492 DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 



These are the only jasmines sufficiently hardy to be recom- 

 mended for out-door culture. 



THE JASMINE OF GOA, y. odoratissimum, is a yellow-flowered 

 green-house variety, native of Madeira, of exquisite fragrance ; to 

 which the charming lines of Moore apply 



" 'Twas midnight : through the lattice, wreathed 

 With woodbine, many a perfume breathed, 

 From plants that wake when others sleep, 

 From timid jasmine buds, that keep 

 Their odor to themselves all day, 

 But, when the sunlight dies away, 

 Let the delicious secret out 

 To every breeze that roams about" 



It may be kept through the winter in a pit or green-house, and 

 planted out as a pot-shrub in summer, in corners near windows, or 

 other places where its evening fragrance can be best enjoyed. 



Loudon relates an extraordinary fact concerning the jasmine, 

 viz : " When it is desired to turn a green-leaved jasmine into a 

 variegated one, a single bud of either the silver-leaved, or the 

 golden-leaved, inserted in it, will communicate its variegation to 

 every part of the plant, even to suckers thrown up by the roots ! " 



THE JAPAN KERRIA, OR GLOBE FLOWER. 

 Kerria japonica, 



A low shrub bearing yellow flowers from March to June, and 

 sometimes all summer. Leaves deeply and unequally serrated. 

 The bark of the twigs is a fine green color. The double-flowered 

 variety, K. j. flore plena, is not quite hardy. Height three to five 

 feet 



THE PCEONY. Pceonia. 



THE TREE-PCEONY, P. moutan, is among the most showy of low 

 garden shrubs, and in dry soils sufficiently hardy to be planted 

 throughout the States ; though considerable protection in the 



