sentences:  Evidence of "G. jasminoides" in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong, and the Tenth century artist Xu Xi.The Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) saw it on lacquerware, and the Ming Dynasty on porcelain (1368–1644).Gardenias were seen in nurseries in Guangzhou in 1794 by English statesman Sir John Barrow.