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and of a reddish orange colour passing into yellow ; they 

 last many weeks in great beauty. Introduced from Natal. 



I. miniatum. — This yery striking species is one of the most 

 ornamental greenhouse spring-flowering plants we have, and 

 one that no collection should be without.' It forms a, stout, 

 bold-looking tuft of Ugulate acute, distichous leaves, from one 

 to two feet high, broadly sheathed at the base, and of an 

 intense green colour on both sides. The flower scapes rise to 

 about the same height as the leaves, and support a large 

 umbel of from ten to twenty blossoms, which are individually 

 upwards of two inches in expansion, and about the same in 

 length, somewhat vase-shaped, the outer half of the segments 

 a fine deep orange colour, shading to vermilion, the lower 

 part of a deep buflf, and the anthers and style bright yellow. 

 It blooms at various seasons. It is a native of Africa. 



I. miniatum Martha Beimers. — This is the most handsome 

 of all the Imantophyllums. It is a strong grower, vrith very 

 broad dark green leaves, of thick texture. The flower 

 scapes are stout, bearing large umbels of large bright orange 

 scarlet flowers, which remain in perfection much longer than 

 those of /. miniatum. As a plant for exhibition purposes it 

 is unrivalled, while for indoor decoration it is highly orna- 

 mental. Garden variety. 



I. miniatum splendens. — ^A fine variety, -of more robust 

 habit and somewhat larger flowers than the old /. miniatum. 

 Flowers deep orange in colour, leaves very dark green. 

 Garden variety. 



Jasminum. 



A very popular and handsome genus, which derives its 

 name from ia, a violet, and osme, smell. For cutting purposes 

 many of the species are unsurpassed. They also have an 

 economic use, J. grandiflorum being the plant from which 



