80 JASMINES. 



been trained up behind them, and the branches 

 allowed to fall over their front in the richest profu- 

 sion, curtained back like the entrance of a tent. 

 The effect, during their time of flowering, was re- 

 markably elegant. 



When you prune the jasmine, cut the branches 

 to an eye or bud, just by the place from which they 

 sprout, and that in such a manner, that the head, 

 when trimmed, should resemble the head of a wil- 

 low. This method makes them throw out abun- 

 dance of branches and fine flowers. 



Give fresh soil to the jasmine every two years, 

 or they will gradually become weakened in their 

 blooms. The secret of having fine flowers, is in 

 keeping up the soil to a regular degree of strength, 

 as the human frame languishes under change of 

 diet, and becomes w^eakened for want of food. 

 Thus it is with animate and inanimate nature. 



