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be used for clambering over boulders of 

 rook or old tree trunks in open sunny 

 situations. It may be increased by cut- 

 tings of the ripened shoots 8-9 in. long 

 inserted in warm sheltered places in 

 autumn, or of the haU-ripened shoots 

 placed under a handlight in summer and 

 kept shaded and sprinkled overhead until 

 rooted. Layers of the branches may also 

 be made in late summer and autumn and 

 detached the following spring if well 

 rooted. 



JAMESIA. — A genus with only one 

 ■ species, the description of which below 

 contains the generic characters : — 



J. americana. — A pretty dwarf deci- 

 duous shrub 2-3 ft. high, native of the 

 Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Leaves 

 opposite, ovate, serrated, white beneath. 

 Flowers in June, white, about i in. across, 

 in terminal paniculate cymes. Calyx 

 lobes triangular-ovate, sometimes 2-cleft. 

 Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 10. Ovary 

 conical. Styles 3-5, united at the base. 



CuUv/re and Propagation. — This shrub 

 thrives in fairly good well-drained garden 

 soil, and may be used in the borders or 

 shrubberies, or in round beds on grass. 

 It may be increased by seeds sown as 

 soon as ripe in cold frames, or in spring 

 in gentle heat. Cuttings of the mature 

 shoots placed in sandy soil under a hand- 

 light in autumn will also root, and produce 

 good plants by the following year or next. 



CARPENTERIA.— Like the prece- 

 ding, there is only one species in this 

 genus : — 



C. californica. — A handsome flowering 

 shrub 6-10 ft. high, native of the Sierra 

 Nevada, California. Leaves broadly 

 lanceolate entire, 2-3 in. long, 3-nerved 

 at the base. Flowers in June, white, 

 2-3 in. across, like the white Japanese 

 Anemone, in racemose cymes. Calyx 

 lobes 5-7. Petals 5-7, oblong obovate or 

 roundish. Stamens numerous, inserted 

 beneath the roundish flask-shaped ovary, 

 looking very conspicuous with their golden 

 anthers in the midst of the white blossoms. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 lovely shrub thrives in light warm soil, 

 and requires protection except in the 

 milder parts of the country. It may be 

 grown in large pots, as a bush plant, and 

 will thus be easy to place in a greenhouse 

 in winter, or it may be trained on a south 

 wall. It is increased from seeds sown in 

 gentle heat or by layers made in late 

 summer or autumn and detached the 

 following spring when well rooted. Cut- 

 tings of the half-ripened shoots may also 

 be inserted in sandy soil under a handlight 

 and kept shaded and sprinkled overhead 

 until rooted. Suckers from the base may 

 also be detached with as many roots as 

 possible, and if planted in good soil in 

 showery weather in autumn will grow 

 well. 



Tribe IV. Escallonie^e. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, without stipules, 

 simple, often leathery and glandular serrate. Stamens often equal to the petals in 

 number. 



ESCALLONIA.— A genus with 35 

 species of pretty evergreen shrubs, with 

 white or red flowers in terminal panicles, 

 or more rarely axillary. Calyx lobes 5, 

 ovate or awl-shaped. Petals 5, linear 

 spoon-shaped ; claw erect, limb spreading. 

 Stamens 5, epigynous. Ovary inferior; 

 stigma capitate, 2-3-lobed. 



GuUv/re amd Propagation. — In the 

 milder parts of the comitry Escallonias 

 are perfectly hardy, and in many places 

 make beautiful hedges. In unfavourable 

 parts of the kingdom, from the Thames 

 Valley northwai-ds, they are safer trained 

 on a south wall. They grow in ordinary 

 garden soil, and may be increased by 

 cuttings of the half-ripened shoots, in 

 sandy soil under a glass, or by layers or 

 suckers. Many kinds ripen seed freely, 

 and new plants can be obtained by sowing 



them as soon as ripe in cold frames, or in 

 spring in gentle heat, afterwards pricking 

 the seedlings out and growing on under 

 glass until large and strong enough for 

 the open air. 



E. illinita. — A Chilian shrub about 

 5-6 ft. high, with resinous branches and 

 more or less oblong obovate leaves with 

 crenulate margins, and somewhat clammy 

 to the touch. The white flowers with 

 long-clawed petals appear about August, 

 in branched racemes or panicles at the 

 ends of the shoots. 



Cn.ltiire <('o. as above. 



E. langleyensis is a graceful hybrid, 

 more or less straggling in habit. Leaves 

 about 1 in. long, obovate, toothed, shining 

 green. Flowers in June, rose-purple, in 

 the axils of the leaves for some distance 



