166 HOT-HOUSE OF REPOTTING, ETC. [May 



tiful ornaments for either the hot-house or the flower-garden. 

 (Soil No. 13.) 



Ismene amdncaes, or Pancr&tium amdncaes. This pro- 

 fuse yellow-flowering bulb is richly deserving of cultivation, 

 and should be kept in the house all summer, repotting it as 

 often as the roots touch the interior side of the pot, giving it 

 plenty of water when in a growing state ; but when dormant, 

 it must be kept dry till it offers to grow : when well treated, 

 it will bloom repeatedly during summer. (Soil No. 12.) 



Ixbras, a genus of fine flowering plants, and does extremely 

 well in our collections in comparison to the state they are 

 grown in England. The genus specifically is much confused 

 among us, either from error originating with those who 

 packed them for this country, or after they have arrived. 1. 

 purpurea, leaves oblong, ovate, blunt; flowers crimson : I. 

 crocdta, leaves oval, lanceolate, narrowing toward the stem, 

 smooth underside of the leaf; the nerves are very percep- 

 tible ; flowers saffron-coloured, and very profuse. I. rosea, 

 leaves large, regular oblong, a little acute, very distant on 

 the wood, central nerve strong; flowers rose-coloured in large 

 corymbs, branching finely ; I. bandhuca, leaves very close to 

 the stem, ovate, acuminate ; nerves straight, middle nerve 

 stronger than any other of the genus; flowers scarlet. I. 

 bldnda, leaves small, lanceolate, ovate ; flowers red, cymes 

 branching in three. I. dichotima, leaves largest of the genus, 

 ovate, acuminate, undulate footstalk three-eighths of an 

 inch long; whereas, none of the leaves of the other species 

 have footstalks of any length; it is now called /. unduldta; 

 flowers are white, leaves ovate, elongate, sessile; I. coccinea, 

 flowers scarlet, in crowded corymbs. I. javonica, similar to 

 coccinea in habit and form, with orange flowers. I. saliclfolia, 

 is willow-leaved, as its name implies, flowers scarlet orange. J. 

 Pavitta, the flowers are white and sweet-scented, the leaves of 

 all the species are opposite ; there are a few other species that 

 we are not thoroughly acquainted with, but have been thus 

 explicit to prevent error as far as possible in this beautiful 

 genus. They are all evergreen, low-growing shrubs ; the 

 plants grow best in Jersey black sandy earth, but flower most 

 abundantly with Soil No. 10. 



Jambosas, about twelve species, which have been princi- 

 pally taken from Eugenia, and contains its fn_e8t plants, and 

 is a splendid genus of evergreen shrubs. L Jdmbos is now 



