AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. Ae 
Philadelphus —continued. 
the new growths encouraged to take its place for the 
year immediately following. In this way, the shrubs, 
though large, may be kept within limited bounds, and 
encouraged to flower more freely because of the wood 
becoming better ripened. Propagated, in spring, by 
d. 106. FLOWERING TWIG OF PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS 
PRIMULZFLORUS (natural size). i ; 
Philadelphus —continued. 
suckers, by layers, or by cuttings of the young shoots, 
23 under glass, either in heat, or in à moist, cold 
me. 
P. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of P. Satzumi. 
P. coronarius land).* Common Mock Orange or 
jl. white, with u strong, orange-like scent, 5 
J. ovate, acuminated, serrately denticulated, smoothish, ha 
the odour and taste of cucumbers, when W Stems pd 
straight. h. 2ft. to 10ft. South Europe, &c., A handsome 
species. See Fig. 105. (B. M. 391.) There are several forms, in- 
uding some with double flowers, one ich mule- 
whi 
in which the 5 are 
P. Gordonianus (Gordon’s).* fl. white, scentless, and pro- 
duced in great abundance ; racemes termi „com five to 
nine-flowered. July. J. ovate, acuminate, serrula h. IOft. 
North-west America, See Fig. 107. (B. R. 1839, 32.) 
P. (large-flowered).* . white, large, sweet-scented. 
June. l. pubescent when young, ovate-acuminate or nearly ro- 
tundate, irregularly toothed. Stems rather slender, twiggy. 
h. 6ft. to 10ft. South United States, 1811, Syn. P. speciosus. 
(S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 8.) 
P. g. laxus (loose). fi. white, deer ag in threes. June. l 
ovate, long-acuminated, toothed, clo! with hety 8 
beneath. A. Aft. to 6ft. North America, 1830. (B. 889, 39.) 
Fig. 107. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PHILADELPHUS GORDONIANUS, 
„ hirsutus (hairy).* fl. white, solitary and in threes. June, 
* = er — 8 toothed, on both surfaces, White 
beneath. h. 3ft, North America, I (B. M. 5884; S. B. F. G. 
ser. ii. 119.) 
„ inodorus (scentless).* fl. white, large, scentless, soli 
in threes. 3 L. ee acuminate, entire. k. Aft. to 
6ft. Mountains of Virginia and southward, 1758. (B. M. 1478.) 
Lewisii is’ „ white, smaller than those of P. hirsutus, 
“= aud 1 June. L ovate, acute, almost entire, with 
i margins, h. 6ft. to gt. North America, 1739. i 
micro smali-leaved). fl, terminal, solitary or 
* ummer. f sin. to ĝin. long, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, _ 
entire, slightly obtuse, obsoletely triplinerved, minutely pilose 
beneath. Branches slender, erect. New Mexico, 2 ; 
Satzumi (Satsum’s). f. white, about lyin. across, produced ij 
P pairs at —— of gator July. L long, narrow. k. Sft. 
apan, 1851. A slender-growing plant. SYN. . chinensis. 
P. speciosus (showy). A synonym of P. grandiflorus. 
