PHILADELPHUS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. philadelphus. 



more erect and vigorous, with large scentless 

 flowers, useful for cutting where the odour 

 of other kinds is an objection. It is a plant 

 that forces well, but, coming from the southern 

 States, it is a little tender in cold districts. 



P. Lemoinei. — A hybrid from viicrophyllus 

 crossed with coronarms — a beautiful shrub, 

 flowering in the latter half of June, its abundant 



Philadelphu 



ophyllus. 



pure white flowers about \\ in. across, and 

 with a pleasant fruity fragrance. Of neatly 

 compact habit, it reaches a considerable size 

 at maturity. Its form erectiis diff'ers only 

 in its more rigidly erect habit. From this 

 first cross has sprung a race of shrubs of fine 

 habit, refined fragrance, and much freedom 

 of flower, the value of which is as yet hardly- 

 shown in our gardens. One of the newest and 

 best is P. piirpiireo-maailahts — quite a distinct 

 break in colour. 



P. Lewisii, a neat shrub from the Pacific 

 coast of North America, and nearest hirstttus 

 in its hair-fringed leaves. The flowers are a 

 little smaller, scentless, opening at the end 



of June and early in July. P. californints is a 

 pretty but rather tender form of this plant. 



P. mexicanus, a chastely beautiful plant 

 and nearly evergreen, but tender save in the 

 warmest parts of the south-west of England 

 and Ireland, where it occasionally covers 

 warm walls near the sea to a height of 15 feet. 

 The flowers are large and deeply cupped, 

 of waxy texture, and either creamy-white 

 or faintly flushed with rose. Their 

 strong spicy perfume is agree- 

 able, and unlike that of any other 

 kind. 



P. microphyllus, a pretty little 

 plant from Colorado, California, and 

 North Mexico ; hardy with us and 

 richly beautiful in warm soil and 

 a place where its wood is well 

 ripened. The flowers are small and 

 solitary, but freely produced towards 

 the end of June, milk-white, and 

 with a fruity fragrance. It is the 

 tiniest of the genus, rarely reaching 

 3 feet in height, with slender stems 

 and small glossy green leaves the 

 size of Box, and greyish, with hair 

 on the underside. 



P. Satsumi, a good shrub from 

 Japan, with freely-branched slender 

 stems of 4 to 6 feet, long narrow 

 leaves, and rather small pure-white 

 flowers, in pairs or loosely clustered. 



HYBRID KINDS. 



P. Avalanche. — Howers large 

 with a pleasing odour, and so 

 numerous that the branches are 

 weighed down with them. 



P. Bouquet Blanc. — Pure 

 white double flowers borne in pro- 

 fusion. 



P. BouLE d'Arcient. — A dwarf 

 spreading plant with double flowers 

 and very fragrant. 



P. Candelabre. — A dwarf- 

 growing form, with flowers larger 

 than those of P. Leiiiomei, and with 

 undulated petals. Very pretty in 

 the rock-garden, 



P. Conquete. — A free-flowering 

 form, whose branches arch over with 

 the weight of blossoms. These, 

 which are large and double, have 

 almost a tulip shape, and are fragrant. 



P. Fantaisie. — From the seed-bearing 

 parent this inherited a slight pink tinge to- 

 wards the centre of the flower, and for hy- 

 bridising it has proved to be valuable. 



P. FlMBRiATUS. — A slender form, with 

 curiously-toothed blossoms. 



P. Gerbe de Neige.— Pure white single 

 flowers nearly a couple of inches in diameter 

 and prettily cup-shaped. 



P. Manteau d'Hermine. — A general 

 favourite, which forms a compact specimen, 

 thickly clothed, when at its best, with double 

 creamy-white blossoms. 



P. Mont Blanc— This, which reaches a 



