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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWEIiS. 
Toutefois il y en a qui tiennent ce nom d'artemisia avoir 
^te impose a l’armoise, a raison de la deesse Artemis 
Ilithya {Diana), parceque eette herbe est particulierement 
bonne aux femmes.” The fragrant southern-wood be¬ 
longs to this family, and also the bitter wormwood. 
WHITE JASMINE (Jasminum officinale). Amiability. 
The jasmine seems to have been created as the 
emblem of amiability. Its supple branches bend grace¬ 
fully to every caprice of the trainer ; and whether in the 
shape of bush, tree, or arbor, it lavishes on us a shower 
of fragrant, star-like blossoms. It grows now in all 
warm climates, but was introduced into Europe from 
India by Spanish navigators, about 1560. Its fragrance, 
like the woodbine’s, is stronger towards night. 
“ Many a perfume breathed 
From plants that wake while others sleep, 
From timid jasmine buds, that keep 
Their odors to themselves all day, 
But, when the sunlight dies away, 
Let the delicious secret out.” 
Moore. 
The Earl of Carlisle is the author of the following 
pretty stanzas : — 
TO A JASMINE TREE. 
“ My slight and slender jasmine tree, 
That bloomest on my border tower, 
Thou art more dearly loved by me 
Than all the wreaths of fairy bower: 
I ask not, while I near thee dwell, 
Arabia’s spice, or Syria’s rose; 
Thy light festoons more freshly smell, 
Thy virgin white more freshly glows. 
