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of the south coast this kind grows in the open 
as a beautiful shrub, one large old plant at 
Ventnor being nearly 30 feet round. Unlike 
most of the Jasmines it is not easy to increase, 
cuttings of half-ripe wood with a heel being 
so slow to root that layers are often preferred. 
High mountains of Nepaul and Hindoostan. 
1812. Syn. y. triumphans. 
The Arabian Jasmine (y. Sambac). — This 
beautiful and capricious plant is not always 
thoroughly at home under glass, and at times 
fails completely. Where it grows well, few 
stove shrubs are more fragrant — especially 
towards night — with white flowers like a 
Gardenia and useful for sprays and bouquets. 
It is a climbing shrub of straggling growth 
and 10 to 15 feet high, doing best when 
planted out in a warm border ; the shoots 
need careful thinning and stopping to force 
side spurs which flower most freely, old 
growths being renewed by young shoots 
trained from the base. When well-grown it 
is almost constantly in flower, though freest 
in spring and autumn ; the leaves are rounded, 
thick, waved, and almost stemless ; the white 
flowers of fleshy petals fade to a brownish 
purple, and are so fragrant as to be unpleasant 
if used in quantity. It is not easily raised from 
cuttings, owing to the persistency with which 
all side shoots show flower and remain dor- 
mant (even though rooted) for months to- 
gether ; to ensure success, an old plant should 
be cut in, and growing shoots taken in early 
spring before they are too stout and vigorous. 
To succeed with the Arabian Jasmine, good 
soil, abundant light, and warmth without too 
close an atmosphere are necessary ; do not 
allow much soil, and prune well after flower- 
ing. On the shores of the Mediterranean it 
is much grown for its perfume, the flowers 
being gathered at nightfall as they open. Two 
or three varieties of this old plant are grown 
in gardens including double and semi-double 
forms which are more lasting than the flowers 
of any other Jasmine, and produced during a 
long season though sparingly. Never very 
strongly rooted, these plants should not be 
overpotted, and with care last for many years. 
Australian Tree Jasmine [J. simplici- 
folium). — A robust hothouse climber of slender 
habit, reaching the size of a small tree. Its 
leaves are oblong, undivided, and deep glossy 
green, with fragrant white blossoms in large 
branched clusters — the flowers composed of 
long, pointed petals of star-like and elegant 
effect. Australia, New Caledonia, and Nor- 
folk Island. Though often seen in a stove, it 
does very well in a conservatory. Syns. J. 
gracile, lucidum, or volubile. 
The African Jasmine (y. streptopus). — 
Another of the few African species — a green- 
house plant with star-like flowers of ivory- 
white, freely branching, and flowering from 
the tip of every shoot. 
The Java Jasmine {J. trinerve). — A tall, 
climbing plant with large, uncut leaves upon 
short stems, and strongly three-nerved on the 
under surface ; fragrant, white flowers in small 
clusters. B. 
KENTUCKY YELLOW- WOOD 
{Cladrastis luted). 
The genus Cladrastis, belonging to 
the great Pea-tribe, contains only two 
species — Cladrastis amurensis^ a shrub 
from the Amoor valley, and Cladrastis 
liitea^ found in Kentucky, Tennesee, 
and the western part of North Carolina. 
This tree, known as the Yellow-wood 
or Virgilia,is rare in cultivation, though 
in every way a charming tree for orna- 
mental planting. The name Cladrastis 
is probably from a Greek word meaning 
" brittle-branch," and referring to the 
fragility of its wood, shared by some 
other members of its family, such as the 
Robinias, which strew the ground with 
twigs and branches with every high 
wind. It is therefore best to plant such 
trees in as sheltered a position as pos- 
sible. Although the Yellow-wood is 
classed by planters among small trees, 
yet in the rich bottom-lands it reaches 
a height of 60 or even 70 feet, with a 
trunk 9 or 10 feet round ; these large 
trees, however, are rare. As we usually 
see it in gardens, it forms a beautiful 
