176 ORNAMENTAL GARDENING 



Hippeastrum, formerly Amaryllis. Glorious bulbous plants 

 that generally do well in Florida. They grow best in rich, damp 

 soil but succeed somewhat in good pine land with plenty of 

 fertilizer and mulching. Nehrling raises his wonderful hybrids 

 at Gotha under slats in the rich, moist border of a lake. They 

 are superb, and H. johnsoni, H. equestre and H. reginae are also 

 fine. 



Hemerocallis^yellow day lilies, are old favorites in the north 

 and do well in all but the warmest part of the state. So do the 

 Funkias. 



Hyacinths which generally flourish throughout the south are 

 reported as doing finely at Chipley by Pleas and at Fernandina 

 by MacLaren but Schnabel says they fail at Gainesville and 

 Reasoner makes a like report for Oneco. 



Impatiens sultani and its varieties are beautiful flower- 

 ing plants which do fairly well in rich soil in lower Florida but are 

 especially subject to root knot. I have seen splendid specimens 

 at Rita on the south shore of Lake Okeechobee. When troubled 

 with root knot make cuttings of the tops and burn the roots. 



Iresine or Achyranthes are well-known plants with highly 

 colored leaves, much grown at the north for bedding. They do 

 fairly well here in good soil, especially when they are irrigated, 

 but they are subject to root knot. 



Iris do better in the cooler part of the state than in the lower 

 end. Pleas states that they succeed at Chipley. There is a 

 fine lot, probably /. hexagona, at Cocoanut Grove. 



Jacobinia. The species of this and allied genera are in a sad 

 muddle and names are all mixed up. /. magnified is probably 

 the old Justicia carnea. J. velutina is much like it but the leaves 

 are velvety. The plant sold by the name of J. coccinea in Florida 

 is not that. I haven't the literature to straighten out the tangle 

 of the family Acanthaceae. There are several plants cultivated 

 in Florida belonging to this family that I can not name. 



Jatropha multifida is a fine plant with palmate, dissected leaves, 

 cut something like those-of a rose Geranium, and cymes of vivid, 

 coral-like crimson flowers. J. curcas, French Physic Nut, is a 

 soft-wooded plant, sometimes almost tree-like, which has or- 

 namental foliage. The fruit is very poisonous. 



