.-><; ( ALKXDAH OF FLOWERING 



^fasminum nudiflorum 



( Winter Flowering Jasmine} is so welcome to us 

 all through the Winter that it is hard to find words to 

 praise it sufficiently ; for then is the time that its 

 charming star-shaped yellow flowers appear in golden 

 masses ; but its shoots being at that time leafless, it is 

 best grown against some dark-leaved evergreen creeper 

 or mixed with Jasmimun revolutum. When planted in 

 good soil it will not require any attention beyond an 

 occasional thinning out, and though it will grow in any 

 situation, a sunny corner is where it is really happy. 

 August is the month in which to raise new plants from 

 layers or cuttings struck in light soil. 



Jasminum officinale 



(Common White Jasmine) is the well-known hardy 

 climber that will thrive in any fairly good garden soil, and 

 soon cover a wall 20 ft. high. Its flowers are white and 

 deliciously scented appearing from June to September, 

 during which time the air is scented many yards away. 

 There is a charming love legend connected with it. In 

 lf)99 a Grand Duke of Tuscany had a plant of this 

 Jasmine, which he was so proud of that he would not 

 allow it to be increased. His gardener, however, was in 

 love with a peasant girl, and on her birthday gave her 

 a sprig of it. This she planted as a memorial of his 



