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whole appearance is far more delicate than that of the foiv 

 mer one. 



Jasminum revolutum> or Nefial Yellow. This has been, 

 until lately, treated as a Green-house plant, but it is now 

 found to bear the winters of England unprotected, and will 

 doubtless withstand ours also, which I am now testing by 

 experiment. Its flowers are yellow, and larger than those 

 of either of the preceding ; its leaves are of good size, and 

 the whole growth of the plant is strong and vigorous. This 

 5s the last of the hardy upright Jasmines, and I will now 

 proceed to describe the trailing ones. 



Jasminum officinale, or White flowering. The varieties 

 of this species are the only trailing or running ones that 

 have been found to withstand our winters. They consist of 

 the three following : 



Common White Flowering. 

 Gold Striked Leaved. 

 Silver jBlotched Leaved. 



The first of these is of most vigorous and rapid growth, 

 and a strong plant will form shoots of the length of 20 feet 

 or more in a season ; it is exceedingly well calculated to 

 train against the sides of houses, where its fine green leaves, 

 interspersed with its delicate white blossoms, afford an at- 

 tractive appearance. The Gold Strified variety is particu- 

 larly admired for its beautiful foliage, but its growth is much 

 more slow than the preceding. The Silver Blotched va- 

 riety is of quite rapid growth, and is apt in such case to lose 

 or run out of its stripe, which is only retained while the 

 plant is in some degree stinted. I have not found this the 

 case with the Gold Striped, whose leaves almost invariably 

 retain their beautiful variegated appearance. 



The number of species of the Jasmine which require 

 Green-house protection is very considerable : for remarks 

 on which the reader is referred to that head. 



Glycine^ or Kidney-bean Tine. Of this there are two 

 hardy species that are shrubby, both of which are runners 

 or vines, viz. 



Glycinefrutescens, or American Shrubby Glycine. This 

 is of very strong and vigorous growth, and will run to a 

 great length, often forming shoots from^SO to 30 feet in a 

 season. It will speedily cover an extensive bower or arbour, 

 for which purpose no vine is better adapted, It produces 



