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orange red; I. Grijithii, rich saffron vermilion; 7. Javauica, 

 orange red. 



JACARANDA. [Bignnniaceae.] Fine stove evergreen 

 trees, remarkable for the elegance of their highly compound 

 foliage. Soil, peat and loam. Increased bv cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in the summer months, planted in sand under 

 bell-glasses in a brisk heat. J. irdmomfolia is pretty. 



JACKSONIA. [Leguminosse, § Papilionacea^.l Pretty 

 greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Soil, sandy peat, Nvith a third 

 .part light loam. Increased by culture in sand under bell- 

 glasses. 



JACOB.EAN LILY. See Sprekelta. 



JACQUEMONTIA. [Convolvulacege.] Pretty evergreen 

 twining plants, requiring a stove or warm greenhouse. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings of the lateral shoots planted in sand, and 

 placed in heat. They grow in a light compost of turfy peat, 

 loam, and sand, and require training over a considerable 

 surface to insure the development of blossoms. 



JAMBOSA. [Myrtacese] Stove evergreen shrubs, with 

 the exception mentioned below. Soil, peat and loam. In- 

 creased by cuttings in sand under glasses. J. australis, 

 greenhouse evergreen shrub, flowers white, in May. 



JAPAN ALLSPICE. See Chimonanthus. 



JAPAN CEDAR. See Cryptomerta. 



JASIONE. Sheep's Scabious. [Campanulacens.] Pretty 

 dwarf herbs, bearing blue flowers collected in heads. The 

 annuals may be sown in the borders in March, and require 

 no other care than thinning if the plants come up too thick. 

 The perennials are increased by seeds or by division, and 

 require but to be planted in a warm border in sandy soil. J. 

 montana, hardy annual, flowers pale blue. J. ijerennis, hardy 

 perennial, flowers blue. 



JASMINUM. Jasmine. [Jasminaceae.] Favourite climb- 

 ing shrubs, many of them evergreen, and nearh^ all adapted 

 for trellises, &c. Some require stove heat, others a green- 

 house, and some are hardy. The latter are of very simple 

 culture, being propagated by cuttings planted in sandy soil 

 under hand-glasses, and when established growing freely in 

 good garden soil. The greenhouse and stove kinds should 

 be planted in a mixture of equal parts loam and peat, with 



