JASMINUM 661 



cluster of cymes, each cyme with three or five blossoms. Corolla | in. long, 

 and about the same across the four or five spreading lobes. Calyx-lobes 

 almost thread-like, in. long ; flower-stalk about I in. long. Fruit not regularly 

 or freely produced, black, ^ in. long, solitary or twin. 



Var AFFINE (J. affine, Carriere). A form with larger flowers and broader 

 calyx-lobes. 



Var. AUREUM. Leaflets rather handsomely blotched with yellow, but it 

 is scarcely as hardy as the green type. Loudon mentions a double-flowered 

 variety, but this I have not seen. 



Native of Persia, N.W. India, China. The common jasmine (or jessamine) 

 has been cultivated from time immemorial in Britain, and its fragrance and 

 beauty have given it a place in English gardens as secure as that of the lilac 

 or lavender. In the north it is hardy only against a wall or on a roof, but in 

 the south it grows well in the open, where if supported in the early stages and 

 pruned back every spring it will make a self-supporting bush. But perhaps 

 its charm is greatest when allowed to form a loose tangle on a house front, 

 as one may often see it in cottage gardens between London and the south 

 coast. Even in winter the tangle of young stems has a cheerful green effect. 

 A popular perfume is extracted from the flowers. 



J. PRIMULINUM, Hemsley. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 7981.) 



An evergreen, rambling shrub, probably 6 to 10 ft. high, forming a dense 

 interlacing mass of branches ; young stems four-angled, smooth. Leaves 

 opposite ; composed of three leaflets borne on a common stalk about \ in. long. 

 Leaflets lance-shaped or narrowly oval, I to 3 ins. long, i to f in. wide, short- 

 stalked (the side ones smaller), dark glossy green. Flowers \\ to if ins. 

 diameter, bright yellow, produced in spring and summer, solitary on stalks 

 \ to i^ ins. long, and furnished with tiny, green, leaflike bracts. Corolla 

 often semi-double, composed of from six to ten divisions, each \ to \ in. wide, 

 rounded at the end. Calyx-lobes usually five or six, narrow, pointed, j in. 

 long, smooth or minutely ciliate. 



Native of W. China ; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch in 1900. 

 As the plant had never been found bearing seed, the collector was obliged to 

 send home living plants by an overland route to Hong-Kong, and thence to 

 England. This jessamine is certainly the most striking of all those that can 

 be grown out-of-doors anywhere in this country, but it is only likely to thrive 

 in the very mildest spots. At Kew, even against a wall, it succumbs to severe 

 frost. The best method of cultivating it is, apparently, to grow it in pots out- 

 of-doors, exposed to full sunshine and generously treated at the root, then 

 to house it and keep it as dry as possible without losing its foliage during the 

 winter. It then makes a fine display in spring. It appears to have found 

 acceptable conditions in middle and south Italy, where I have seen it profusely 

 in flower. It is closely allied to J. nudiflorum in all essential characters, but 

 is much larger in all its parts. 



J. REVOLUTUM, Sims. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 1731 ; Bot. Reg., t. 178.) 



A nearly evergreen shrub, not climbing, but of lax, spreading habit ; stems 

 noi downy, slightly angular, the stoutest among cultivated jasmines. Leaves 

 alternate, composed of usually three or five, sometimes seven leaflets, which 

 are oval or ovate, tapered to both ends, the side ones | to i| ins. long, the 

 terminal one up to 2 ins. or more long, and i^ ins. wide ; all of a dull, very dark 



