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yellow, very fragrant, flowers from May to 

 October. In British gardens, it was for 

 some time after its first introduction kept 

 in the greenhouse, or conservatory, but it 

 is now commonly treated as a wall shrub, 

 where it has attained the height of 15 ft., 

 and it appears to be nearly as hardy as 

 any species of the genus. It is readily 

 propagated by cuttings, and is a fine grower 

 and flowerer in any common soil and ex- 

 posure. There are splendid plants of 

 it against the conservative wall in the 

 London Horticultural Society's (warden. 

 Plants, in the London nurseries, :ir' 

 1.5. 6d. each ; at New York, one dollar 



• 5. ./. (r) I'UBruERUM D. Don. The downy Xcpal Jasmine. 



Iilcntification. Y). Don Prod, FI. Nop., p. 106. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 64. 

 S.ipionymes. J. WallichiVinu/« Lindl. Bot. lU'g., t. 1409. j Climali-swa, Nepalesc. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1409. ; anil out Jig. 1077. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves alternate, pinnate. Leaflets 

 7 — 9; ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminated, 

 sessile, downy while young. Branches angular, 

 downy. Peduncles elong-atcd, i -flowered, termi- 

 nal, subcorymbose, downy. Teeth of calyx short. 

 Segments of corolla 5 — 6, obtuse. Flowers yel- 

 low, and smaller than those of ,7. revolutum. 

 {Don's Mill., iv. p. 6+.) This sort so closely 

 resembles the jjreceding one, that we cannot 

 doubt its being only a variety of it. There is a 

 very large plant of it in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, which has stood out on the same wall 

 with J. revolutum since 1832. Introduced in 

 1827, and growing so vigorously in British gar- 

 dens, as sometimes to make a shoot 6 ft. or more 

 long in one season. It is readily propagated by 

 cuttings, and the price of plants is about the same 

 as that for J. revolutum, viz., from \s. (id. to 2s. 

 each. 



1 i. 6. J. OFFiciNA^LE L. The officinal, or common. Jasmine. 



Idcntificalion. Lin. Sp., 1. p. 9. ; Vahl Enum., 1. p. 34. ; Don's Mill.. 4. p. 63. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 31. ; Lam. Ill, t. 7. f. 1. ; Bull. Herb., t. 231. ; Schmidt Baum., '3. 

 t. 150 ; and our^^. 1078. 



Spec. Char. Leaves opposite, pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, terminal 



one longest. Young buds erectish. Plant glabrous. Branches angular. 



Calycine segments 5, subulate. Corolla white, 4 — 3-cleft, sweet-scented. 



{Don's Mill., iv. p. 63.) 

 Varieties. 



_L fi_ J. o. 2/6103 argenteis Lodd. Cat. has the leaves striped with white. 

 J fi. J. o. Sfdliis aiireis Lodd. Cat. has the leaves striped with yellow. 

 ^ L J. o. iflor'd)us plenis Hort. has the flowers double, but is very rare. 



Description, Sfc. A climbing shrub, a native of Asia, from the coast of 

 Malabar to Georgia; growing abundantly at the foot of Mount Caucasus, 

 in woods. It generally loses its leaves in the winter season, especially in 

 exposed situations ; but, as its young shoots are of a fine deep green, and 

 the plant is generally covered with them, it has the appearance at that season 

 of an evergreen. The shoots are frequently produced 7 ft. or sft. in length, 

 and upwards. It is uncertain when it was introduced into Europe ; but it has 



