POLEMONIUM sieu Trifolium fruticans. Shrubby Trefoil. _Ger. Herb.
p. 1129. f._
The Yellow Jasmine is often planted against walls, pales, &c. as the
branches are weak and slender and it will grow to be ten or twelve feet
high if thus supported; it may however be planted in shrubbery quarters,
to which it is better suited than the White Jasmine. The young shoots
are of a fine strong green colour, angular, and a little hairy. The
leaves are trifoliate, though sometimes they grow singly. They are
placed alternately on the branches, are of a thick consistence, smooth,
and of a fine deep green colour. These leaves in well-sheltered places
remain until the spring before they fall off, so that this plant may not
improperly be planted among the Evergreens, especially as the young
shoots are always of a strong green. The flowers are yellow, and do not
possess the fragrance of the common Jasmine. They are produced chiefly
in June, and the blow is soon over. They are succeeded by berries,
which when ripe are black, whence its name of Berry-bearing Jasmine.
Although this shrub possesses a certain stiffness, which gives it
somewhat the appearance of an artificial flower, yet the fine yellow
colour of its blossoms contrasts so well with the rich green of the
foliage, that in the flower-pot or bouquet it never fails to have a
conspicuous and pleasing effect.
Is a native of the South of Europe and the Levant, was cultivated by Mr.
John Gerard, in 1597, and flowers from May to October. _Ait. Kew._
Is easily propagated by suckers or layers; as the flowers have no scent,
is not so much cultivated as formerly. _Miller's Dict._
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Anthemis Pyrethrum. Pellitory of Spain.
_Class and Order._
Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.
_Generic Character._
_Recept._ paleaceum. _Pappus_ nullus. _Cal._ hemisphæricus,
subæqualis. _Flosculi_ radii plures quam 5.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
ANTHEMIS _Pyrethrum_ caulibus simplicibus unifloris decumbentibus
foliis pinnato multifidis. _Linn. Syst. Veget. ed. 14._ _Murr. p.
776._ _Woodville's Medical Botany, p. 286._