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304 1’lIE NURSERY-MANUAL
Drosera (Sundew). ~)~~~oYMY~.
Increased b\r ;w&, sown soon after gathering. The root may
be divided ; or rhixonu3 may be made into cuttings an inch or
less long, which root in two or three weeks in a propagating-box.
Drosophylhun. 11 rmorww.
Grown from seed ; probably can be propagated much as drosera..
Duranta. I -fhfw fl(‘fW.
Propagated by cuttings in spring ; also by seeds.
Dyckia. 11 ro ))I diwcw.
Propagated by suckers or offsets. See Billbcrg~ia, page 252.
Echallium (Sqllirting (‘ucumber). Czmdifarwe.
Treated as an annual, and grown readily from’seeds sown indoors
or in the open when the weather is warm ; tender.
Eccremocarpus (C’alampclis). Bignorlinccm.
Propagatccl 1,~ seeds in spring in mild heat.
made of green or ripe wood.
Cuttings may be
Echeveria. Crrrss ztlacm.
Propagation 1,~s cuttings of stems and lca\~es as for cot,yledon,
\\.hicli ste. I- botanists the two genera are united.
Echinacea.
.
Cmrtposifcr.
Readily- Z>iiltii:,!:cCa c
- 1 1)X, seeds and division.
Echinocactus. Cwfcrcm.
Propagation by seeds, in May or June. If well ripened, seeds
at this time of year should germinate in a week or less. Sow in
4-inch pots in finely sifted mixture of leaf-mold, loam, and charcoal
dust and silver sand. See Cactus, page 261.
Echinocereus. Cacfncm.
,is for ccreus ; see also Cactus, page 261.
Echinops (Globe Thistle). Composz?ae.
&Seedsown in spring are used for the biennials, and early division
for the perennials ; also increased by root-cuttings.