June 15, 1906 
Night Blooming 
Jasmine. 
Many gardeners are familiar with the old green- 
house plant Cestrum aurantiacum, which 
adorns greenhouse collections of such plants in 
the early days of spring with its racemes of 
yellow flowers, 
In the same gems of plants are two other 
species famous for their swee!-sconted flowers, 
the C, diurnum and ©. nocturnum, hnown 
respectively as the day jasmine and the nizht- 
blo ming jasmine. 
The flowers of C. diurnura are white; those 
of C. nocturnum are creamy yellow. Looking 
on jasmine proper as sweet-scented, thongh all 
are not, the name jasmine is well applied to the 
two cestrums, for both are sweet-scented, the 
night-blooming one especially so. The fragrance 
is delightful and penetrating, perfuming the ar 
for along distance. 
Another species, C. Parqui, is also famed 
for its sweet odor. These are all’ greenhouse 
plants and are easily kept in winter, and they 
are mentioned as these swe-t-scented flowering- 
plants are often asked for by those ititerested in 
greenhouse plants. . 
The jssmine itself is so famed for sweetness 
in song and story that it must be the reason 
why so many plants with sweet-scented flowers 
ate called jasmine. 
There are the cestrums just referred to and 
the gardenia that come to mind, going under the 
name of Cape Jasmine; and J think there are 
other sweet flowers under the name, The gelse- 
mium is called Carolina Jasmine, but lovely as 
are its yellow flowers in spring they are nut 
sweet-scented, 
The misuse of the common name of a plant 
is met with in many instances as well as those 
mentioned ; for example, the calling of so many 
plants japouicas and the periwinkle inyrtle, con- 
tusing the fiorist often when orders for such 
things come to him. ; 
Japanese Persimmon. 
Japanese persimmons are increased by graft- 
ing them on scedlings of their own kind, or of 
the native one, Diospyros virginiana. Were it 
not that there are many nained kinds, the secd- ~ 
lings themselves would be sufficient. Another 
reason for looking to grafting is that persimmons 
are not all fertile, anda seedling may or may 
not bear fruit. tis a good way to pot a lot of 
stocks a year in advance. They are then well 
advanced when wanted for grafting. Another 
advantage in this is that it admits of having the 
grafting done indoors in Winter, when there is 
more leisure for the work than in Spring, But 
where it cannot be done in this way, it is good 
to do the work in Spring, on stocks growing 
outdoors. Be sure the cions are obtained from 
fruit-bearing varieties, 
Japanese persimmons are hardy in protected 
places, such positions as city yards or like en- 
closures ; and even in open places, when wood 
js weil ripened, they have come through some 
rold:. Winters in good shape. The fruit is so 
very much better than that of the native sort 
that it is a great temptation to endeayour to 
produce it. it Ui : : 
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