THE JASMINES 
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simple, or cut into three oval leaflets ; large 
white flowers during summer, the corolla cut 
into seven lobes. Abundant and very beauti- 
ful in the forests of Mauritius and other islands 
of the Indian Ocean. Syn. J. mauritianum. 
The White Azorean Jasmine (y. azori- 
curn). — -A pretty evergreen shrub, too tender 
for any save the warmest British gardens, but 
growing well when planted out in a green- 
house. It is of free growth, with long, twining 
shoots of fine effect for cutting, the glossy 
bright green leaves cut into three heart-shaped 
leaflets, and fragrant white flowers during 
summer and autumn. Azores and Madeira. 
There is a variegated form. 
yasminum calcareum. — An Australian species 
with thick, undivided leaves, threaded by three 
or five strong veins, and sweet flowers in 
spring and summer. Though off^ered by 
American growers, this plant does not seem 
to be under cultivation in this country. 
Festoon Jasmine (y. d'uiymum). — A grace- 
ful winter-flowering climber from tropical 
Australia and the Pacific Islands. Of twining 
habit, it shoots up quickly to fall again in 
long, drooping festoons of glossy green, bear- 
ing a multitude of small white flowers arranged 
in twos to form long and narrow clusters, 
sweet, and pretty for decoration. 
Lord Ilchester's Jasmine [y. Jioridum). — 
A nearly hardy kind introduced from China 
in 1884, and if less showy than those with 
larger flowers it is a pretty plant which blooms 
freely upon sheltered walls at Kew and else- 
where. Its flowers are yellow and about half 
an inch across, coming in loose clusters from 
July, and the glossy leaves cut into three 
leaflets. Syn. y. suhiilatum. 
Broom-Leaved Jasmine [y. fruticaris). — 
A hardy evergreen shrub from the south of 
Europe, of erect growth and thickly branched, 
but its glossy green leaves are scanty at all 
times and fall in hard winters. A pretty plant, 
flowering through a long season, and best left 
to spread into picturesque masses by its 
abundant suckers ; trained over an old tree 
stump in the wild garden, its many yellow 
flowers in June and July are very welcome, 
and stray clusters often continue until autumn. 
Though not a climbing plant it may be 
trained to walls in cold districts, where its neat 
thrice-cut leaves will cover 10 or 12 feet, and 
seldom fail to flower. The flowers — com- 
posed of blunt, rounded petals — have little 
scent, and occasionally are followed by shining- 
black berries of the size of peas. 1570. Syn. 
y. luteum. 
The Grey-Leaved Jasmine [y .glaucum). — 
An evergreen greenhouse plant from South 
Africa, with greyish undivided leaves of oval 
I shape, and flowers like the common kind, but 
j longer in the tube and larger. It is easily 
grown in a cool house, flowering in August, 
its fragrant clusters useful for cutting ; pretty 
I little standards of this kind flower well in pots. 
Syn. y. ligustrifo/ium. 
' Bornean Jasmine {y. gracillimum). — One 
of the best of winter-flowering stove plants. 
The IjOrnkan Jasmine { J. ^^^racilliinuin). 
finely fragrant, with long, arching shoots 
wreathed in white flowers which hold better 
than in other kinds. It may be grown in 
pots as a bush plant, flowering very young 
and easily ; trained around columns with 
fountain-like grace ; allowed to spread and 
hang freely under the roof where valued for 
cutting ; or even packed into baskets from 
which it droops with the prettiest efl^ect. Its 
fragrance is perhaps hardly so refined as in 
other kinds, but the starry white flowers are 
so large (9 petals) and carried so freely 
throughout the winter, as to weigh down the 
shoots. It should have free exposure to light 
and air in the cooler part of the stove, doing 
