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LANGUAGE AND 
Thou dost make the poor and needy 
In thy presence to rejoice; 
All the bowed and broken-hearted 
Love thy peace-inspiring voice. 
Mrs. Scott. 
Many florigraphical significations are attached 
to this exquisitely scented flower, but the most 
reliable works adopt it as the representative of 
amiability. 
The favorite kind is the Spanish jasmine, so 
called because it is believed to have been first 
introduced into Europe, in 1560, by some Span¬ 
iards, who brought it from the East Indies. 
The flowers are of a blush-red outside and blush 
within ; they bloom at the same time as the In¬ 
dian, the blossoms of which are of a bright yel¬ 
low, and are very fragrant. The common white 
jasmine is an exceedingly elegant plant, and is 
not surpassed in fragrance or beauty by any of 
the species. It is this flower which Gowper de¬ 
lineates as 
“The jasmine throwing wide her elegant sweets, 
The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf 
Makes more conspicuous and illumines more 
Tho bright profusion of her scattered stars.” 
The delicate beauty and delicious scent of this 
flower rendered it a valuable acquisition to the 
