CHAP. XLVIII. PHILADELPHA CEE. PHILADE’LPHUS. 951 
Genus I. 
allele 
PHILADE’LPHUS ZL. Tue Puivapeipuus, or Mock ORANGE. 
Lin. Syst. Icosandria Monogynia. 
Hea ermons Uo. Gen., No. 614. ; Gertn. Fruct., 1. p. 173. t. 35.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205. ; Don’s 
ill., 2. p. H 
Synonymes. Syringa Tourn. Inst., t. 389., not of Lin.; Philadelphus, Fr.; Pfeifenstrauch (Pipe 
Shrub), Ger. ; Pipe Privet, Gerard ; the Syringa of the gardens. 
Derivation. Philadélphus is a name used by Athenzus for a tree which cannot now be identified : 
Bauhin applied it to this genus. (Encyclopedia of Plants, p. 415.) Instead of the common trivial 
name Syringa, applied to this genus in gardens, as its English name, we have substituted its 
generic name, Philadelphus ; Sy7énga being the generic name of the lilac. 
Description. Deciduous shrubs, natives of Europe, North America, and 
Asia; cultivated for their very showy white flowers ; most of which have a strong 
scent, resembling, at a distance, that of orange flowers, but, when near, dis- 
agreeably powerful. All the species are of the easiest culture in any tolerably 
dry soil; and they are all propagated by layers, or by suckers or cuttings. 
The only sorts in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which are truly distinct, 
either as species or varieties, are P. coronarius, P. (c.) inodorus, P. verru- 
cosus, P. laxus, P. (1.) grandiflorus, P. hirsitus, and P. tomentosus. The 
price of plants, in British nurseries, varies from 9d. to 1s. 6d. each; at 
Bollwyller, from 50 cents to 2 francs ; and at New York, from 25 cents to half 
a dollar. 
§ i. Stems stiff and straight. Flowers in Racemes. 
# 1, P.corona‘rius L. The garland Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 671. ; Schrad. Diss. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 807. 
Synonyme. Syringa suavéolens Mench Meth., 678. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 391. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 121.; Lam. IIL, t. 420.; and our jig. 673. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrately denticulate, 3-nerved, 
rather glabrous, but hairy upon the veins beneath; inflorescence racemose. 
Flowers sweet-scented. Lobes of the calyx acuminate. Styles distinct 
almost from the base, not exceeding the stamens in height. A native of 
the south of Europe, but not common there. (Dee. Prod., iii. p. 205.) 
Varieties. This species varies in having its leaves sometimes perfectly glabrous 
bene and sometimes slightly pubescent along the nerves ; and, besides, as 
ollows : — 
% P.c. 1 vulgaris Schkuhr Handb., t. 121., Lam. Il., t. 420., Dec. Prod., 
iii, p. 205.—A shrub of about the height of a man. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, large, and rather distant. 
x P.c. 2 ndnus Mill. Dict.,2.—A shrub, 2 ft. high; its branches and 
leaves crowded, and its flower-bearing branches incurved. It very 
seldom flowers, and it is not known of what country it is a native. 
2 Pc. 3 flore pléno Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf plant, like the above, but with 
double flowers. 
x P, c. 4 variegdtus Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with white or 
yellow, and is one of the few varieties of deciduous shrubs, which 
preserve, through the summer, a tolerably healthy appearance with 
their variegation. BQ 
Description, §c. The common syringa, or mock (S34 
orange, is a shrub of 10 ft. or 12 ft. in height, crowded Ze, 
with slender upright shoots, which are produced from 77> 
the base, and along the sides of the stem. These ‘ 
shoots are clothed with a white bark, and interiorly 
they have a very large pith. The leaves are rough, 
and of a deep green above, though they are pale be- 
neath. The flowers come out from the sides and 
ends of the branches, in loose bunches, during the 


