244 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. 



They will neither grow nor flower well if they are not 

 kept constantly in the shade. When kept in the sun, the 

 foliage is ver-y brown; and by being neglected in watering, 

 we have seen the flowers completely scourged. H. japo- 

 nica, a new variety with pink flowers, a little fragrant. 

 Being tolerably hardy, when the winters are mild, by a 

 little protection in the open air, they will flower profusely ; 

 the flowers will be very large, and in bloom from June to 

 October. They are deciduous, soft-wooded shrubs. 



Ilex, Holly, of /. aquifolium. There are above one 

 hundred of them in cultivation in Europe, differing in vari- 

 egation, margin, shape, and size of the leaves ; some are 

 only prickly on the margin of the foliage, others prickly 

 over all the surface. In Europe they are all hardy, but 

 with us few or none of the varieties are so. If they be- 

 come acclimated, they will be a great ornament to our 

 gardens, being all low evergreen shrubs. The most com- 

 mon and conspicuous varieties are the hedge-hog, striped 

 hedge-hog, white edged, gold edged, and painted; the 

 flowers are white and small, berries yellow or red ; they do 

 not agree with exposure to the sun. J. Cassine and J. 

 vomitoria have very bitter leaves, and, though natives of 

 Carolina, we have to give them the protection of a green- 

 house. It is said that at certain seasons of the year the 

 Indians make a strong decoction of the leaves, which makes 

 them vomit freely, and after drinking and vomiting for a 

 few days, they consider themselves sufficiently purified. 

 (Soil No. 15.) 



Illiciums, Anise-seed tree, three species. I.Jloridanum 

 has very sweet-scented, double purple flowers, and the 

 plant grows freely and systematically if properly treated, 

 and deserves particular attention. /. parviflbrum has small 

 yellow flowers ; /. anisatum is so very like /. parviflorum 

 in every respect, as to make us conclude they are the 

 same, were 7. anisatum not a native of China, and the 

 other two natives of Florida. When the leaves and cap- 

 sules of either of them are rubbed, they have a very strong 

 smell of anise ; they grow very .freely. (Soil No. 1.) 



Indigofera; Indigo tree, about twenty species, belong 

 to the green-house, and are chiefly pretty free-flowering 

 shrubs. /. denudata, I. amsena, I. austrdlis, I. angiddta, 

 L candicans, and 7. filifblia, are very fine ; flowers papi- 



