jessamines

Here are grapes of every district, figs and peaches and pears of every kind; melons are grown out of doors as easily as licorice plants, Spanish broom, Italian oleanders, and jessamines from the Azores.

La Grenadiere 2007

Madame Jacotot; tiny South American birds, like living rubies, sapphires, and gold, hovered among the Mexican jessamines and camellias.

A Woman of Thirty 2007

Here are grapes of every district, figs and peaches and pears of every kind; melons are grown out of doors as easily as licorice plants, Spanish broom, Italian oleanders, and jessamines from the Azores.

La Grenadiere 2007

The old bow-windows he will have preserved, but will not have them sashed, nor the woodbines, jessamines, and vines, that run up against them, destroyed: only he will have larger panes of glass, and more convenient casements to let in the sweet air and light, and make amends for that obstructed by the shades of those fragrant climbers.

Pamela 2006

I question whether any of the jenny-jessamines of the present day would do half as much in the face of danger.

The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

On another occasion, when it was high summer and the sun burnt every leaf of the black Argan foliage to a yellow red, and whilst the arid earth opened her mouth in horrid gaps, crystal springs of water were seen to bubble forth from the bowels of the earth, and run in rills among parterres of roses and jessamines.

Travels in Morocco 2003

Geraniums, cactus ', wax plants, cape and catalonian jessamines, and some others, are easily cultivated in a parlor.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea

Fortunately, Fred and I discovered them -- Leonora and her inseparable cavalier, Denis, I mean -- in an alcove of roses and jessamines.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Where once the cannon thundered, roses and jessamines now fill lovely gardens with their rich perfume; where the blood of Saxon burgher and Swedish trooper was once shed in savage strife, the air now rings with the laughter of happy children; and no trace is ever seen of those who fought so bravely for their beloved city more than two hundred years ago.

The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War Anonymous

It was forlorn enough, though it was a pretty place, all overgrown with oleanders and cape-jessamines.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various