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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
EREMURXJS. — Noble fleshy-rooted plants with 
strap-shaped leaves and bell-shaped or starry flowers 
borne on stems that often reach a height of 6, 8, or 10 
feet. The plants like a rich and well-drained loamy 
soil in warm sheltered spots, and are benefited by an 
annual mulching of well-decomposed manure. They 
like plenty of space to develop, and should be planted 
in bold clumps. The best kinds are himalaicus, 8 
feet, white ; Bungei, 1 to 3 feet high, bright yellow ; 
robustus, 6 to 10 feet high, pale pink or rosy, and its 
variety Elwesianus finer still. They all flower in early 
summer, and may be increased from seeds, or by division. 
ERIGERON speciosus ( Stenactis speciosa). — This is 
the showiest and most ornamental member of a large 
genus. It grows about 2 feet high, having lance or 
spoon-shaped leaves, and masses of soft violet or 
magenta purple blossoms with a bright yellow centre, 
as shown in Plate 16, fig. 47. It grows freely in 
ordinary garden soil, and is easily increased by division. 
The variety superbus is an improvement on the type. 
Other species are : — Alpinus, glabellas, glaucus, 
Roylei, multiradiatus, and salsuginosus, all with pleasing 
shades of mauve or purple ; aurantiacus from Turkestan 
is a fine plant with rich orange flowers about 2 inches 
across ; mucronatus has white flowers tinged with 
pink ; and philadelphicus has rosy-purple blossoms. 
ERODIUM (Heron’s Bill). — The perennial Erodiums 
flourish in a well drained sandy loam, and are easily 
increased by division of the rootstocks in spring, or 
from seeds. E. macradenium (or glandulosum) is 
about 6 inches high, and has divided leaves and pale 
violet or flesh-coloured flowers veined with crimson- 
