Elm

Elm (Ulmus).

Elm Beetle

See Scolytus.

Emblica

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and sand.

Embothrium

Embothrium strobilinum. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Encelia

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam.

Enkianthus

Two species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Entada

Five species. Stove evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Entelea

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and sandy peat.

Epacris

Eighteen species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. - Sandy peat.

Epidendrum

Sixty-eight species. Stove epiphytes. Offsets. Peat and potsherds.

Epigcea

Two species. Hardy evergreen trailers. Layers. Sandy peat and loam.

Epilobium

Seventeen species. Hardy herbaceous. Seed or division. Common soil.

Epimedium

Five species. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Sandy peat.

Epipactis

Three species. Hardy orchids. Division. Sandy peat and loam.

Epiphyllum

Eleven species. Stove evergreen cactaceae. Cuttings. Sandy loam.

Epiphytes

Epiphytes grow upon other plants, but, unlike parasites, do not extract from them nourishment.

Eranthemum

Eleven species. Stove and green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Eranthis

Two species. Hardy tubers. Offsets. Sandy loam.

Eremurus

Eremurus spectabilis. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Common soil.

Eria

Twelve species. Stove epiphytes. Division. Peat and potsherds.

Erica

Erica, Heath. Four hundred and ninety-five species, besides very many varieties. Most of them green-house, but a large number are hardy, and are all evergreen. Cuttings or layers. Sandy peat. See Heath.

Erigeron

Forty species. Hardy herbaceous and annuals. Division or seed. Common soil.

Erinus

Five species. Greenhouse evergreens, and hardy herbaceous. Division or seed. Sandy loam.

Eriobotrya

Two species. Half-hardy evergreen trees. Cuttings, seed, and grafting on the white-thorn. Leaf and peat mould.

Eriocephalus

Five species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Eriocoma

Two species. Half-hardy evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Common soil.

Eriodendron

Four species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Seed. Rich loam and sandv peat.

Eriogonum

Five species. Hardy herbaceous. Seed. Loam and peat.

Eriolaena

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Eriophyllum

Two species. Hardy. Division. Common soil.

Eriosoma

A genus of insects nearly synonymous with Aphis.

E. bursaria. Poplar Louse.

E. lanigera. See American Blight.

Eriospernum

Eight species. Green-house bulbs. Suckers. Sandy peat.

Eriostemon

Ten species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat and loam.

Erisma

Erisma floribunda. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Erithalis

Two species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Rich loam and peat.

Ernodea

Ernodea montana. Half-hardy evergreen trailer. Division. Gravelly soil.

Erodium

Twenty-seven species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous. Division. Common soil.