A greenhouse evergreen twining plant of a verybeautiful order, which thrives best in a compost of sandy loam and peat. Cuttings of the young wood planted in sand, and having a bott...
A handsome, hardy evergreen, with largeshining, Laurel-shaped leaves, and highly-scented, Tulip-shaped white flowers. A noble plant for a spacious frontage, but in most places requ...
introduced into the islands of Sicily, Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus by the Saracens, as abundance of sugar was made in these islands previous to the discovery of the West Indies in 14...
The suwarrow of the Mexicans, a native of the hot, arid, and almost desert regions of New Mexico, found growing in rocky places, in valleys, and on mountain sides, often springing...
Some years ago this tree was recommended as suitable for avenue-planting in the south of France. In India an oil called poonga is expressed from the seeds, which is much used for m...
This is a native of the Coromandel coast and Cochin-China. It bears an orange-like fruit, containing seeds that have an intensely bitter taste, owing to the presence of two most en...
An interesting hardy annual. It merely requiressowing in spring, and will grow in any soil. The flowers are produced in June. Height, 1 ft.
Handsome plants when in flower, the larger kinds being welladapted as backgrounds to other plants in the shrubbery, where they will require supports. They may be planted in any gar...
Charming conservatory plants, flowering early in spring.Cuttings may be taken in autumn, placed in small pots in a light compost of peat and sand, and given a little bottom-heat. T...
A hardy annual. Cultivated for garnishing.
See "Lachenalia."
Very handsome hardy perennials which thrive in any gardensoil, and may be raised from seed or increased by dividing the roots. They flower in July. Height, of different varieties,...
The bread-nut tree of Jamaica. The nuts or seeds produced by this tree are said to form an agreeable and nutritious article of food. When cooked they taste like hazelnuts. The youn...
Jesuit's bark. It was brought most particularly into notice when Louis XIV of France purchased of Sir R. Talbor, an Englishman, his heretofore secret remedy for intermittent fever,...
These succeed best in a rich soil, but the application offresh manure should be avoided, as it induces forked and ill-shaped roots. Let the ground be trenched two spits deep and le...
Hardy annuals, which are best raised from seed sown earlyin March on a slight hotbed, and grown in turfy loam, or loam and peat. They bloom in May. Height, 1 ft.
The caper plant, a native of the South of Europe and of the Mediterranean regions. The commercial product consists of the flower-buds, and sometimes the unripe fruits, pickled in v...
This plant belongs to the family of gingers. The root stocks have an aromatic fragrance and are used medicinally in India as well as in the preparation of perfumery. The flowers ap...
This sapindaceous tree is plentiful in tropical America and the West Indies, and is known as the Genip tree. It produces numerous green egg-shaped fruits, an inch in length, posses...
A hardy evergreen trailing plant ofeasy culture, provided it is favoured with a sandy soil. Its cushions of white flowers are produced in July, and it may be increased by seed or d...
Ornamental shrubs, thriving in ordinary soil, andincreased by layers or cuttings of the roots. H. Rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn) flowers in May. Height, 12 ft.
These ornamental half-hardy perennials prefer a mixture ofsandy loam and vegetable mould, but will grow in any rich, light soil. Seeds sown in March or April, at a temperature of f...
Before using mould for potting purposes it is advisableto examine it carefully and pick out any Wire-worms that are in it. For the border the best traps are small potatoes with a h...
A bushy shrub, used in India for hedges. Its fruit has a pleasant, subacid flavor when perfectly ripe, but the unripe fruit is extremely astringent. The Indian doctors use a linime...
A South American plant of the pineapple family; the bottle-like cavity at the base of the leaves will sometimes contain a pint or more of water, and has frequently furnished a grat...
A Chinese shrub, with fruit about the size of hazelnuts, red-skinned, and of an agreeable sweet taste; when green, they have a strong flavor of turpentine, and the pulp is very sti...
An ornamental hardy perennial. It willgrow in any garden soil, and may be propagated from seed sown either in the autumn or spring, or by dividing the root. It produces its flowers...
Small hardy evergreen shrubs requiring an elevated andexposed position, and a dry, barren soil. They flower in May, and are propagated by layers. Height, 1 ft.
See "Ligustrum."
Jamaica or West India ebony tree. This is not the plant that yields the true ebony-wood of commerce. Jamaica ebony is of a greenish-brown color, very hard, and so heavy that it sin...