JERUSALEM-SAGE. 



evening : they should be sparingly watered in winter, when 

 left in the earth. Pots three inches in diameter, and five 

 in depth, will be large enough for these plants : the bulbs 

 should be covered about an inch deep. 



The Cape of Good Hope, which is so fertile in bulbous 

 flowers, gives birth to a great variety of Ixias. Thunberg 

 mentions two in particular : " The Ixia bulbi/era, a bulbous 

 plant, with a red flower, grew here in the greatest abund- 

 ance. When one approached the place where it grew, it 

 seemed to be but thinly scattered over the field, but at a 

 distance, the ground appeared as if it were covered with 



scarlet cloth 



. . . . Here and here only was found, beside the brooks, 

 a green variety of the Ixia maculata, another tall bulbous 

 plant, which is as elegant as singular, with its long cluster 

 of green flowers, growing out like an ear of corn, and is 

 extremely scarce all over the world*." 



JEKUSALEM-SAGE. 



PHLOMIS. 



LABIATE. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Called also Tree-sage. French, bouillon blanc de Sidle [white 

 mullein of Sicily] ; sauge en arbrisseau ; sauge en arbre. 



THIS shrub retaining its leaves all the year, and its bright 

 yellow flowers the greater part of the summer, is very de- 

 sirable. It should be sheltered from severe frost ; but in 

 mild winters, if not convenient to house it, a little saw- 

 dust laid over the roots will be a sufficient protection. In 

 dry summer weather it may be allowed a little water every 

 evening: once or twice a week will suffice in the winter, 

 and none during frost. 



* Thunberg's Travels, vol. i. p. 34. 



