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Japanese Anemone. — ANEMONE JAPONICA, 



(Natural Order, Ranunculace^.) P. 30. — An attrac 

 tive herbaceous perennial, producing large, purplish -red 

 flowers. A white - flowered variety is also cultivated in 

 gardens. 



Jasmine. — JASMINUM. (Natural Order, Jasmines.) 

 P. 29. — This order includes a large number of species, 

 esteemed and largely cultivated for their beautiful and 

 fragrant flowers, from which a valuable essential oil is 

 obtained. There are many species in Australia ; most of 

 them prove hardy. They are variously woody climbers, 

 or slender shrubs, producing flowers abundantly. The 

 English Lilac, Ash, and Ligustrum or Privet belong to the 

 same order. 



Jerusalem Artichoke.— HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS. 

 (Natural Order, Composite.) P. 29. — The tubers of this 

 plant, before the introduction of the potato into England, 

 were used as food. It is now grown chiefly as an orna- 

 mental plant. Correctly speaking, it is not an artichoke, 

 nor did it originally come from Jerusalem; thus affording 

 another instance of the occasional ludicrous misapplication 

 of common names. 



Jonquil.— NARCISSUS JONQUILLA. (Natural Order, 

 Amaryllide^e.) P. 49. — A pretty, rush-leaved, bulbous- 

 rooted perennial, flowering early in spring. Many kinds 

 blossom throughout the winter in New South Wales and 

 Victoria. 



