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Ipomea 
Jacobsea. 
Kaulfussia. 
only ones worth cultivating. Hardy annuals in open 
border, biennial in green-house. Sow in loam mixed 
with leaf mold. One foot high. 
Jacobaea, double crimson, extra fine.io 
“ double white, elegant.io 
“ yellow.io 
new double dwarf blue, carefully selected, 
constant in height, pure in color, and double 
to the center.io 
tl mixed, above varieties mixed.io 
JASMINE. 
Hardy, deciduous, ornamental shrubs, growing three 
feet high, and producing beautiful yellow flowers, which 
are very fragrant, and much admired. The seeds re¬ 
quire bottom heat to start. 
Jasminum, fruticans, yellow; fragrant.io 
JOB’S TEARS—(Coix). 
KAULFUSSIA. 
Beautiful, free-blooming little plants of dwarf and 
compact growth, somewhat resembling the single asters. 
Flowers are light blue, pure white, and the most intense 
j violet-purple of any annual in cultivation—the richest 
color imaginable. A good plant for mixed beds and 
borders. Hardy annual ; six inches high. 
Kaulfussia, amelloides, bright blue. 5 
“ amelloides, alba, new ; pure white. 5 
“ “ atroviolacea, the richest violet 
color of any annual in cultivation. 5 
li fine mixed. 5 
LA GURUS—(Ornamental Grass). 
Useful for forming bouquets for winter decoration. 
The heads bear a resemblance to a hare’s tail, and it is 
sometimes called Hare’s Tail Glass. It is a perfectly 
hardy annual, and will grow in any common soil. 
Lagurus, ovatus, curious and ornamental ; one foot 5 
Curious, ornamental grass from East Indies, with 
broad, corn-like leaves, and seeds of a light slate color, 
wonderfully lustrous. Valuable for the formation of 
winter bouquets, in connection with everlasting flowers, 
and strings of handsome beads are formed from the 
seeds. Plant in open ground, in hills three feet apart, 
four or five seeds in a hill, and cover half an inch deep. 
Hardy annual ; three feet high. 
Coix, lachryma (Job’s Tears) . 5 
JOSERH’S COAT —(See Amaranthus Tricolor.) 
LANTANA. 
These plants are rapid growers, forming small, hardy 
shrubs, and producing their pink, yellow, orange, white, 
constantly changing heads of flowers in great abund¬ 
ance, which have an agreeable, aromatic perfume. Any 
loamy soil suits them, and they are readily increased by 
cuttings, in sand, in heat. 
Lantana, finestFrench hybrids mixed, all colors. 10 
11 alba magna, pure white; one foot.15 
u Imperatrice Eugenie, rosy-lilac; two feet.... 10 
Job's Tears. Lantana, Larkspur, single. 
