MY SHRUBS 61 
Inga 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 esthetic feeling. ... There are many species of the 
genus, but I. 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 fusticia 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 
