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jasmine which n mild February has often seen in bloom. 

 'The flowers are yellow, small, and bright, and studded on 

 smooth, slender, green stems. It is vigorous and easily 

 transplanted, and should have a place on every lawn, old- 

 fashioned though it be. The 

 yello\\' jasmine may occupy very 

 suitably a position in a group, 

 but it also makes a lovely sweet- 

 scented plant for early spring 

 bloom, or may be even trained on 

 a trellis as a climber. 



At some point near a path or ^& 

 near the house, or, best of all, on 

 the outskirts of Rhododendron 

 Oatawhiense groups, may be used 

 an allied and equally aiistocratic 

 plant, Hhododendron dawicum. 

 Why aristocratic it may not be 

 easy to explain in set terms, for 

 the application of such an adjec- 

 tive is doubtless fanciful ; yet 



YELLOW JASMINE. 



I always feel a certain respect Oasminum nudiflorum.) 



that is more than mere admiration for the dignified beauty 

 of the rhododendron family. Its members are so excel- 

 lent for their grand forms and exquisite color that they 

 quite cast into the shade the homely though undoubted 

 charms of the yellow jasmine. In this case I wish to pay 

 my respects to the Khododetidron Dauricum, a species that 

 in England often blooms in midwinter. Even in New 

 England a few mild February days may coax and surprise 



