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and Botanist They •will do well in light soil or loam and 

 peat mixed. Propagation is effected by cuttings. Some of 

 the species of this genus are used for medicinal purposes. 



J. carnta. — ^An evergreen species about four feet in height, 

 •with flesh-coloured flowers. A very pretty object grown as a 

 pot plant. Native of Eio Janeiro. 



J. coccinea. — This species has scarlet flowers, which are 

 produced in the month of February. It was introduced as 

 far back as 1770. 



J. fiavicoma. — A dwarf-growing shrubby species with yellow 

 flowers, also known under the name of J. calytricha. Native 

 of Brazil. 



J. speciosa.—An evergreen species which blooms in the 

 month of August ; flowers purple. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



JONBSIA. 



J. Asoca. — This splendid genus of Leijimiinosa is nearly 

 allied to Amherstia, and will succeed under the treatment 

 recommended for that plant. There appears to be some 

 discrepancy amongst botanists as to what is J. Asoca ; here 

 we accept the beautiful plant which flowered under that name 

 at Chatsworth in 1851. It becomes a small tree in the 

 gardens in India ; the leaves are opposite, in three to five 

 pairs, lanceolate-acuminate, smooth, and dark green. The 

 flowers are borne in terminal cormybs, and are of a 

 very rich orange, with long exserted crimson stamens. It 

 blooms during the summer months. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



J. declinata. — ^Like the previously-named kind, the leaves 

 are pinnate, consisting of about eight pairs of oblong dark 

 green leaflets, which in a young state are reddish pink. 

 The flowers are produced in large panicles, and rich orange 



