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308 THE NURSERY-MANUAL
Ericace=. Heaths.
This family contains some very decorative garden plants. The
heaths are reaclily propagated by cuttings of the young wood
inserted in pots of peat and sand surfaced with sharp clean sand
and placed in a propagating case. Damp and too close atmosphere
is injurious to them. Most of tliC other genera of Ericac!ea? can
be increased either by cuttings or seeds.
Erigeron (Fleabanp). Ccmposif~.
Propagatecl l)~? seeds and divisions, and possibly 1)~ cuttings.
Division is a good method for the tuftetl perennial species.
Erinus. Scrol,~~,ILluI’1’uc~‘~.
Increased by seeds and divisions.
they spread t.hemst~l~*es by seeds.
After becoming established,
Eriobotrya (Loquat). &w~cP~.
Increased by stratified seeds or half-ripened cuttings under glass.
Varieties of loquat, 1;:‘. jnpo72.ica, are grown from layers or cuttings
of ripe wood ; it is also worked on seedling stocks or on thorn or
qlrince, after the nlanner of pears, as seedlings are too variable
for satisfactory results in fruit. The usual method in this country
is to bud the varieties on loquat seedlings. See Impwt .
Erodium (Heron’+ISill). G’WUII icrct~~.
Increased by set~ls and cli\*ision, usually the former.
Eryngium (Kr>xgoj. l btt lwll tprm.
Eta&l from wtvl sown as soon as ripe , germination taking place
the following spring ; soinetiincs handled l),y tlivision.
Erysimum. C~W$VW.
The annirals are grown from seeds sown in the garden or started
indoors ; the pereunials by seeds, division and sometimes by
cuttings.
Erythea. Pnl n~c~cp.
Grown from seeds. See Pulttts, page 3177.
Erythrina (Coral-Tree). Jlrgz~~~~~ i71.oscr.
Propagated by seeds. Cuttings of young shoots may \)c struck
in spring or early summer in Siitltlq’ soil in heat. Herbaceous
species are increased by division of t,he root,stocks. The woody
kinds grow from cuttings of growing woorl.