IXI 
JAS 
they become enervated and refuse to 
flower finely in the following season. 
The following are a few of the most 
beautiful of the English Iris : Mrs. John 
Gott, La Candeur, Peau de Tigre, 
Psyche, Admiral Nelson, Grisi, Porce- 
laine Bleu, Mulberry, Lord Anson, 
Pucelle d’Orleans, Gris de lin Superieur, 
and Terpsichore. 
IXIA (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Iridacece. 
These lovely little Cape bulbs should be 
cultivated in light porous soil, composed 
of equal parts of fibrous peat, silver 
sand, and leaf-mould; they may be 
grown in pots, but are stronger and 
produce flowers more freely when placed 
in a cold frame; for the latter, a bed 
should be made in the autumn of the 
materials before mentioned, to a depth 
of at least a foot, and the frame placed 
upon it; the bulbs may be planted at 
once, though it is perhaps safer to defer 
it till the following spring; they should 
be placed from three to four inches from 
the surface, and must have plenty of 
water while growing, with protection by 
means of the lights from excessive wet, 
frost, and cutting winds. They usually 
bloom in July and August, immediately 
after which the foliage begins to decay, 
and the period for removal has arrived; 
the roots may be taken up every season, 
or allowed to remain for two or three 
ears, at the option of the cultivator; 
ut after that time, they will requip 
new soil; when they are left in the soil, 
or planted before the winter, it is ad¬ 
visable to cover the surface of the bed 
with a layer of dry leaves, and to put 
the lights or wooden shutters on. Their 
cultivation in pots should be conducted 
in precisely the same manner, plunging 
them into a frame, and attending par¬ 
ticularly to the watering through the 
summer. 
IXORA (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Cincho- 
nacea. Some of the species of these 
plants are altogether unrivalled, even 
among the splendid forms which now 
grace our stoves, particularly such as 
I. grandiflora, I. coccinea, and I. crocata j 
these really magnificent plants should 
be grown in a well-drained mixture of 
fibrous peat and turfy loam, broken up 
thoroughly, but not sifted, and intimately 
blended, adding sand as may appear de¬ 
sirable according to the texture of the 
other ingredients; when new shifted, 
which should be done immediately after 
blooming, the plants will be benefited by 
plunging into a moderate bottom heat, 
which induces them to root freely, and 
to form the growth quickly and with 
vigour, thus enabling them to become 
properly ripened before the winter. In 
the spring, when the flower-heads begin 
to appear, a liberal regimen should be 
adopted, the pots stood in feeding-pans, 
and liquid manure occasionally applied ; 
at this time, and indeed throughout the 
summer, the foliage should be frequently 
syringed, in order to keep it clear of in¬ 
sects, and to preserve its rich green and 
glossiness; as soon as the flowers are 
expanded, and onwards till the growth 
is complete, the plants should be shaded 
from powerful light, and through the 
summer a moderately moist atmosphere 
of about 75° should lie kept about them; 
in winter the ordinary attention required 
by stove plants will suffice. 
JASMINUM (Linn.) Nat. Or. Jas- 
miniaceai. The delicacy and fragrance of 
the flowers of the Jasmine have often 
afforded metaphor and theme to the poet, 
and justly have they been celebrated. 
Among the species are fomid equally 
desirable subjects for decorating the 
stove, the greenhouse, arbours, or other 
objects in the open air, and combin¬ 
ing in every instance freedom and 
elegance in the general habit of the 
plants, with all that is desirable in the 
floral embellishments: in the former class 
speaking of oriental grandeur and fervid 
impressions, and in the latter, possessing 
associations most appropriately sylvan. 
All of them delight in rich turfy loam ; 
the stove and greenhouse species should 
be very frequently syringed and fumi¬ 
gated through the summer, as they are 
extremely liable to attacks from red 
spider and other insects. The hardy 
kinds grow freely in almost any situation, 
and only require to be kept trained in 
the desired form, without, however, re¬ 
ducing them to a rigidly formal outline, 
