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fi'om two to eight or nine feet. The elegance of the ev- 

 ergreen foliage causes it to be much sought after to be 

 mingled with bouquets in winter ; and for this purpose it 

 is brought from considerable distances, and carefully kept 

 in cellars, sometimes for months." The leaves are lance- 

 shaped, an inch or more long, and one-third or half an 

 inch wide. 



INDIGOFERA.— Indigo Shrub. 



[The name means a plant bearing Indigo.] 



Indi^Ofera decora. — Indigo Shrub. — A handsome plant, 

 growing four or five feet high, bearing spikes of small 

 pur^jle flowers ; suitable for the shrubbery, free flowering, 

 and of easy culture. 



JASMINUM.— Jasmine. 



[From the Arabic jasmin, (ysmyn).'\ 



Jasminum officinale.— White Jasmine, is a native of 

 the East . Indies ; it is an exceedingly elegant plant for 

 training over a wall or arbor, and will bear the winter in 

 the Middle States, with some protection. It is a delicate 

 and fragrant shrub, not surpassed by any of the species. 

 It is of this that Cowper speaks, in the following passage : 



" The Jasmine, throwing wide iier elegant sweets, 

 The deep dark-green of whose unvarnished leaf 

 Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more 

 The bright profusion of her scattered stars." 



In New Haven I have seen it in a garden, and was as- 

 sured that it did not require protection there. The proper 

 place for the Jasmines in Massachusetts, is the green-house. 



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