I always thought that there was such a thing as a jasmine. It turns out that the name gets applied to most anything that has an enormous scent. Below are some examples. The usual jasmines have white or yellow, star-shaped blooms, and are either wispy shrubs or vines.

	The image from the last page. This is Jasminum multiflorum. Image from botany.com.
	A drawing of blooms from the confederate jasmine or Trachelospermum jasminoides. Image from the Time Life Plant Encyclopedia at the Virtual Garden.
	A drawing of blooms from the Jasminum officianale or common jasmine. Image from the Time Life Plant Encyclopedia at the Virtual Garden.
	A drawing of a whole common jasmine shrub. Image from the Time Life Plant Encyclopedia at the Virtual Garden.
	A drawing of a yellow-blooming jasmine. This could be Jasminum mesnyi, primrose jasmine, or Gelsemium sempervirens, carolina jasmine. Both are vines and have yellow flowers. Image from the Time Life Plant Encyclopedia at the Virtual Garden.
	This is a drawing of Cestrum nocturnum, night blooming jasmine. It is one of the shrub versions that are called jasmine. Image from the Time Life Plant Encyclopedia at the Virtual Garden.
	This is actually jasmine tobacco, Nicotiana alata, which also has the amazing scent and is a good border plant. The smell is roughly the same as other jasmines. Image from the Gardener's Library at homearts.com.
	This is a whole confederate jasmine plant. Image from the Gardener's Library at homearts.com.