. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 766. Epiphyllu X Russelli: truncatum chids, however, grow in the soil, and others are true parasites. Plants that live on decaying organic matter, and have tost more or less of their leaf-green, are called saprophytes
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 766. Epiphyllu X Russelli: truncatum chids, however, grow in the soil, and others are true parasites. Plants that live on decaying organic matter, and have tost more or less of their leaf-green, are called saprophytes. Many mosses are Epiphytes. EPlSCI A (Greek, \^ shady ; they gi'ow wild 3& in shady places). Ges- nerAcew, Probably the best garden form of this genus is the refined and elegant basket plant, E. ciiprenta, with its rich, coppery colored, softly hairy leaves, shown in Fig. 767. The genus has perhaps 30 species, all tropical American. Herbs with long, short or no hairs : stem from a creeping root,branched or not: Ivs. opposite, equal or not in size : fls. pedicelled, axillary, solitary or clustered ; corollas mostly scarlet, rarely whitish or pur- plish ; tube straight or curved, more or less spurred at the base; limb oblique or nearly equal; lobes 5, spreading, rounded. Ephcia cupreata is one of the standard bas- ket plants, especially for the warmest green- houses. It can also be used in pyramids and mounds, as told under Fittonia. As it does not require so close an atmosphere as the Fittonias, it can be grown in some living rooms and per- haps outdoors in summer in a shady place. Its chief charms are the slender, trailing habit, the soft hairiness of the leaves, the coppery hue, which is often laid on like paint in two broad bands skirting the midrib, and the rarer and perhaps finer metallic bluish luster of which one occasionally gets a glimpse in a finely grown specimen. Give very rich, fibrous loam, and in summer partial shade. A. Fls. white. ChontaI6iisls, Hook. {Cyrt
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