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not nearly so showy. The ornamental character of the plant 

 mainly consists in the beautiful rose-coloured berries by which 

 the flowers are succeeded. 



3. A. umbellata. A large shrub like the two preceding ; bears 

 corymbs of dull white flowers, succeeded by an unbounded pro- 

 fusion of black berries of the size of a pea, in the Cold season, 

 when it has rather an ornamental appearance. 



4. A. paniculata. A large shrub quite distinct in habit from 

 either of the preceding, having somewhat of the aspect of 

 a Dracaena. It sends up long bare stems about ten or twelve 

 feet high, from the summit of which its large lanceolate leaves, 

 from six to twelve inches long, spread forth, and from among 

 these project large, long, pink-stalked, plume-like panicles of 

 numberless small pale-pink flowers. Blossoms principally in 

 February and March. 



Jacquinia. 



1. J. ruscifolia. A very large round bushy shrub, four or five 

 feet high, with narrow lanceolate leaves, from one-and-a-half to 

 two inches long, ending in a needle-like point ; bears in the Hot 

 season a great profusion of small, star-like, bright-orange, rather 

 pretty flowers. The whole shrub is of a dark sombre hue, not 

 very agreeable. The wood is exceedingly hard, and the plant 

 is rather difficult of propagation. 



2. J. aurantiaca. Is in most respects very similar to the last, 

 except in having somewhat larger leaves. 



JASMINACE^E. 



Jasminum. 

 JASMINE. 



A very numerous genus, a few of the species of which claim 

 admission into every garden, some for the fine fragrance of their 

 blossoms, and some for their sparkling beauty when covered 

 with their numberless white, star-like flowers. Some two or 

 three have foliage for which alone they may be considered 

 ornamental; but several are very coarse-looking shrubs, and far 

 from attractive, except when in blossom. These latter it is well 



