REMARKS ON THE JASMINE. J 



girl, worthy of wearing this nosegay, is rich enough to make the 

 fortune of a good husband. 



Let us then cidtivate more abundantly what love has scattered 

 so happily ; for the supple and pliant branches of the jasmine ac- 

 commodate themselves to numerous situations in the shrubbery : 



" Here jasmines spread the silver flower, 

 To deck the wall, or weave the bower," 



They should be woven into the trellised arch or alcove, climb 

 the palisades, rest on the branches of the broad-leafed laurel, 

 cover the dead wall, and run gaily wild over the shrubs of the 

 wildnerness walks ; whilst obedient to the scissars of the gar- 

 dener, they are formed into bushy shrubs and little trees, for the 

 near approach to the dwelling, where in the morning and evening 

 their star-topped tubes send forth a shower of odours that em- 

 balm, refresh, and purify the surrounding air. 



" Many a perfume breathed 

 From plants that wake when others sleep, 

 From timid jasmine bads, that keep 

 Their odour to themselves all day, 

 But, when the sunlight dies away, 

 Let the delicious secret out 

 To every breeze that roams about." 



T. Moore. 



From the tube of this eastern flower, the bee extracts its most 

 exquisite honey ; and the painted butterfly is never seen to mor e 

 advantage, than when resting on the delicate petals of the white 

 jasmine. 



When the jasmine was first introduced into France, it was sup- 

 posed to require all the heat they coidd give it ; it next occupied 

 a place in the orangery, and at length exposed to the open gar- 

 den, where it thrives as freely as a native plant, and still holds 

 the situation of a favourite with the Parisian belles, and is always 

 the most saleable bouquet that is brought to the French market. 



We have often been astonished that our cottagers, who possess 

 little gardens, should not cultivate flowers for sale, particularly 

 the jasmine, which is so hardy and so easily propagated ; and with 

 which they might even form their fences, or suffer it to run over 

 their hedges, without taking away any of their potatoe ground. 



In the market they would find one bunch of jasmine flowers 

 would bring them as much money, as three cabbages or a bunch 



