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Many other varieties of more or less value are also 

 grown, the commonest of which is /. cairica, a native 

 of Cairo, known to the Arabs as Sitt-el-hosn. 



Jasminum grandiflora. One of the best of the 

 many varieties of Jasmine, with graceful pinnate 

 foliage, and leaflets less than an inch long, and 

 cymes of white fragrant flowers. The plant is of 

 a somewhat sprawling nature, and, is rather trouble- 

 some to keep in order, its trailing stems emitting 

 roots wherever they touch the ground. 



J. officinale. An old familiar favourite of our 

 English gardens, also J. confusum. 



J. Sambac The Arabian Jasmine. A thick, close- 

 growing variety, with numerous box-like leaves and 

 small white flowers with long stamens. 



The Great Double Tuscan Jasmine, known to the 

 Arabs as FoulL It has strong-scented flowers like 

 small white roses, but it is more of a shrub than a 

 climber. The plant requires a rich sandy soil and a 

 half-shady position. 



J. revolutum. A winter flowering yellow variety. 



J. humile and J. fruticans, also yellow varieties, 

 are occasionally grown. 



Lonicera chinensis Honeysuckle. A favourite 

 plant in Egyptian gardens, filling the air at evening 

 with a delicious lemon-like perfume. It is of rapid 

 growth when once established, but the branches, which 

 twine and interlace with one another, makes frequent 

 pruning necessary to prevent it from becoming an 

 entangled mass. It is capable of growing on very 

 poor soil, but is too well known to need describing. 

 L. sempervirens, var. minor, a deep red variety, should 

 also be grown. 



Momordica balsamina. A pretty annual gourd, 

 growing easily from seed, which should be sown in 

 March, and bearing in August an orange coloured 

 fruit resembling a ridge cucumber. This bursts when 



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