JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM. 
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form a tolerably good specimen, well furnished with flowering 
branches. 
On account of the well-known predisposition of this genus to 
attacks from red-spider, and to facilitate the keeping a damp 
atmosphere about the plants in the hot season, I took the pre¬ 
caution to turn the frame in which they were growing towards 
the north, thus lessening the power of the sun, and, by syringing 
the floor every evening, managed to keep them pretty clean. 
They are, however, very subject to both this insect and the white 
scale. The latter is less troublesome, because more easily re¬ 
moved ; but every attack of the former must be instantly repelled, 
or the production of flowers will be unsatisfactory. About 
October the leaves fall from the new branches, and in a short 
time after, from nearly every axil formed by the foliage will burst 
forth a single flower. Though these are solitary, the position of 
the buds on a well-grown plant is so closely arranged, and the 
leaves having grown in opposite pairs, the blossoms are conse¬ 
quently produced in like manner, that the appearance of a branch 
with its flowers expanded is very nearly that of a spike. Each 
blossom is almost an inch in diameter, and the segments being 
stout, so as to lay quite flat, the rich, bright yellow is unclouded 
in lustre, and renders the plant very attractive. And when it is 
known that a continuous succession of these flowers is produced 
through January, February, and March, even in an ordinary 
greenhouse, it will be admitted that few, if any, of the genus sur¬ 
pass in beauty or value the present species. A great improvement 
is undoubtedly effected in the plant’s appearance, by placing it 
at the time the leaves fall off in a forcing-house or stove, with a 
temperature of about 55°. The blossoms then come out larger 
and stronger; and, with the aid of the extra warmth, a portion 
of the foliage is also developed, which removes the naked aspect 
of the branches, as seen in the greenhouse; and, thus treated, it 
may be had in bloom by the beginning of December. 
The trouble taken to obtain the Azorian and Catalonian Jas¬ 
mines to flower in winter is so great, that no doubt can be enter¬ 
tained of the estimation in which this plant will be held when 
generally known. Its neat habit, partaking more of the shrubby 
character than either of the others, and its larger and brighter- 
coloured flowers, make it decidedly superior as an ornamental 
