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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



monopetalous, regular ; berry of two divisions ; seeds solitary, 

 with a covering. 



The name is the Italian word for these plants. The well- 

 known hardy species of Jasmine are often introduced into 

 the greenhouse, as from their neat foliage, pretty flowers, 

 and sweet scent they are very useful. There are many 

 stove species, and a few intermediate between those and the 

 hardy are adapted to the greenhouse ; these are J. gracile, 

 acuminatum, voluhile, Capense, ligustrifolium, grandifloruin, 

 arhorescens, glaucum, and Poiteau, all climbers, with white 

 flowers, and some having very sweet scent ; J. Azoricum and 

 suhulatum are not climbing plants; J. odoratissimum has 

 sweet-scented yellow flowers. J, grandijlorum is a valuable 

 plant for training, and is extremely pretty and graceful 

 from its large white and fragrant blossoms, which appear 

 in July and August. These plants require no particular 

 treatment, and soil formed of equal parts of loam and peat, 

 with a little sand, suits them well. 



EHRETIA 



Exogens, with regular, symmetrical flowers. Calyx inferior, 

 five-parted. Corolla monopetalous, tubular, divided into as many 



