Jamesia
(named after Dr. Edwin James, an American botanist, who first discovered the plant). ORD. Saxifrageoe. A monotypic genus, the species being a very pretty hardy shrub. It thrives well in any ordinary garden soil, if such is perfectly drained. Increased by seeds; or by cuttings of ripened shoots, placed in sandy loam.
J. americana (American). fl. white, about 1/2in. in diameter, disposed in terminal paniculate cymes. June. l. opposite, serrated. Rocky Mountains, Colorado, 1865. A very neat dwarf-growing plant. (B. M. 6142.)