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They grow in almost any well-drained soil, including limestone, and prefer sunny position. Propagation is by seeds which do not germinate until the second year and ought to be stratified and sown the second spring, and by cuttings of mature and half-ripened wood; also sometimes increased by layers and by root-cuttings; varieties and rarer kinds can be grafted on seedlings of vigorous-growing species.
They grow in almost any well-drained soil, including limestone, and prefer sunny position. Propagation is by seeds which do not germinate until the second year and ought to be stratified and sown the second spring, and by cuttings of mature and half-ripened wood; also sometimes increased by layers and by root-cuttings; varieties and rarer kinds can be grafted on seedlings of vigorous-growing species.
E. ferruginea, A. Rich. Spineless evergreen shrub, with spreading brown branches: Lvs. with yellowish and brown scales beneath: perianth with quadrangular, abruptly contracted tube: fr. lone- stalked. Japan. —E. glabra, Thunbg. Spineless evergreen shrub. with brown branches: Lvs. shining above, with yellow and brown scales beneath: perianth with slender, tubular tube, gradually narrowed toward the base, twice as long as the limb: fr. Short stalked. Japan.- S.I.F.2:54. Alfred Rehder.
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