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footstalks, and have the taste of fresh cucumbers : the floxccrs come 

 out from the side and from the end of the branches, in loose bunches, 

 each on a short pedicel ; they are white, and have a strong- scent, 

 which at some distance resembles that of orange-flowers, but near it 

 is too powerful for most persons ; the flowers appear at the end of 

 May, and continue a great part of June. It is said to be a native of 

 the south of Europe. 



There are two varieties — the dwarf syyinga, or Mock Oravge, 

 just described, and the Carolina syrhiga, which rises with a stalk 

 about sixteen feet high, shrubby, sending out slender branches from 

 their sides, opposite to each other ; the leaves are smooth, shaped like 

 those of the pear-tree, entire, opposite, and on middling long footstalks ; 

 the Jloiccrs are produced at the ends of the branches; they are large 

 but without smell ; each has four white oval petals spreading open, 

 and a large cahjx, composed of four acute-pointed leaflets. 



Propagation and Calturc. These plants may be increased by 

 suckers, layers and cuttings. The suckers are sent from the roots in 

 great quantities. These should be taken from the old plants in the 

 autumn, and placed in a nursery, to grow one or two years^ till they 

 have obtained sufficient strength, when they may be removed to the 

 place where they are to remain. The layers may be placed down in 

 the autumn, being made from the young twigs ; these may be taken 

 off in the following autumn, when well rooted, being planted out where 

 they are to remain. The cutting of the young shoots may be planted 

 in the autumn, in a shady situation, where they soon form plants. — 

 These plants arc extremely hardy, and thrive in almost any soil or 

 situation, but grow taller in light good ground than in that which is 

 stiff. 



