. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON STOVE PLANTS. 649. Fig. 420.—Euchaeis amazonica. the lower segment of the corolla. It flourishes under the treat ment recommended for Gloxinias. Eucharis.—A genus of well-known handsome flowering bulbs from the valley of the Amazon. They make fine specimen plants, and the cut flowers are extensively used for vases, bouquets, wreaths, &c. A compost of two parts rough fibrous loam, one part peat, a little well-decayed manure, and sand suits them admirably, with a hot, moist temperature and bottom-heat when growi
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON STOVE PLANTS. 649. Fig. 420.—Euchaeis amazonica. the lower segment of the corolla. It flourishes under the treat ment recommended for Gloxinias. Eucharis.—A genus of well-known handsome flowering bulbs from the valley of the Amazon. They make fine specimen plants, and the cut flowers are extensively used for vases, bouquets, wreaths, &c. A compost of two parts rough fibrous loam, one part peat, a little well-decayed manure, and sand suits them admirably, with a hot, moist temperature and bottom-heat when growing, and a cooler, drier situation during the resting period. Repot estab- lished plants once every three years, and supply liquid manure freely when the flower-stems appear. Propagate by offsets from old bulbs. E. amazonica (Fig. 420) is the species chiefly grown ; E. Candida, E. Mastersii, and E. Sanderiana are, however, all handsome and desirable. Eupatorium (Hebeclinium) ianthinum is an old favourite half-shrubby plant from Mexico, with opposite, oblong-ovate leaves and purplish-blue flower-heads in terminal corymbs. It propagates readily by cuttings in close heat; these, when rooted, should be freely grown on in rich, light, loamy soil, in an atmosphere of 6odeg. to 65deg. close to the glass, and should have the points of the strong shoots pinched out occasionally to make them branch. It is a useful decorative plant, as it can be grown to blossom in early spring when flowers are scarce. C. atrorubens {Eupatorium atrorubens) is a handsome winter- flowering species from Mexico, with reddish-lilac flowers. Euphorbia jacquinleflora- (E. fulgens), a slender-growing plant, is readily propagated from cuttings in heat under a bell- glass in June. Grow on briskly in a good heat, and avoid draughts of cold air. Ripen the shoots well in the autumn by exposing them to sunshine, and they will produce pretty bright orange-scarlet wreaths in winter, and last a long time in beauty. Kee
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