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poJtUy whofe'kbes end in acuU points.' Jafir/inum vul- 

 gatius, flore albo. C. B. P. 397. T^e common 'wbiie 



Jafmine. 



2. JasminuM {Humile) foliis altcrnis ternacis fimplici- 

 bufque, ramis angulatis. Hort. Upfal. 5. Jafmine^ aV/Z? 

 trifoliate vjtnged leaves placed alternate^ and angular 

 branches, Jalminum humile luteum. C. B. P. 397. 

 Dwarf yelhw Jafmine^ commonly called the Italian yellow 



Jafmine, 



3. Jasminum {Fruticans) foliis alternis ternatis fimpli- 

 cibufquc, ramis angulatis. Hort. ClifF. 5. Jafminewith 

 trifoliate fingle leaves placed alternate^ and angular 

 branches. Jafminum luteum, vulgo diftum baccife- 

 rum. C. B. P. 398. "The common yellow Jafmine.^ 



4. Jasminum {Grandifloriini) foliis oppofitis pinnatis, fo- 

 liolis brevioribus obtufis. Jafmine with ivinged leaves 

 placed cppofJe, ^.vkofe lobes are fhorter and cbtufe. Jaf- 

 minum hutnilis, magno flore. C. B. P. 398. The Spa- 

 nifJj tvhite^ or Catalonian Jafmine with a larger flower. 



Jasminum {Odoratiffimum) foliis alternis ternatis, fo- 

 liolis ovatis, ramis teretibus. Jafmine with trifoliate 



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leaves placed alternate^ whofe lobes are ovaU cind taper 

 branches. Jafminum Indicum flavum odoratiflimum. 

 - Fer. Flor. The fweetfcented yellow Indian Jafmine, 



6, Jasminum {Azoricum) foliis oppofitis ternatis, folio- 

 lis cordato-acuminatis. Jafmine with trifoliate leaves 

 placed oppofite^ whofe lobes are heart-fhaped and pointed. 

 Jafminum Azoricuna trifoliatum, flore albo, odora- 

 tiflimum. Hort. Amrt:. The three-leaved Azorianjaf 

 fnine^ with very fzveet white flower Sy commonly called the 

 Ivy-leaved Jafmine, ' , • 



7. Jasminum {Capenfe) foliis lanceolatis oppofitis inte- 

 gerrimis, floribus triandris. Jafmine with fpear-fhaped 

 entire leaves placed oppcjite^ and flowers with three fta- 

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The firfl: fort is the common white Jafmine, which is 

 a plant fo generally known as to need no defcrijp- 

 tion. This grows naturally at Malabar,'"and in fe- 

 veral parts of India, yet has beeh long in\ife3 to our 

 climate, fo as to thrive and flower extremely well, but 

 n^ever prodvices any fruit in England ; this hath weak 

 trailing branches, fo requires the affifl:ance of a wall 

 .Qt pale to fupport them, j It is eafily propagated by- 

 laying dowh the branches, which will take root in one 

 year, and may then be cut from the old plant, and 

 planted where they are defigned to remain : it may al- 

 io be propagated by cuttings,' which fliould be planted 

 early in the autumn, and if the winter fliould prove 

 fevere, the furface of the ground between them 

 fhould be covered with tan, fea-coal aflies, or faw-dufl:, 

 which will prevent the frofl:from penetrating deep in- 

 to the ground, and thereby preferve the cutting's ; or 

 where thefe are wanting, fome Peas-haulm, of other 

 light covering fliould be laid over the cuttings in hard 

 frofl: ; but thefe muft: be removed v/hen the weather 

 is mild, for they wfll keep off the air'and occafion 

 damps, which often defl:roy them.-'^'-^f.v ;v, :/ --; 



When thefe plants are removed,' ^tHey flaould be 

 planted where they are defigned to be continued, 

 which fhould be either againft fome wall, pale, or 

 other fence, wliere the flexible bf ahcKes* may be fup- 

 ported; for although it is fometimes planted as a 

 ftandard, and formed into a head, yet jt will be very 

 difficult to keep itln any handfome order j or if you 

 do, you mufl: cut off all the flowering branches ; for 

 t}ie flowers arc al^y;ays produced' at the extremity' of 

 the fame year's Ihoots, which, if fliortened before the 

 flowers are blown, will entirely deprive the trees of 

 :fiowers- . Thefe plants fliould be permitted to grow 

 rxide in the fummer, for the reafon before given ; nor 

 fhould you prune and nail them until the middle or 

 latter end of March, when the frofl:y weather is pafl" ; 

 for if it fliould prove fliarp frofl:y weather after their 

 rude branches are pruned off", and the ftrong ones 

 are^ expofeu thereto, they are very often defl:royed ; 

 and this plant being very backward in fliooting, 



there will be no danger of hurting them by late 

 pruning./ * - ;" 



