JABOROSA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. JASMINUM. 521 



JABOROSA (/. integri folia). An 



interesting dwarf perennial, allied to 

 the Mandrake, growing 9 to 12 inches 

 high, with broad leaves, and white 

 tubular flowers about 2 inches long, 

 fragrant and handsome. A native of 

 Buenos Ayres, it is somewhat tender, 

 only succeeding in light warm soils in 

 sheltered situations, and is best close 

 to the foot of a south wall in warm 

 loamy soil. Here it makes a good 

 plant, sometimes spreading so rapidly 

 as to become a weed. Division of the 

 long creeping stems. Solanaceae. 



JAMESIA (/. americana). A 

 dwarf shrub from the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, about 3 feet high, summer 

 leafing, many clusters of white flowers. 

 It is hardy, of easy culture, and fitted 

 for association with flowering shrubs 

 of a medium size, but is of no high 

 garden value in view of the many 

 handsome hardy shrubs we possess. 



JANKffiA. /. Heldreichi is one of 

 the prettiest of the Ramondia family, 

 a native of the mountains of Macedonia, 

 growing in ravines. It has been con- 

 sidered a tender plant, dying away in 



Jankiea Heldreichi. 



our gardens in spite of the most 

 careful handling, but it is likely to grow 

 as well as other Ramondias if its special 

 wants are attended to. It likes to be 

 moderately moist at the roots and 

 have shade and moisture in the air. 

 Some place on a well-constructed rock 

 garden should be chosen, where it will 

 thrive in peat. The blooms are of a 

 deep blue, nodding, and shaped like 

 those of a Soldanella, and it has 

 silver-grey leaves. 



JASIONE (Sheep's Scabious). Dwarf 

 perennials and annuals of the Bell- 

 flower family. J. humilis is a creep- 



ing tufted plant, about 6 inches high, 

 bearing small heads of pretty blue 

 flowers in July and August. Though 

 a native of the high Pyrenees, it often 

 succumbs to the damp and frosts of 

 our climate, and it therefore requires 

 a dry well-drained part of the rock 

 garden, and should have a little 

 protection in winter during severe 

 cold and wet. /. perennis is taller, 

 often above i foot high, with dense 

 heads of bright blue flowers, from June 

 to August ; it is a rock garden plant, 

 stronger than the preceding, thriving 

 in good light loam, and a native of 

 the mountains of C. and S. Europe. 

 These perennial kinds may be pro- 

 pagated best from seed, as they do- 

 not divide well. /. montana is a 

 neat, hardy annual with small, pretty 

 bright blue flower-heads in summer. 

 Seed in autumn or spring. A native 

 plant. 



JASMINUM ( Jasmine) . Beautiful 

 shrubs, the hardy ones among the best 

 introduced to our country, and of 

 very wide and precious use. 



J. FRUTICANS (Shrubby Jasmine). A 

 wiry-looking shrub from S. Europe and 

 the Mediterranean region ; hardy in 

 England, and though not so important 

 as some of the free-growing kinds, is worth 

 a place on dry banks. It has numerous 

 small yellow flowers. 



J. HUMILE (Indian Yellow Jasmine). 

 A handsome kind, being quite hardy for 

 wall culture in all parts ; with evergreen 

 foliage, which adds to its value. It flowers 

 freely, and its yellow bloom amidst the 

 deep green foliage is welcome in summer 

 and autumn. Being an Indian plant, it 

 should have a warm aspect and good warm 

 soil. Syn. /. revoluium and /. wallichia- 

 num. 



J. NUDIFLORUM (Winter Jasmine). A 

 lovely Chinese bush which is happy enough 

 in our northern climate to flower very 

 often in the depth of winter, clustering 

 round cottage walls and shelters, and often 

 very lovely when not too tightly trained. 

 In wet years it will be noticed increasing 

 as freely as twitch at the points of the 

 shoots. It should be planted in different 

 aspects so as to prolong the bloom, planting 

 each side of a house or cottage, for 

 example. The sun coming out after hard 

 frost may destroy the bloom on one side, 

 and it may escape on the other. 



J. PRIMULINUM is a good evergreen form 

 of this, recently brought from China, but 

 found not to be so hardy as the winter 

 Jasmine ; though it will probably be a 

 valuable plant in southern gardens. 



J. OFFICINALE (White Jasmine). The 

 old white Jasmine of our gardens, one of 

 the most charming shrubs ever introduced 



