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Jasminum Officinale. Common Jasmine 
or Jessamine. 
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Clafis and Order. 
Diandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 5-fida. Bacca dicocca. Sem. arillata. Anther# intra tubum. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
JASMINUM officinale foliis oppofitis ; foliolis dift.in8.is. Linn . 
Syfi. Vegetah. p. 56. 
JASMINUM vulgatius flore aibo. Bauh. Pin. 397. 
Jafmine or Gefmine. Park. Parad. p. 406. 
There is an elegance in the Jafmine which, added to its 
fragrance, renders it an objeft oi' univerfal admiration. 
“ It grows naturally at Malabar, and in feveral parts of 
“ India, yet has been long inured to our climate, fo as 
** to thrive and' flower extremely well, but never produces 
“ any fruit in England. It is eafily propagated by laying 
“ down 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 alfo be propagated by cut- 
“ tings, which fhould be planted early in the autumn, and 
“ guarded againft the effects of fevere frofts. 
** When thefe plants are removed, they fhould be planted 
** either againft fame wall, pale, or other fence, where the 
*' flexible branches may be fupported. Thefe plants fhould 
“ be permitted to grow rude in the fummer, otherwife ^here 
ft will be no flowers ; but after the fummer is paft, the luxu- 
** riant (hoots fhould be pruned off, and the others muft be 
c< nailed to the fupport. 
“ There are two yarieties of this with variegated leaves, 
“ one with white, the other with yellow ftripes, but the latter 
“ is the raoft common : thefe are propagated by budding them 
{C on the plain Jafmine ; they require to be planted in a warm 
,f fituation, efpecially the white-ftriped, for they are much 
“ more tender than the plain, and in very fevere winters 
their branches fhould be covered with matsorftraw to pre- 
“ vent theic being killed.” Miller's Card. Dud. 
