles. D. Draco is ad- 
mired, and the most conspicuous of the genus. (Soil No. 11.) 
Erdntliemums, about ten species. E. pulchettum and E. 
bicolor are the finest of the genus ; the former is in our col- 
lections. Plenty of heat is indispensable to make it flower 
in perfection ; therefore it should have the warmest part of 
the house, and it will produce flowers of a fine blue colour 
from December to April. The flowers of the latter are 
white and dark purple, with a few brown spots in the white : 
blooms from April to August. Drain the pots well, and give 
the plants little sun during summer. (Soil No. 11.) 
Eugenias, about thirty species, esteemed for their hand- 
some evergreen foliage. This genus once contained a few 
celebrated species, which have been divided. (See Jam- 
bosa.) The Allspice tree, known as Myrfus Pimenta, is 
now E. Pimenta ; the leaves are ovate, lanceolate, and, when 
broken, have an agreeable scent. There are several varie- 
ties, all of the same spicy fragrance. The plant is in very 
few of our collections. E. fragrant is sweet-scented; the 
flowers are on axillary peduncles; leaves ovate, obtuse. 
(Soil No. 11.) 
Euphorbia (spurge), a genus of plants disseminated over 
every quarter of the globe ; a few are beautiful, many gro- 
tescpie, and several of the most worthless weeds on the earth. 
There are about two hundred species, and from all of them, 
when probed, a thick milky fluid exudes. Those of the 
tropics are the most curious, and very similar in appearance 
to Cactus, but easily detected by the above perforation. 
There is a magnificent species in our collections, which was 
lately introduced from Mexico — (see Poinsetiiai). E. splen- 
dens flowers freely from December to May, and is of easy 
culture. E. fulgens, same as jaquiniifldra, is a plant of a 
slender willow-looking habit, but produces a profusion of 
flowers from the axil of each leaf, which renders it very 
showy. The flowers of the whole genus are apetalous, and 
the beauty of those descrihed is in a brilliant scarlet bractea, 
* In honour of Mr. Char] wood, an extensive seedsman of London, 
■who has made several botanical excursions on this continent. 
