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affection, and it grew into such a charming shrub that 

 she was able to sell cuttings to every one who saw it. 

 In this way she got enough money to marry her lover ; 

 and now in Tuscany there is a saying that she, who is 

 worthy to wear a nosegay of Jasmine, is as good as a 

 fortune to her husband. They are easily raised from 

 cuttings. 



Jasminum revolutum 



Is an evergreen climber that is well worthy of a 

 place on a sunny wall. It produces its sweetly scented 

 yellow flowers from May to October, and will soon 

 cover a wall many feet high. It increases readily from 

 cuttings, and will do well in any fairly good garden soil. 



Kalmia angustifolia 



(Mountain Laurel] is a most lovely evergreen, and 

 in June, when its clusters of pink flowers are out and 

 its shining laurel leaves in their full glory, it is indeed 

 a joy. It never grows more than 3 ft. high, and prefers 

 to lie quietly in the shade in a peaty bed, where there is 

 plenty of moisture for its thirsty roots. It cannot be 

 grown within the fog radius, and to increase it, it is best 

 to layer the shoots or to take cuttings after it has done 

 flowering, and insert them in a mixture of peat and sand 

 under a hand-glass in the shade. 



