THE WINTER JASMINE. 



Jasminum nudiflorum. 



VERY known jasmine is worth 

 growing if space can be found 

 for it and taste inclines to it. 

 We cannot expect everybody to 

 grow everything, and therefore 

 we deprecate the earnestness of 

 those writers in horticultural 

 papers who devote their fine 

 energies to the abuse of people 

 who grow what suits themselves 

 in defiance of the dictates of their 

 egotistical critics. The jasmine 

 now under consideration is not 

 adapted for any great variety of 

 uses, but it is a pretty thing to 

 grow on a wall near doors and 

 windows, because in the dark days 

 of winter it will be all alive and 

 full of golden light with its generous display of yellow 

 flowers. As these appear when the plant is as yet with- 

 out a leaf, it is called the naked flowering jasmine 

 (Jasminum nndiflorutn) . 



This jasmine was introduced from China by the late 

 Mr. Robert Fortune, as one of the results of his memorable 



