ITEA JAMESIA 657 



It is not hardy at Kew, and can only be regarded as suitable for the warmer 

 part of the British Isles, although it may succeed on walls in colder districts. 

 Easily increased by cuttings of fairly ripened wood with a heel. Its foliage is 

 handsome, and its racemes elegant. 



I. VIRGTNICA, Linnceus. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 2409.) 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, with erect, smooth, clustered stems, 

 branched only towards the top. Leaves narrowly oval or oblong, tapering at 

 both ends, \\ to 3^ ins. long, | to \\ ins. wide ; bright green and smooth 

 above, paler "and slightly hairy beneath, chiefly on the midrib and veins ; 

 margins set with fine, regular teeth ; stalk \ to in. long, downy, grooved on 

 the upper side. Flowers fragrant, creamy white, ^ to ^ in. across, produced 

 very close together on slender, erect, cylindrical, downy racemes 3 to 6 ins. 

 Icng and about in. through, terminating short, leafy twigs ; each flower is on 

 a downy stalk, in. long. Petals narrow, in. long ; calyx downy, with five 

 linear, pointed lobes half as long as the petals. Seed-vessels brown, dry, j in. 

 long, downy. 



Native of the eastern United States, usually affecting moist places ; intro- 

 duced in 1744. This is a pretty shrub, and useful in flowering during July. 

 The leaves often remain on the plant until December. It sends up its erect, 

 slender stems one summer, which branch copiously near the top the next, each 

 twig producing a raceme at the end. It may be increased by means of 

 cuttings made of moderately ripened wood in July or August, and given gentle 

 heat ; but for ordinary garden purposes division of the old plants is quicker and 

 usually sufficient. Pruning should consist of entirely removing sufficient of 

 the older stems to afford light and space for the young ones, by means of 

 which the plant is continually renewing itself from the base. It loves a good 

 soil and abundant moisture. 



JAMESIA AMERICANA, Torrey. SAXIFRAGACE^:. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 6142.) 



A deciduous shrub, 4 to 7 ft. high, of bushy, rounded habit, and 

 usually more in diameter than it is high ; branches stout, stiff, very pithy, 

 covered with a bright brown, downy bark, which afterwards peels off in 

 papery flakes. Leaves opposite ; on the barren shoots ovate, i to 3 ins. 

 long, | to 2 ins. wide ; coarsely and regularly toothed, with scattered, 

 flattened hairs above ; downy, almost felted beneath ; on the flowering 

 twigs the leaves are much smaller, and often of more oval outline ; stalks 

 downy, \ to f in. long. Flowers slightly fragrant, pure white, \ in. across, 

 produced during May in erect, terminal pyramidal panicles i to 2^ ins. 

 long and broad ; petals five, oblong ; calyx woolly, with five-pointed 

 ovate lobes; stamens ten. 



Native of Western N. America ; introduced to Kew in 1862. This 

 interesting and pretty shrub was first found in 1820 by Dr Edwin James, 

 after whom it was named ; he was then acting as botanist and historian 

 to Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. It can be propa- 

 gated by cuttings, and, given a sunny position, and an open, not too 



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