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JASMINE. — JASMINUM. 



Natural order ^ Sepiarice. Jasminece, Juss. A 

 genus of the Diandria Monogynia class. 



" The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, 

 The deep dark green of whose unvarnish'd leaf 

 Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more 

 The bright profusion of her scatter'd stars." 



Cowper. 



This sweet emblem of amiability is always 

 acceptable wherever we meet it. It graces 

 alike the lowly casement of the lone widow, 

 and the proud parterre of the rich and gay ; 

 the bosom of the village lass, and the oriental 

 vase of the saloon. Its modesty pleases, and 

 its fragrance charms, in all situations ; like 

 those whose happy dispositions and amiable 

 manners seem to make them the bond of 

 society, by the grace and facility with which 

 they accommodate themselves to all situations 

 and circumstances. The pretty face of the 

 jasmine flower is only surpassed in loveliness, 

 by the fair whose countenance is brightened 

 by amiability. 



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