Jasmine

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

or JASMIN, the English of the ing up lar portions of hills of considerable size. In up large hue, it is name genus Jasminum, and especially of the able size. of various shades of red, low, brown red, common species J. officinale. It has of red, ye , and green, and sometimes aryelranged in opposite pinnate leaves, a four or five cleft white, sweet sometimes a stripes, when it is called ribbon jasper. Its varied colors -scented corolla. Its native called ribbo are generally derived from country was perhaps Persia. The jasmine of are general iron in different degrees of oxidation. Jasper the shops is furnished by J. officinale in different degrees is much used for ornamental and J. grandiflorum. A similar perfume is much used fo purposes, on account of its hardness and exists in J. sambac; J. undulatum has oses, on account of it susceptibility of taking a high polish. slightly bitter leaves. The root of J. sceptibility of taking Bloodstone, or heliotrope, is a deep green pubescens is regarded as alexiteric. The tone, or heliotrope variety of jasper, with blood-red spots. roots of J. humile furnish a yellow iety of jasper, wit Touchstone is a velvetblack flinty dye. chstone is a velvet variety, used Oil of jasmine, an oil obtained from flowers used for testing th purity of gold alloys. The alloy is for testing the rubbed on the the of Jasminum grandiflorum, J. sambac, and ys. The alloy i stone, so as to leave a metallic streak, J. officinale. as to leave and the Otto of jasmine, a pomade made by the quality is esti mated by the brightness of the color quality is estiwhen nitric impregnating suet with the scent of jasmine, and the color acid is washed over it. The principal deposit leaving it for a fortnight in pure rectified over it. The of jasper is the gorge of the Kargon, spirit. asper is the gorge in Siberia. Siberia.