CHAPTER XVII. 
JASMINE. 
ALE delicacy and matchless fragrance of all the Jassa- 
= mine family is well known and highly appreciated 
in the South, and it has at all times offered a theme to 
the poets until the sweetness of the Jassamine has become 
proverbial. There are many varieties of this class, some 
dwarf growing shrubs and some running vines; all are 
cultivated in the greenhouses of the North, but in the 
South they all seem to be quite at home in any position 
around the demestic plot. 
GARDENIA FLORIDA. | 
This is known the country over as Cape Jassamine, 
and is toe well known in the South to need description. 
in the North they are treated as greenhouse plants, and 
make handsome specimens when properly grown, their 
bright green foliage contrasting beautifully with the 
handsome white blooms. In England whole greenhouses 
are devoted to their culture, where the plants are forced 
into bloom in the Winter and Spring months, the flowers 
being much sought after. In portions of Mississippi and 
other of the Southern States there are large numbers of 
them cultivated and thrive admirably in the open air, 
sometimes making quite large bushes, from which hun- 
dreds of blooms are cut daily and shipped to the florists 
