MY SHRUBS 6 1 



Ing a pulcherrima, a noble evergreen, Mexican, with scarlet 

 flowers, thrives in Cornwall, but I have not attempted it here, or 

 seen it attempted. 



Ixora may be mentioned too, of course, for the stove. There 

 is no more gorgeous shrub than this, and no hothouse can be 

 called complete without it. Think of the name alone a fearsome 

 Malabar idol to whom the flowers were presented as a peace 

 offering. They may still be, for all I know to the contrary, and 

 they ought to turn Ixora from his wrath, if the demon has any 

 taste or aesthetic feeling. . . . There are many species of the 

 genus, but /. coccinea is the most splendid. As long ago as 1690, 

 it came to Kew from Malabar. It made but a short stay, and was 

 reintroduced some hundred years later by Dr. John Fothergill, 

 " a name," as Curtis says, " to medicine and botany ever dear." 

 But catastrophe overtook the doctor's plant, and Ixora had to be 

 raised from seed once more. 



Jacaranda I have grown without entire success, and I am not 

 the only one who has failed to flower this Mexican. Perhaps 

 the stove might tempt it. I must try it there, for those who 

 have seen it prosperous in India, speak with enthusiasm of the 

 blue blossoms. As a foliage plant alone, it is very beautiful and 

 worthy of culture. 



Jacksonia, from Australia, is apparently out of cultivation and 

 no great loss. 



Jacobinia, in some forms, is beautiful as a greenhouse sub-shrub. 

 This plant and Justicia are very closely akin. They give us a fine 

 colour range and are easily grown. 



Jamesia americana is by no means the greatest treasure from 

 the Rocky Mountains. The shrub is neat, and has pretty little 



