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Jasminum officinal or Jessamine
Jasminum officinale. Common Jasmine or Jessamine
Class and Order
Diandria Monogynia
Generic Character
Cor. 5-fida. Bacca dicocca. Sem. arillata. Antherę intra tubum
Specific Character and Synonyms
JASMINUM officinale foliis oppositis; foliolis distinctis. Lin.
Syst. Vegetab. p. 56.
JASMINUM vulgatius flore albo. Bauh. Pin. 397.
Jasmine or Gesmine. Park. Parad. p. 406.
There is an elegance in the Jasmine which added to its fragrance
renders it an object of universal admiration.
"It grows naturally at Malabar, and in several parts of India, yet
has been long inured to our climate, so as to thrive and flower
extremely well, but never produces any fruit in England. It is
easily propagated by laying down the branches, which will take root
in one year, and may then be cut from the old plant, and planted
where they are designed to remain: it may also be propagated by
cuttings, which should be planted early in the autumn, and guarded
against the effects of severe frosts.
"When these plants are removed, they should be planted either
against some wall, pale, or other fence, where the flexible branches
may be supported. These plants should be permitted to grow rude in
the summer, otherwise there will be no flowers; but after the summer
is past, the luxuriant shoots should be pruned off, and the others
must be nailed to the support.
"There are two varieties of this with variegated leaves, one with
white, the other with yellow stripes, but the latter is the most
common: these are propagated by budding them on the plain Jasmine;
they require to be planted in a warm situation, especially the
white-striped, for they are much more tender than the plain, and in
very severe winters their branches should be covered with mats or
straw to prevent their being killed." Miller's Gard. Dict.
The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden
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