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favorable summers will flower well 
against a south wall; the stems should 
be cut dowu annually, and the stool or 
stump covered with loose litter to pre¬ 
serve it from frost. 
ERYTHROLiEXA (Sweet.) Nat. 
Ord. Composite. This Mexican Thistle 
is well deserving a place in shrubberies 
or the boundaries of the flower-garden, 
where its brilliant orange and scarlet 
flowers have a fine effect; it should have 
rich soil, and some slight protection in 
winter; increase is readily obtained by 
seed. 
ESCHOLTZIA ( De Candolle. ) 
Nat. Order Papaveraceee. Handsome 
hardy annuals, producing multitudes of 
bright yellow flowers ; the plants are of 
decumbent habits, and suitable for large 
beds or the front of marginal borders ; 
the seed should be sown in March, where 
they are desired to bloom. 
EUCHARLDIUM ( Eischer and 
Meter.) Nat. Ord. Onagracene. Very 
pretty annual plants, with rosy purple 
flowers, requiring the ordinary treatment 
of plants of the class. E. grandiflorurn 
is well adapted for planting in masses. 
EUPHORBIA (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
Eupliorbiacea. This is an extensive and 
variable genus, including species with 
the aspect of trees or large shrubs, and 
through every gradation downwards to 
the humblest annual weeds, all of them 
remarkable for an acrid milky juice. 
Notwithstanding the extent and variety 
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of the genus, there are but few of its 
members worth cultivation, and those 
belong to the stove section; the prin¬ 
cipal of them are E splendens , E. jac- 
quiniflora, {fidgem or prunifolia) and Bo- 
jeri; these are well deserving attention 
for them rich red or crimson flowers; 
they should be grown in rich loam, hav¬ 
ing a quantity of potsherds or pieces of 
stone intermingled throughout, and, if 
allowed a light shelf in the stove, will 
amply repay the little trouble occasioned; 
these species are all much improved by 
frequent stopping, as it induces a more 
' dense habit, and consequently a greater 
display of flowers. It is worthy of re¬ 
mark that the first flowers expanded in 
each season by E. splendens are in pairs. 
but those which follow are each time 
increased in duplicate ratio, so that those 
which open about midsummer, are com¬ 
monly as many as eight together. The 
other stove perennial species require to 
be treated in the manner of Cacti, and 
the remainder respectively as they be¬ 
long to the hardy or tender classes of 
annual, biennial, or perennial plants. 
Pew of them, however, are worth culti¬ 
vating. 
EUSTOMA (Donn.) Nat. Or. Gen- 
tianacece. Handsome biennial plants, 
requiring to be raised from seed on a 
gentle hotbed, and to be potted and pre¬ 
served through the winter to bloom in 
the succeeding summer; a warm pit or 
cool shelf in the stove appears best for 
them through the winter, and in Ee- 
bruary they should be shifted into large 
pots filled with light rich loam, and 
placed in an elevated moist atmosphere 
to induce them to grow freely; in May, 
or when the plants have attained a good 
size, they may be removed to the green¬ 
house, where the flowers will expand 
well and remain in perfection for a great 
length of time. One species, E. Bus- 
sellianum , is perhaps better known as 
Lisianthus Bussellianus. E. exaltation has 
also been changed within a short time, 
as it used to be called silenefolmm. 
EUTAXTA (R. Brown.) Nat. Ord. 
leguminosce. Beautiful greenhouse plants 
with light green foliage and multitudes 
of bright yellow and orange and red 
pea-shaped flowers. The treatment re¬ 
commended for Epacris will be found 
peculiarly adapted to these plants. 
EUTOCA (R. Brown.) Nat. Ord. 
Hydropyh 11acece. Handsome hardy an¬ 
nuals with lovely blue or pink flowers ; 
they like a rich soil, and should be sown 
in March where they are to remain. 
EkOLALLUS (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
Convolvulaceae. The flowers of these 
plants are extremely beautiful, mostly 
of a large size, and of various shades of 
blue and white. All the species grow 
well in rich loam and peat. Those of 
annual duration require to be raised on 
gentle heat, and may afterwards be 
planted out of doors, or grown in 
pots for other ornamental purposes; the 
