ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 237 
E. Oliverianum. Deep steel-blue foliage and flowers, very 
handsome, growing 2 to 4 feet high. 
E. planum. Blue flowers with much smaller heads, 1 to 2 
feet high. 
E. Springhill seedling. Deep steel-blue, finest colour of all. 
EUPATORIUM, “Hemp Agrimony. 55 (N.O. Compositae.) 
A showy, hardy plant for the back of the border. Any soil or 
aspect, though rather preferring a moist situation. Propagated by 
division. 
The two varieties most suitable are the following : — 
E. ageratoides. Feathery white flowers, growing in round 
bushes, 3 feet high ; flowers in summer. 
E. purpureum. Heads of reddish-purple flowers of large size, 
6 feet high ; flowers in autumn. 
EUPHORBIA, “ Spurge. 55 (N.O. Euphorbiaceae.) 
Fleshy-leaved plants, flowering in early spring, the most suitable 
for the border being E. pilosa major , bright yellow, growing in a 
compact clump 12 to 18 inches high, and covered with flowers. 
Growing in any soil or situation. Increased by division. 
FRITILLARIA, “Crown Imperial. 55 (N.O. Liliaceas.) 
A showy, stately plant, growing from shining green leaves, with 
a straight stem 2 feet high, crowned with drooping bells and 
leaves. These plants require rich, well-drained garden soil, deeply 
dug to maintain moisture. The bulbs should be put in with some 
sand round them to prevent them rotting away. Care should be 
taken to mark their position to avoid disturbance when forking or 
dividing other plants near them. Propagated by division every 
three or four years. Plant 6 or 8 inches deep in autumn. Flower 
in April. 
F . imperialis lutea. Deep yellow. 
F. aurora. Red. 
F. Slaagsward. Large red. 
F. sulphurine. Sulphur-yellow. 
F. aurea marginata. Red flowers ; handsome, variegated 
foliage. 
FUNKIA, “Plantain Lily. 55 (N.O. Liliacese.) 
Japanese plants valued for their foliage, hardy plants with fleshy, 
tuberous roots, flowering in middle and late summer. Not 
particular as to soil or situation, and flourishing exceedingly well 
