Plate 327. 

 GOLDEN VARIEGATED JASMINE. 



Althou'fh some doubts were ontcrtaiiunl wlicn this plant was 

 exhibited before the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society, as to whetlier it was a new plant or not, we 

 have no hesitation in according it a place in our magazine, 

 believing that in the anxiety that now exists to obtain variegated 

 foliage of all kinds, it will be found useful in many ways. 



There can be no doubt that the Floral Committee was right 

 in decidhig that a form of Golden Variegated Jasmine was 

 known many years ago, as we believe tliat specimens of it were 

 brought forward at one of their subsequent meetings ; but this 

 especial form is certainly new, for we are informed by tlie firm 

 of Messrs. E. P. Francis and Co., of Hertford, by whom it was 

 exhibited, that it was " a seedling from amongst a lot of seed 

 sown three or four years ago, and has maintained its variega- 

 tion ever since ; sported forms of this Jasmine have been 

 known, but have ne^'er been known to keep their variegation 

 constant ; but in the present one it has never departed from 

 it ; even the thick stem is marked ; it is very free in growtli ; 

 the flowers are borne in great profusion, and are remarkably 

 sweet, and the plant is perfectly hardy." 



Hardy climbers, with variegated foliage, are always likely to 

 be found useful, the introduction of the (njhlen Varicf/afcd 

 Honeysuckle, of Japan, has already put us in possession of a 

 very beautiful one ; and the Jasmine, so universal a favourite, 

 with its variegated form, will be found a lifting companion for it, 

 reqmring notliing but the most ordinary care, and growing 

 with the greatest freedom, ^^'e are informed by the raisers of 

 it that they will not be able to send it out until the spring of 



