240 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



Chosen by the sovereign Planter, when he framed 



All things to man's delightful use; the roof 



Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, 



Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew 



Of firm and fragrant leaf: on either side 



Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, 



Fenced up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, 



Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, 



Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought 



Mosaic ; underfoot the violet, 



Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay 



Broider'd the ground, more colour 'd than with stone 



Of costliest emblem." 



Mr. T. Moore speaks of the Jessamine as more fragrant 

 by night than by day : 



<f '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 odour to themselves all day, 

 But, when the sun-light dies away, 

 Let the delicious secret out 

 To every breeze that roams about." 



" The jessamine, with which the queen of flowers, 

 To charm her god, adorns his favourite bowers ; 

 Which brides by the plain hand of Neatness drest, 

 Unenvied rival ! wear upon their breast ; 

 Sweet as the incense of the morn, and chaste 

 As the pure zone which circles Dian's waist." 



CHURCHILL. 



Jessamine abounds in Italian gardens. In the East it 

 is cultivated for the stems, of which pipes are made. 



Dallaway says, speaking of the Turks, " In his pipe 

 an opulent man is extremely sumptuous ; the head must be 

 of pale amber, the stick of jasmine-wood, with the bark 

 preserved, and the bowl of a delicate red-clay, manufac- 

 tured at Burgas in Romelia, and highly ornamented. Ac- 

 cording to the dignity of the smoker is the length of hi& 



