THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



JANUARY, 1st, 1839. 



PART 1. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 

 REMARKS ON THE JASMINE. 



BY CLER1CCS. 



This sweet emblem of amiability is always acceptable wherever 

 we meet it. It graces alike the lowly casement of the lone wi- 

 dow, and the proud parterre of the rich and gay : the bosom of 

 the village lass, and the oriental vase of the saloon. Its modesty 

 pleases, and its fragrance charms, in all situations ; like those 

 with whose happy dispositions and amiable manners seem to 

 make them the bond of society, by the grace and facility with 

 which they accommodate themselves to all situations and circum- 

 stances. The pretty face of the Jasmine flower is only surpassed 

 in loveliness, by the fair whose countenance is brightened by 

 amiability. 



The common Jasmine Officinale, which grows naturally at Ma- 

 labar, is registered in the Hortus Kewensis as a native of the 

 south of Europe ; but I am of opinion that it did not leave the 

 East until the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, whose fond- 

 ness for flowers would induce them to transport it to the land 

 they conquered in 1453. It certainly would not have passed un- 

 noticed by Pliny, and other ancient authors, had it either grown 

 naturally, or been introduced to that country previous to their 



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