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JAMESIA JASMINUM 



rich soil, thrives excellently. It is the only species of the 

 Var. ROSEA, PurpuS) found in S. Nevada, I have not seen. 



genus. 



JAMESIA AMERICANA. 



JASMINUM. JASMINE. OLEACE^E. 



Of the large number of species belonging to this genus (over 100), 

 only about six can be cultivated permanently in the open air in Britain. 

 They are either climbers or shrubs of loose, spreading habit, and are 

 either evergreen or deciduous ; leaves alternate or opposite, trifoliolate or 

 pinnate. Flowers yellow or white, rarely red, usually fragrant ; corolla with 



