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PHILADELPHUS Gordonianus. 

 Gordons Philadelphus. 



ICOSANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. 

 Nat. Ord. PHlLADELPHACEiE. 



PHILADELPHUS. Botanical Register, vol. 1 . fol. 570. 



P. Gordonianus ; ramis pendulis testaceis, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis ovatis 

 acutls grosse dentatis subtiis pilosis, racemis compactis 5-9-floris terminali- 

 bus, ovario semisupero, stylo 4-partito, calyclbus fructus patentissimis. 



P. Gordonianus. Bat. Reg. 1838, misc. no. 23. 



A hardy shrub found by Mr. Douglas on the banks of 

 the Columbia River, where it forms part of the underwood. 

 It was raised many years since by the Horticultural Society, 

 and has been extensively distributed. It is the latest species 

 that flowers, grows from eight to ten feet high, and has 

 almost a weeping appearance in consequence of producing 

 numerous slender side shoots. 



The leaves are bright green, rather small, ovate, pointed, 

 3- nerved at the base, and coarsely serrated. The flowers 

 are large, pure white, in close bunches of from five to nine, 

 are nearly scentless, and are produced in such great pro- 

 fusion that this is one of the handsomest of hardy deciduous 

 shrubs. The fruit is large, smooth, with the lobes of the 

 calyx broad and nearly horizontal. 



It is readily known by its small deeply serrated leaves, 

 its nearly superior fruit, its broad spreading calyx, and by 

 the compact manner in which its flowers are arranged. 



It is a very showy shrub, growing in any soil, and very 

 hardy, not having been at all injured by the severe winter 

 of 1837-8. It flowers about the end of July, and may be 

 increased from seeds or by cutting off the half-ripened shoots 

 about August, when they strike as freely as the common 



