JASMINE. 313 



is rich enough to make the fortune of a good 

 husband. * 



Let us then cultivate more abundantly what 

 love has scattered so happily ; for the supple 

 and pliant branches of the jasmine accommo- 

 date themselves to numerous situations in the 

 shrubbery. 



" Here jasmines spread the silver flower, 

 To deck the wall, or weave the bower." 



Cotton. 



They should be woven into the trellised 

 arch or alcove, climb the palisades, rest on 

 the branches of the broad-leafed laurel, 

 cover the dead wall, and run gaily wild 

 over the shrubs of the wilderness walks ; 

 whilst, obedient to the scissors of the gardener, 

 they are formed into bushy shrubs and little 

 trees for the near approach to the dwelling, 

 where in the morning and evening their 

 star-topped tubes send forth a shower of 

 odours that embalm, refresh, and purify the 

 surrounding air. 



" Many a perfume breathed 



From plants that wake when others sleep, 

 From timid jasmine buds, that keep 



* As this story is told of a Grand Duke of Tuscany, in 

 1699, we conclude it was the Goa jasmine, and not the 

 common sort. 



