I. LIST OF SHRUBS. 



361. INDJGO, shrubby bastard. Lat. Amorpha fruti- 

 cosa.Fr. Amorpha eleve.& rather hardy shrub of Caro- 

 lina, ten feet high, and blows a violet-coloured flower in. 

 June and July. Propagated from seed and from cuttings. 

 Any soil will do for it, but it prefers a light and 

 gravelly soil, and a warm situation. In severe winters 

 it requires sheltering. 



362. IVY. Lat. Hedera helix. Fr. Lierre commun. 

 A hardy climber, common in Europe 5 blows a whitish 

 flower in September and October, and is useful to cover 

 old walls. H. Canatiensis, or IRISH IVY, is the best sort : 

 both are easily propagated by layers or cuttings. 



363. JASMIN, common white. Lat. Jasminum ojficinale. 

 Fr. Jasmin commun. A shrub of the coast of Malabar, 

 which grows ten or twelve feet high, and blows a sweet- 

 scented white flower from July to October. Propagated 

 by suckers. Any soil suits it, but it likes a light and 

 warm one best. It is generally trained against walls or 



trellis-work, and will there grow to a great height. 



JASMIN, yellow Italian. Lat. Jasminum humile. Fr. Jasmin 

 d" Italie. A shrub which grows four or five feet high, 

 and blows a yellow flower from July to September. Cul- 

 tivated like the white jasmin. 



364. JUNIPER-TREE, or red cedar. Lat. Junipcrus 

 Virginiana. Fr. Genevrier de Firginie. An evergreen 

 tree from North America that blows in May, and pro- 

 duces a little blue berry. It grows to forty or fifty feet 

 high, and delights in peat soil -, but is not very nice as to 



that. PHOENICIAN CEDAR Lat. Juniperus Phanicda. 



Fr. Genevrier de Phenicie. An evergreen shrub from the 



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