CHAP. V. OftNAMEN^TAL TUBES, SHRUBS, ETC. 43 



some, lanceolate leaves, from among which nearly at all seasons 

 the rose-coloured flowers, much resembling those of Yinca rosea, 

 peep forth and sparkle very prettily. Propagated by cuttings. 



Tabernaemontana, 



1. T. coronaria. Called Chandnee, " Moonbeam," by the 

 natives, common in nearly all the gardens of India, and cer- 

 tainly as handsome a shrub as they could contain ; from four 

 to six feet high, with lanceolate, sharp-pointed, smooth, shining 

 leaves, five or six inches long. Flowers large, double, pure 

 enamel-white, borne almost constantly, and having a delightful 

 appearance as they peer forth from the fine dark-leaved foliage. 

 In the night-time, it is said, they emit a delicate fragrance ; in 

 the day they are quite scentless. Propagated easily by layers 

 or cuttings. 



2. T. dichotoma. A large handsome spreading shrub, occupy- 

 ing a great deal of room, with noble, broadly-lanceolate, rigid, 

 yellow-green leaves, nine or ten inches long ; bearing, scattered 

 here and there, pure-white fragrant flowers, very similar to 

 those of Vinca alba. Eve's Apple, or Forbidden Fruit of Para- 

 dise, is the name given to the fruit of this shrub, from the 

 resemblance it bears in size and form to a half-nipped or half- 

 eaten small Apple, as well as from its being a native of Ceylon, 

 where Paradise is supposed by some to have been situated. 

 The fruit, delicious once, became, it is told, a deadly poison 

 after having been tasted by Eve. 



3. T. recurva. An exceedingly handsome and ornamental 

 small spreading shrub, with narrow, lanceolate, pointed, very 

 wavy, polished, deep-green leaves, three to four inches long; 

 bears during the Hot season a profusion of sparkling white 

 flowers two-and-a-half inches across, the corolla consisting of 

 five large flat lobes. Propagated by cuttings. 



4. T. densiflora. A small unpretending shrub, with the leaves 

 borne in a crowded manner on the summit of the stem ; bears 

 in the Rains compact corymbs of very small white flowers ; in 

 no way ornamental. 



5. T. citrifolia; 6. T. amygdalifolia ; 7. T. Wallichiana. These 

 last three have nothing whatever to recommend them in an 

 ornamental point of view. 



