128 
THE MORAL OF FLOWERS. 
Caffraria : foreigners from many lands, 
They form one social shade, as if convened 
By magic summons of the Orphean lyre.” 
Amongst the most celebrated is the Arabian jasmine, 
much cultivated in the East for the beauty and fragrance 
of its blossoms, which possess a scent something like 
the orange flower, but sweeter, and are held in such 
esteem, that the Hindoos, who mingle the most odori¬ 
ferous flowers in their sacrifices, particularly select 
those belonging to this species. The women also string 
them by way of ornament round the neck and amongst 
the hair. 
“ Jasmines like a silver spray, 
Fragrant stars and favourites they. 
When Indian girls on a festival day 
Braid their dark tresses.” 
Nor are the ladies alone indebted to it: of its stems 
are made the highly ornamented pipes* so needful to 
the enjoyment of their idle and luxurious lords. Every 
species of jasmine is almost proverbially fragrant. It is 
related of the starry Gardenia, or wild Cape jasmine, 
that, when in full blow, its odoriferous perfume in an 
* Dallaway’s Constantinople. 
