EATON VANCE GROWTH TRUST
                                24 Federal Street
                                Boston, MA 02110
                                 (617) 482-8260

                                  CERTIFICATION







         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
and Regulation S-T, Eaton Vance Growth Trust (the  "Registrant")  (1933 Act File
No.  002-22019)  certifies (a) that the forms of prospectuses  and statements of
additional  information  dated  September  1,  1997  used  with  respect  to the
following  series  of  the  Registrant,  do not  differ  materially  from  those
contained  in  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  68  ("Amendment  No.  68") to the
Registrant's  Registration Statement of Form N-1A, and (b) that Amendment No. 68
was    filed    electronically    with    the    Commission    (Accession    No.
0000950156-97-000646) on August 25, 1997.

                      Eaton Vance Greater China Growth Fund
                             Eaton Vance Growth Fund
                        Eaton Vance Information Age Fund
                 Eaton Vance Worldwide Developing Resources Fund
                   Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Sciences Fund





                                                        EATON VANCE GROWTH TRUST



                                                       By:  /s/ Eric G. Woodbury
                                                          Eric G. Woodbury, Esq.
                                                             Assistant Secretary

Dated:  September 3, 1997