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over occasionally, the better. The flower of this variety 

 is as large as a rose, hut not quite so double ; it is delight- 

 fully fragrant. Its appearance is more like the Orange 

 Tree than the common Jasmine, the leaves being heavier 

 ribbed. It will grow to a great height in a favorable situ- 

 ation and soil, and is easily propagated by cuttings. The 

 other varieties are not so well known. The above are 

 the best, easiest managed, and kept through the winter, 

 and of course most desirable. 



LAVENDER. 



(LAVENDULA SPICA.) 



The common Lavender of the garden is a valuable 

 shrub, a native of the South of Europe, and grows from 

 three to five feet high. The stem is brown and woody, 

 and is divided into slender, straight, herbaceous, pubescent 

 branches, with opposite sessile, linear, and glaucous leaves. 

 The flowers are small and disposed in whorls around the 

 sprouts, forming cylindrical spikes. The corolla is tubular 

 and labiate, the lower lip divided into segments, the up- 

 per the largest ; with the filaments within the tube. The 

 flowers possess a strong aromatic odor, and contain a vola- 

 tile oil which can be procured by distillation, and is much 

 used by perfumers. The stem and flowers are generally 

 placed in drawers to impart a fragrance to clothes, and it is 

 said that the moth will not go where it is kept. The flow- 



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