A YEAR'S GARDENING 



the Rock Garden. It is easily grown from seed and will thrive in 

 any soil. 



IXIA. This is a bulb which is well worth cultivating either in 

 the greenhouse or the open garden, for though the plants are a little 

 tender they wiU often make a good display in a warm, wall-backed 

 border of southern aspect. For early flowering the bulbs should be 

 planted in September or the beginning of October, in a light, well- 

 drained soil, and some protection from the frost, such as a covering 

 of bracken-litter, should be given as soon as the new growth appears. 

 There are several species — crateroides, ochroleuca, speciosa, viridiflora, 

 etc.; and viridiflora should certainly not be overlooked, as its 

 flowers are of a wonderful metallic green — ^very unusual. 



JACOBEA. See Senecio. 



JACOB'S LADDER. See Polemonium. 



JASIONE. The variety called humilis is a pretty httle creeping 

 plant well suited for the Rock Garden and bearing tufts of bell-like 

 blue flowers. It is a perennial, but often needs a httle protection 

 in winter, and should be accorded a sheltered, well-drained spot. 

 /. Montana is a hardy annual variety, and both are best raised from 

 seed. 



JASMINUM. There are three kinds of Jasmine which will be 

 found useful plants — J. officinale (White Jasmine), /. nudiflorum 

 (Winter Jasmine), and /. fruticans (Shrubby Jasmine). The first 

 is an old inhabitant of our gardens, and though a native of India is 

 quite hardy and will thrive even in towns on a warm, sandy soil. 

 Being a rapid grower, it makes one of the best of climbing plants, and 

 its sweet-scented white flowers are deUghtful. The Winter Jasmine 

 is also perfectly hardy, and against a good background, such as Ivy, 

 its fragrant yellow flowers appearing in winter on its leafless stems 

 are very charming. /. fruticans is a compact evergreen shrub 

 bearing an abundance of small yellow flowers which later give place 

 to round black berries. 



JONQUIL. See Narcissus. 



KAULFUSSIA. See Amellus. 



KNIPHOFIA {Torch-flower). The briUiant colouring of the 

 scape of this flower poised upon its upright stem makes its colloquial 

 name of Torch-plant or Flame-flower very appropriate. K. aloides, 

 or Tritoma Uvaria as it is sometimes called, is the kind which so often 

 forms a glory in the cottage garden ; it is a noble plant for the border 



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