JASMINE. 
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JASMINE. 
AMIABlEIfESS. 
The Jasmine seems to have been created ex¬ 
pressly to be the happy emblem of an amiable 
disposition. When brought from India, about the 
year 1560, by Spanish navigators, the slenderness 
of its branches and the delicate brightness of its 
starry flowers were universally admired: to pre¬ 
serve so elegant a plant, it was thought necessary to 
place it in the hothouse, which seemed to suit it per¬ 
fectly well. The orangery was then tried, and there 
it grew surprisingly. It was then risked in the 
open air, and now, without needing any sort 
of care, it withstands the utmost severity of 
winter. 
In all situations, the amiable Jasmine suffers its 
supple branches to be trained in any form that the 
gardener chooses to give them : most commonly 
forming a living tapestry for our arbours or the < 
