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ladies' flower gardener. 



The Arabian jasmine is very fragrant, but it does not endure 

 cold, or much heat, therefore an eastern aspect suits it best. If 

 the Arabian jasmine is grown in a large pot or box, it could 

 be placed under cover during frost in the winter months ; but do 

 not place it in a green-house, which would be in the other ex- 

 treme again. 



The yellow jasmine may be treated like the common jasmine. 

 It is not very fragrant, but it forms an elegant variety. 



I have seen very fanciful and beautiful devices invented to dis- 

 play the beauty of the jasmine. Their shoots grow so rapidly 

 and luxuriantly, that if the plant is allowed to luxuriate, it will 

 soon cover any frame- work with its drooping beauty. The jas- 

 mine loves to hang downwards ; and I have admired inventive 

 little arbors, where the plant has been trained up behind them, 

 and the branches allowed to fall over their front in the richest 

 profusion, curtained back like the entrance of a tent. The effect, 

 during their time of flowering, was remarkably elegant. 



When you prune the jasmine, cut the branches to an eye or 

 bud, just by the place from which they sprout, and that in such 

 a manner, that the head when trimmed, should resemble the head 

 of a willow. This method makes them throw out abundance of 

 branches and fine flowers. 



Give fresh soil to the jasmine every two years, or they will 

 gradually become weakened in their blooms. The secret of hav- 

 ing fine flowers is in keeping up the soil to a regular degree of 

 strength, as the human frame languishes under change of diet, 

 and becomes weakened for want of food. Thus it is with animate 

 and inanimate nature. 



