JACOB^A LILY. 



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JASMI V NUM. 



out any other care than covering them 

 with a heap of dead leaves during 

 winter. 



Ixo x ra. — Crassulacea. Splendid 

 stove plants. The history of Ixora 

 coccinea, the best known species of the 

 genus, is rather curious. It is a native 

 of China, and some of the East India 

 islands, where it is worshipped as a 

 sacred plant ; and where it is said to 

 form a small tree about six feet high, 

 rising with a single stem, and having 

 its head formed entirely of clusters of 

 bright scarlet and yellow flowers, 

 whence it has received the names of 

 Flamma Sylvarum, and the Tree of 

 Fire. This plant was first introduced 



in 1690; but it was soon lost, and its 

 existence was even doubted till it was 

 re-introduced about a hundred years 

 afterwards by the celebrated Doctor 

 Fothergill. After this, seeds were 

 obtained by several nurserymen, and 

 the plant was so much admired that 

 it was sold for several years at five 

 guineas each. It is now common in 

 collections, but it is rather difficult to 

 keep ; as, though it requires a moist 

 heat, it will die if its roots are suffered 

 to retain any stagnant moisture among 

 them, and it must not be plunged 

 either in tan or in a hotbed. It is 

 also very liable to be attacked by 

 insects. 



J. 



Jaca or Jack Tree. — A species of 

 Artocarpus, or bread-fruit. 



Jacara'nda. — Bignoniaceee. — A 

 climbing plant, a native of Brazil, with 

 beautiful lilac flowers, shaped like 

 those of the Catalpa. The wood is 

 said to be the rosewood of commerce. 

 In England it requires a stove. It 

 should be grown in a mixture of loam 

 and peat, and it should be kept nearly 

 dry during winter. It is propagated 

 by cuttings, which should not be de- 

 prived of their leaves, and which must 

 be struck in pure sand under a glass. 

 Some persons suppose the rosewood 

 to be a kind of Mimosa. 



Jacksc/nia — LeguminoscB. — Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, generally kept in a 

 greenhouse in England ; and which 

 should be grown in peat. They are 

 easily propagated by cuttings. 



Jacob^ea. — The plant usually called 

 by this name is a species of Senecio, 

 or Groundsel. It is also called Pur- 

 ple Ragwort. See Sene v cio. 



Jacob^a Lily. — A splendid bulb- 

 ous-rooted plant, formerly called by 

 botanists Amaryillis formosissima, but 

 the name of which is now changed to 

 Sprekelia, which see. 



Jacquinia. — Myrsinece. — West 

 Indian trees and shrubs, with showy 

 flowers, requiring a stove in England. 

 They should be grown in loam and 

 sand, and are propagated by cuttings. 



Jalap. — The plant producing Jalap 

 was formerly supposed to be a kind 

 of Marvel of Peru ; but it is now dis- 

 covered to be a kind of Convolvulus, 

 or Ipomoea. 



Jambos, or the Rose Apple. — A 

 kind of Eugenia, belonging to the 

 order Myrtacese. 



Jasio v ne. — Campanulaceee. — 

 Sheep's Scabious. An English weed. 



Jasmine. — See Jasminum. 



Jasmi x num. — Oleinece. — The 

 Jasmines are shrubs remarkable for 

 their fragrant flowers ; and the com- 

 mon species, Jasminum officinale, is 

 one of our most vigorous-growing 

 wall-evergreens, though a native of 

 India. There are several species hardy 

 in British gardens, but the greater 

 number require the greenhouse or 

 stove. The principal hardy species is 

 that already mentioned. It well de- 

 serves a place against the wall of a 

 house, or the piers of a veranda, which 

 it will cover in a very short time ; or 



