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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



CHAP. LXXVI. 



Of THb: HARDV AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE 

 ORDER ./ASMINA'CEiB. 



Idcnlificfition. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 9., Syst., c<i. 1+.; Vabl Enum.,1. p, 

 Si/norii/nif. J. Iictcrnph^lliim Mwticfi, Loh. Adv., p. ,jS9. f. :>!I0. 

 Engravings. Hot. Mag., 1.;. t. 4<31. ; Schmidt Baum., .>. t. IW. ; and omfii 



Calvcinc .seunients siibu- 



Genus I. 



JASMPNUM Fomkoel. The Jasmine. Lin. Si/st. Diandria Monogyriia. 



Identification. Forskoel -TCgvp. Arab., p. .")9 ; Dodon. Pempt., p. I")')?. ; Tourn. Inst, SfiS. ; Lin. 



Gen , No. 17. : Juss. Gen.,' lOti. ; U. Br. I'rod., p. .«! ; GaTtn. Fruct., 1. p. 196. 1 4i ; Lam. Ill, 



t. 7. ; Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., 2d edit., p. 309. : Don's Mill., 4. p. 59. 

 Synontfnies. Mongoriitm Lam.; Jessamine; Jasmin, fr. and Gfi:; Schasmin, Ger. ; Gclsominc, 



Ital. ; Jazmin, Span. 

 Derivation. Linnms derives this name from inn, a violet, and o.nwt", smell: but the scent of the 



flowers has no resemblance to that of the violet. Forskoel, in his A'.gyp. Arab., p. 59., says that 



it is taken from the Arabian name of the plant, Ysiiiyin, which appears much more probable. 



Gen. Char., Sfc. Caii/a: tubular, 5 — 8-toothccl or .5 — 8-clcft. Corallu 5 — 8-cleft. 

 Sfiiima 2-lobcd or bifid. Herri/ diilyinous, having one of the lobes usually 

 abortive. Srrdx without albunien. (Don's Mi//., iv. p. 5'.).) — Twining or 

 raml)ling shrubs. Leaves simple or compound, mostly evergreen. Petioles 

 articulated. Flowers white or yellow, odoriferous. Propagated readily 

 by cuttings in common garden soil, and usually grown against walls. 



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 a 1. /. FKi^TK ANs L. The sprig-producing, or shrubby, Jasmine. 



Don's Mill.. 4. p. 63. 



1()7.J. 

 Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, and simple, glabrous; leaflets 

 obovate or cuneiform, obtuse. IJranches angular, 

 late. Peduncles terminal, by threes. Corolla 

 yellow, with oblong obtuse segments. (Dons 

 Mi//., iv. p. 6.'J.) A .shrub, a native of the south 

 of Europe, and throughout the Levant, where it 

 grows from 6 ft. to 8 tt. high, and Howers from 

 Ma}' till October. It was introduced in 1.570, 

 and is frequent in British gardens, where it forms 

 a very desirable subevergreen, either for planting 

 in borders, or against walls; flowering freely, 

 and ripening abundance of fruit, wliich is black 

 when ripe. It sends up numerous suckers; 

 which, when it is desired that the plant should 

 assume a gardenesque character, should all be 

 removed, leaving the branches to [)rocee(l from 

 a single stem, or from two, three, or any other 

 small and limited number of stems. On the 

 other hand, when the plant is intended to as- 

 sume a picturesque or natural habit, it should be allowed to throw up suckers, 

 unlimited by any thing but the circumstances in which it is placed with 

 reference to soil and other plants. In the last character, it is a very suit- 

 able plant for the front of a picturesque or wild-looking shrubbery. Plants 

 of this species, in the London nurseries, are 2bs. a hundreil ; at Bollwyller, 

 half a franc per plant ; and at New York, 50 cents each. 



Varietii. A semi-double flower has been observed on a plant of this species, in a garden in .Suffolk, 

 but we are not aware that it has been projiagated. The existence of do'ible-flowc red varieties 

 of J. Sdmbac and J. ofliciniile shows a tendency in this genus to vary into double flowcri. 