I'herc^arc twa varieties of this with variegated leaves, 

 cjie With white, and^the other yellow fl:ripes, "but the 



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latter is the mofl: common : thefe are propao-ated bv 

 budding them on the plain Jafmine, and it often ha/ 

 pens, that the buds do not take, but yet they have 

 communicated their gilded mialma to the plains • 

 fo that in a ftiort time after, many cf the'branches^both 

 above and below the pi 



_ cs where the buds have 

 been inferred have been thoroughly lirftuied- and 

 the following year I' have oft(^n found very d'lfla'nt 

 branches, which had no other communication with 

 thofe which were budded than by the root, have been 

 as compleatly tinged as any of the nearer branches 

 fo that the juices muft have defcendcd into the root ' 

 The two ftriped forts fliould be planted in a warm 

 fituation, efpecially the white (Iriped ; for they are 

 much more tender than the plain, and are very fub- 

 jeft to be deftroyed by great frofts, if they are ex- 

 pofed thereto ; therefore the white ftriped Ihould be 

 planted to a fouth or fouth-weft afpedt, and in very 

 fevere winters their branches fliould be covered wit^^ 

 mats or ftraw, to prevent their being killed : the 

 yellow ftriped is not fo tender, fo may be planted 

 againft walls to eaft or weft afpects •, but thefe plants 

 with variegated leaves, are not fo much in efteem as 

 formerly. 



The fecond fort is frequently called Italian yellow Jaf. 



mine by the gardeners, the plants being annually 



brought from thence by thofe who come^over with 



Orange-trees. Thefe plants arc generally grafted upoa 



the common yellow Jafmine ftocks, fo that if the crraft 



decays, the plants are of no value. This fort is 



fomewhat tenderer than the common, yet it will en«V. 



dure the cold of our ordinary winters, if it is planted 



-in a warm fituation. The flowers of this kind are;- 



: generally larger than thofe of the common yellow' 



fort, but have very little fcent, ind are/eldom pro- 



t -duccd fo early in^the feafon. It may be propagated'bV 



laying down the tender'branches, as was dire;<^ed for 



! 'the common white fort*; or by budding or inarching it 



i ^ "Upon the common yellow Jafmine, the latter of which 



: is*' preferable, as making the plants handier than thofe 



which are obtained from layers : they fliould be plahtf- ' 

 ' ed againft a wai-m wall, and in" Very fevere winters 



will require to be ffieltered with rriats, or fome other 

 covering, otherwife they are fubjed: to be deftroyed. 

 The manner of drefling and pruning being the faitlb 

 as was diredbed for the white Jafmine, I fliall not re- 



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peat it. ^^^ 



The third fort was formerly more cultivated in the 



ardens than at prefent, for as the flowers \izf^^^ 



cent, fo few perfons regard them. This h^th weak 



angular branches which require fupport, and wilfti'fe ' 

 . to the height of eight or ten feet, if plantecl againft 



a wall or pale; but- the plants do often produce a ^ 

 ; great number of fuckers from their roots, 

 \ they become troublefome in the borders of the plea-- 

 i fure-gardeh ; and as- they cannot be kept in any order 

 I as ftandards, fo there are few of the plafifs'at prefent 

 j introduced into gardens. It is eafily ptbpaglt'ed by 

 i fuckers or layers. 



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\ The fourth fort grows naturally in Indiaj»/ arid alio 

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; quantity of it from thence." This hath much ftronger 

 ■ branches than the common white fort ; the leaves are 

 i winged, and are compofed of three p^.ir of ftiort obtufe 

 lobes, terminated by ah'oddbne, ending in ari^aciitc 

 :pbint; thefe lobes are placed" clofer than thofe pf the 

 common Jafmine, and are of a lighte:r green'; the^ 

 flowers come out from the wings of the ftalks, ftand-. 

 ing on foot-ftalks which are two. inches long, each 

 fuftaining three or four flowers, which are of a blufli 

 red on their outfide,''^ btit white within ; the tube of 

 the flower is longer, the ferments are obtufe, twifted 

 at the mouth of the tube, and are of a much thicker 

 texture than thof^ of the common fort, io that there 

 ■ is ho doubt of its being a diftinft fpecies : the reafon 

 for Dr. Linnseus's fuppofing it to be fo, was by mil- 

 take ; for as thefe plants are generally grafted upon 

 ^ ftocks of the common Tafmine, fo there are always 

 flibots' coming out from the ftocks of that fort, whicn, 



