632 JASIONE. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



JASMINUM. 



of the mountains of Macedonia, growing 

 in ravines. 1 1 has been considered a miffy 

 plant, dying away in our gardens in spite 

 of the most careful handling, but it is 

 likely to grow as well as other Ramondias 

 if its special wants are attended to. It likes 

 to be moderately moist at the roots and 

 have shade and moisture in the air. Some 

 place on a well-constructed rock-garden 

 should be chosen, where it will thrive in 

 peat. The blooms are of a deep blue, nod- 

 ding, and shaped like those of a Soldanella, 

 and it has silver-grey leaves. M. L. 



JASIONE (Sheep's Scabious}. Dwarf 

 perennials and annuals of the Bell-flower 

 family. J. humilis is a creeping tufted 

 plant, about 6 in. high, bearing small 

 heads of pretty blue flowers in July and 

 August. Though a native of the high 

 Pyrenees, it often succumbs to the damp 

 and frosts of our climate, and it therefore 

 requires a dry well-drained part of the 

 rock-garden, and should have a little 

 protection in winter during severe cold 

 and wet. J. perennis is taller, often 

 above i ft. high, with dense heads of 

 bright blue flowers, from June to August ; 

 it is a rock-garden plant, stronger than 

 the preceding, thriving in good light loam, 

 and a native of the mountains of Central 

 and South Europe. These perennial 

 kinds may be propagated best from seed 

 as they do not divide well. J. montana 

 is a neat, hardy annual with small, pretty 

 bright blue flower-heads in summer. 

 Seed in autumn or spring. A native 

 plant. 



JASMINUM (Jasmine). Beautiful 

 shrubs, the hardy ones among the best 

 introduced to our country, and of very wide 

 and precious use. 



J. fruticans (Shrubby Jasmine). This 

 is a wiry-looking shrub from Southern 

 Europe and the 

 Mediterranean 

 region; hardy in 

 England, and 

 though not so 

 important as 

 some of the free- 

 growing kinds, 

 is worth a place 

 on dry banks. It 

 has numerous 

 small yellow 

 flowers. 



J. humile (In- 

 dian Yellow 

 Jasmine). A 

 handsome kind, 

 being quite 

 hardy for wall 

 culture in all parts ; with evergreen foliage, 



Jasminum fruticans. 



which adds to its value. It flowers freely, 

 and its yellow bloom amidst the deep green 

 foliage is welcome in summer and autumn. 

 Being an Indian plant it should have a 

 warm aspect and good warm soil. (Syn., 

 J. revolutum and_/. -wallichianum.} 



J. nudiflorum (Winter Jasmine}. A 

 lovely Chinese bush which is happyenough 

 in our northern climate to flower very often 

 in the depth of winter, clustering round 

 cottage walls and shelters, and often very 

 lovely when not too tightly trained. In wet 

 years it will be noticed increasing as freely 

 as twitch at the points of the shoots. It 

 should be planted in different aspects so as 

 to prolong the bloom, planting each side of 



Jasminum humile. 



a house or cottage, for example. The sun 

 coming out after hard frost may destroy 

 the bloom on one side, and it may escape 

 on the other. 



J. primulinum is a good evergreen form 

 of this, recently brought from China, but 

 found not to be so hardy as the winter 

 jasmine ; though it will probably be a 

 valuable plant in southern gardens. 



J. officinale ( White Jasmine). -The old 

 white Jasmine of our gardens, one of 

 the most charming 

 shrubs ever intro- 

 duced for walls and 

 warm banks ; it 

 is best on warm 

 and sandy soils and 

 often thrives in the 

 heart of our cities. 



The white Jas- 

 mine should be 

 planted in every 

 garden against a 

 wall, or used for 

 trailing over ar- 

 bours. It is One of Jasminum officinale. 



the best of all climb- 

 ing shrubs on account of its hardiness 

 and rapid growth in almost any soil. 

 There are several varieties of it, the best 



