THE WINTER JASMINE. 
Jasminuin nudiflorum. 
growing if space can be found 
for it and taste inclines to it. 
We cannot expect everybody to 
grow everything, and therefore 
we deprecate the eamestness of 
those writers in horticultural 
papers who devote their fine 
energies to the abuse of people 
who grow what suits themselves 
in defiance of the dictates of their 
egotistical critics. The jasmine 
now under consideration is not 
adapted for any great variety of 
uses, but it is a pretty thine to 
grow on a wall near doors and 
windows, because in the dark days 
of winter it will be all alive and 
full of golden light with its eenerous display of yellow 
flowers. As these appear when the plant is as yet with- 
out a leaf, it is called the naked flowering jasmine 
(Jasminum nudifiornm). 
This jasmine was introduced from China by the late 
Mr. Robert Fortune, as one of the results of his memorable 
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