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-PHILADELPHUS CoRONARIUS. COMMON 
PHILADELPHUS, or Mock-ORANGE. 
~. Clafs and Order. 
IcosaANDRIA Monocynta. 
fo -. Generic Chara&er. : 
_ Cal. 4 f. §-partitus, fuperus. Peiala 4 f. 5. Capf. 4f. 5-lo- 
- cularis, poly f{perma. 2 | 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. ey 
PHILADELPHUS coronarius foliis fubdentatis. Linn. Syf. 
Veget. ed.14. Murr. p. 460. Ait. Kewe 
VU. 2. Pp. 155- = 
SYRINGA alba, five Philadelphus Athenei. Baub. Pin. 
eo p- 398. | 
FRUTEX coronarius. Cluf. Hifl. p. 55. fi 1. 
The Philadelphus coronarius is one of the moft common — 
fhrubs of our gardens, and known to moft perfons by the name 
of Mock-orange, the bloffoms in point of fcent being fuppofed 
to have fome affinity with thofe of the orange ; in our account 
of the Syringa vulgaris, or Lilac, p. 183, the reader will find 
fome curious obfervations on the {cent of thefe flowers, by old — 
‘Gerarp, which are there by miftake attributed to the Lilac; _ 
this the reader is requefted to corre@t and pardon. To prevent 
- fimilar miftakes in future, it will be neceflary to ceafe applying 
the term Syringa to this plant altogether. ee 
_ _This fhrub is hardy, and readily propagated by fuckers; it 
ufually flowers in May, but it is only in feafons unufually mild 
and favourable, that its bloffoms and foliage are feen im per- 
fe€tion, as they are very apt to be disfigured by the cold winds 
Which, more or lefs, prevail at that time; it is only when 
gently forced that its beauty is fully. difplayed, and for that 
purpofe it is a fhrub often ufed. See ee 
Tt was cultivated by Gerarp in 1597. Cxusius obferves, 
that he never faw it in a wild ftate, nor had he been able to- 
determine whether it was known to the ancients; Linna&us. 
feems to have had his doubts as to its original place of growth, 
by putting “ Habitat Verone” with a-quere; MILLER fays, 
where it naturally grows is uncertain; Mr. Arron defcribes it 
as a native of the South of Europe. As: | 
A dwarf variety of it is mentioned by authors, which has 
little to recommend it; and another with variegated foliage, _ 
which is apt to become wholly green. The leaves, as auth 
have obferved, tafte like cucumber. a pees 
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