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I310 THE NURSERY-MANUALEugenia. J!wyrfa~rraP.Grown from seeds when procurable ; also increased by ruttingsof firm shoots in sand in heat.Eulalia. 2l~iscnnthus.By seeds ; also division of clumps.Euonymus : I’]DOII~WM, below.Eupatorium. Colnposit@.The greenhouse kinds are grown from cuttings of the growingwood uncler glass in winter or early spring. Seeds may also be usedand the hardy herbaceous kinds are increased by division.Euphorbia (Spurge). Euphorbia,cee.A polymorphous genus, one of which is poinsettia (which see),The annuals grow readily from seed. Some of the perennialkinds may be divided. The fleshy kinds (simulating cacti) arehtindled from cuttings of stems. These cuttings are usually takenin summer and allowed to dry somewhat before planting ; theymay be struck in sand and charcoal or even in coal-ashes. Some ofthe succulent species may be grafted after the way of cacti.Euphorbiacee. Euphorbiads.The annual kinds are increased by seeds ; herbaceous sorts byseeds and division ; succulent or fleshy kinds by cuttings in sandand kept in a warm dry house. With t.he semi-fleshy species, aspoinsettias, as soon as the cuttings are taken off the old plants, immersethem at once in water and then put in wet sand.Euterpe. Pnl~na.cm.Propagated by seeds in heat. See Pd~n,s, page 377.Evodia. Rutnceoe.Propagation by seeds ; for warmhouse species by cuttings ofhalf-ripened wood and also probably by root-cuttings. tiEvonymus. CelnstraceczGrown from seeds stratified and sown in spring, from cuttingsand layers. Cuttings usually make better plants than layers.The deciduous species are usually grown from hardwood cuttings,but the evergreen kinds are started under glass, from cuttings of thegrowing or ripened wood. The small and weak kinds are graftedon the stronger ones. The evergreen species will grow on thedeciduous kinds.