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hot-house ; the leaves being succulent, green, and fleshy, they 

 require considerable heat and but little water. Some produce 

 pink flowers, and others white, in April and May. 



Hydrangea hortensis. The Hydrangea is a well known deci 

 duous, half-hardy, soft-wooded shrub, producing large pink balls 

 of blossom, when cultivated in a shaded border, from May to 

 October; and by mixing iron dust from a blacksmith's shop 

 with the soil, or by growing the plants in swamp earth, or 

 mould from decayed leaves, the flowers will become blue. 



Illicum, Aniseed Tree. A dwarf species of shrub, the leaves 

 of which, when rubbed, smell like anise ; some produce red, and 

 others yellow flowers in March and April. 



Indigofera, Indigo Tree. A free flowering shrub, of which 

 there are several species ; the flowers, which grow in long pin- 

 nacles, are red, yellow, and pink. 



Jacarandus. A genus of evergreen shrubs, of easy culture, 

 containing five species, most of which produce blue or purple 

 flowers, on loose branching panicles, in abundance. 



Jambosa vulgaris. This species of evergreen shrub is gene- 

 rally called Rose Apple, from its producing rose- scented fruit, 

 which is about an inch in diameter, and eatable. There are 

 several varieties, yielding either white, rose, green, or straw- 

 colored flowers hi erect spreading stamens. They are of easy 

 culture. 



Jasminum, Jasmine. Of this favorite genus there are seve- 

 ral species, of various complexions. The Catalonian Jasmine, 

 or J. grandiflorum, produces white fragrant blossoms in winter ; 

 the Indian Jasmine, or J. odoratissimum, and also the J. revo- 

 lutum, yield very sweet-scented yellow flowers from April to 

 June, and the J. officinale, a climbing plant, blossoms through 

 the summer. 



Justicia. The plants of this genus are generally cultivated 

 in the hot-house; some produce scarlet flowers in large 

 terminal spikes, from December to March, and others pur- 

 ple. 



Kennedia. A beautiful evergreen climber, of which there 



