JASMI'NUM REVOLU'TUM. 



CURLED-FLOWER JASMINE. 

 Class. Order. 



DIANDRIA. MONOOYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



JASMINE. 



No. 12. 



Jasminum is derived from two Greek words, sig- 

 nifying a violet, and odor, on account of the fine 

 scent which its flowers possess. Revolution, in 

 allusion to the curling of its petals. 



We are told by Capt. Hardwicke, in the Asiatic 

 Researches, that a species of yellow Jasmine, which 

 is supposed to be the present one, was observed by 

 him, on the frontiers of Hindostan, and which form- 

 ed a large a bush. We have never seen the Jasmi- 

 num revolutum treated as a standard shrub, though 

 it appears well calculated for that purpose, if suffi- 

 ciently hardy. Trained against a southern wall, it 

 puts forth vigorous shoots and produces abundance 

 of flowers of the richest fragrance, and most brilli- 

 ant golden hue. 



It may be propagated readily by cuttings, taken 

 in the spring, and appears to grow very well in any 

 common soil. A little straw or matting should be 

 laid over the roots to protect them from frosts of long 

 continuance ; and in very inclement seasons, a slight 

 covering over the branches also will prove benefi- 

 cial, by preserving the young and succulent shoots 

 which the luxuriant habit of the plant will leave rather 



