THE 
WHITE JASMINE. 
Botanical Name, Jasminum officinale. —Class , Diandria. 
—Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white .—Native place, 
India and China. 
Sentiment. 
AMIABILITY. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
It is related that a Duke of Tuscany first 
imported this flower from the East, and 
strictly forbade its production out of his own 
influence; but love, stronger than the will of 
dukes, took possession of one of his servitors, 
who could only gain his bride by realizing a 
certain sum of money; this he attained by 
raising sprigs of the much-valued plant, and 
