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will not be properly established before the occurrence of frost. 
It will also be requisite to go over the beds occasionally, and press 
the soil gently round the stems of those which appear to be 
loosened by worms. 
Pansies may yet be propagated, and cuttings taken and struck 
early in the month often yield the best flowers in the following 
spring. I prefer to have thoroughly rooted and established plants 
to begin the winter with; and, therefore, any which are struck 
now must be encouraged as much as possible. A south border, 
with hand-lights over, is, perhaps, the best; and after they are 
rooted pot them into the smallest pots, and continue them under 
the glasses for a week or ten days, when they will bear exposure 
without injury or loss of time. 
J. Wood. 
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN BOTANICAL 
DESCRIPTIONS. 
Duramen. The central portion, or heartwood of timber trees. 
Eborinus. Eburnesis. Of the colour, or consistence, of ivory. 
Echinatus. Covered, or thickly set, with strong, straight, and 
sharp-pointed spines or bristles. 
Echinulatus. Coated in like manner, but with smaller prickles. 
Effuse. A loose, irregular arrangement of the flower organs, as 
in the case of a lengthened or one-sided panicle. 
Elatus. Tall, possessing a long-jointed loose habit. 
Elephantiasis. A diseased state of particular organs, in which 
they become swollen, and finally fall off. 
Ellipsoid. Elliptical. Commonly used as expressive of a 
rounded oval. 
Elongated. Drawn out. When the length of an organ is dis¬ 
proportionately greater than its breadth. 
Emarginate. Applied to leaves which, instead of terminating 
in a pointed apex, have their marginal lines indexed at the 
end, and appear to have a small piece notched out of the point. 
Embracing. When a leaf clasps the stem to which it is attached 
by its base, so as partially, or wholly, to surround it. 
Embryo. The germ, or rudimental plant, contained in the seed. 
The undeveloped principle of existence. 
