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ETI 215 EVE<br />

The smallest approach to the horizontal<br />

increases the radiation <strong>of</strong> heat from the<br />

trees, and increases, consequently, the<br />

—<br />

Bristol. As it <strong>of</strong>ten happens, the female<br />

has not been observed depositing<br />

her eggs; the spot that she selects is<br />

1<br />

j<br />

cold they have to endure at night. It therefore yet unknown. Drought does<br />

is not one <strong>of</strong> the least advantages <strong>of</strong> not suit them." Card. Chron.<br />

training gooseberries and currants as EUNOMIA oppositifolia. Half-hardy<br />

espaliers, that it facilitates the protect- herbaceous. Cuttings. Sandy loam<br />

ing them with mats.<br />

ETIOLATION. See Blanching.<br />

EUCALYPTUS. Fifty-three species.<br />

Green-house evergreen trees. Cuttings.<br />

Peat, loam, and sand.<br />

EUCHARIDIUM concinnum. Hardy<br />

annual. Seed. Common soil.<br />

EUCHILUS obcordatus. Green-house<br />

evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam,<br />

peat, and sand.<br />

EUCHROMA. 'Two species. Hardy;<br />

one perennial, the other annual.<br />

.Seed. Common soil, with a little peat.<br />

EUCLEA. Two species. Green-<br />

and peat.<br />

EUONYMUS. Eighteen species.<br />

Chiefly hardy evergreen shrubs. Seed<br />

or cuttings. Common soil.<br />

EUPATORIUM. Fifty species, embracing<br />

hardy, green-house, and stove<br />

herbaceous, and perennial plants. Seed.<br />

Peat and loam.<br />

EUPHORBIA. One hundred and<br />

fifty-two species. Chiefly hardy, greenhouse<br />

and stove evergreens. Division<br />

or seed. Common soil.<br />

" E. splendens is the most striking<br />

species. It is a stove evergreen shrub.<br />

house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. It should be repotted early in spring,<br />

Peat and loam.<br />

or even in the winter, if the pot is full<br />

EUCGMIS. Seven species. Greenhouse<br />

bulbs. Offsets. Rich loam.<br />

EUCROSIA bicolor. Green-house<br />

bulb. Offsets. Common light soil.<br />

EUGENIA. Twenty-eight species.<br />

Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.<br />

<strong>of</strong> roots. Although it does not require<br />

so much water in winter, yet you must<br />

not keep it then quite dry, for it is always<br />

growing." Card. Chron.<br />

E. jaquinajlora is also a very beautiful<br />

species, producing a pr<strong>of</strong>usion <strong>of</strong><br />

Loam and peat.<br />

deep orange coloured flowers in a<br />

EULOPHIA. Eight species. Greenhouse<br />

and stove orchids. Division.<br />

Peat and loam.<br />

EUMERUS. A genus <strong>of</strong> predatory<br />

flies.<br />

wreath like form.<br />

EURYA. Two species. Green-house<br />

evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and<br />

loam.<br />

EURYALE ferox. Stove aquatic.<br />

E. eeneus. Brassy Onion Fly, is thus Seed.<br />

described by Mr. Curtis:—<br />

EURYCLES. Four species. Stove<br />

"The maggots are very rough, from bulbs. Seed and <strong>of</strong>fsets. Sandy loam<br />

a multitude <strong>of</strong> short spines or rigid and leaf-mould.<br />

bristles, which cover their skins, espe- EUSTEGIA hastnta. Green-house<br />

cially towards the tail, ferruginous or evergreen trailer. Cuttings. Peat and<br />

brownish. The fly itself is <strong>of</strong> a reddish loam.<br />

ochre colour, freckled with dark brown, EUSTOMA silenifoUa. Hardy an-<br />

and there are two spiny processes like nual. Seed. Common soil.<br />

short horns upon the thorax, in the fe- EUSTREPHUS. Two species.<br />

male at least. It is densely clothed<br />

with short hairs, thickly and distinctly<br />

punctured, and <strong>of</strong> an olive-green colour,<br />

Green-house evergreen twiners. Cuttings.<br />

Sandy peat.<br />

EUTAXIA. Three species. Green-<br />

with a brassy tinge; the antenna; are<br />

entirely black, the seta naked : the face<br />

is very hairy, simply convex and silvery<br />

white; eyes dark brown and slightly<br />

pubescent; rostrum very short ; thorax<br />

with two whitish lines down the back.<br />

The maggots <strong>of</strong> this fly do not seem to<br />

be confined to the onion, for I bred one<br />

in the middle <strong>of</strong> May from cabbage<br />

roots, and specimens have been taken<br />

house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.<br />

Loam and peat.<br />

EUTHALES trinervis. Green-house<br />

herbaceous. Cuttings. Loam and peat.<br />

EUTHAMIA. Two species. Hardy<br />

herbaceous. Cuttings. Loam and peat.<br />

EUTOCA. Five species. Hardy<br />

annuals and biennials. Seeds. Sandy<br />

flying about hedges in June and July,<br />

in the Deighbourhood <strong>of</strong> London and<br />

soil.<br />

EUXENIA g-ra

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