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vertical or oblique ; corolla at first twisted, funnel-shaped, from 

 five to nine-cleft, with a tube usually long ; style elevated ; 

 stigma two-lobed ; berry two-celled, many-seeded. 



Named after Dr. Garden, of Carolina. A genus of very 

 handsome and sweet-scented plants, principally from China, 

 the East Indies, and South America. G. florida, called the 

 Cape Jessamine, is a native of the former country, and 

 though generally brought up in the stove, is sometimes in- 

 troduced into the greenhouse for its fine scent, which is that 

 of the orange ; the Japanese are said to be very fond of it, 

 and plant it as hedges around their gardens. G. radicans 

 is a more hardy species, having fine, handsome, shining 

 foliage, and the creamy-white flowers, which appear in June, 

 emit a sweet perfume ; it-may have a good supply of water, 

 and some cultivators recommend that a little should be al- 

 lowed to remain in the saucer. G. Rothmannia is really a 

 Cape species and has spotted flowers. Cultivators recom- 

 mend that these plants should have a soil of turfy-peat, 

 leaf-mould, loam, and sand mixed together, that the atmo- 

 sphere should be tolerably moist, and that they should be 

 repotted in the spring. There are double varieties of all 

 the species. 



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