Introduction.From time Immemorial the jasmine has been under cultivation all over India for its sweet scented flowers.Watt(1890)records a number of uses that the plant is put to.Jasminum grandi florum is reported to be extensively cultivated in Europe for extraction of the scent from its flowers.In South India Jasminum grandiflorum and J.sumbaca are very widely grown.J.flexile is also common.Its ever.sold in the market as it is considered that they are inferior to J.grandiflorum.They are not,how-ever,sold in the market as it is considered that they areinferior to J.grandiflorum in the matter of their scent.
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