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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



where it grows to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., flowering in May and June, 

 The plant with this name in the Horticultural Society's Garden appears to 

 be only a variety of P. verrucosus. 



§ ii. Stems more slender, rambling, ^"^^ggy^ «''^ ^oose. Flowers 

 solitary, or 2 or 3 together. 



at 7. P. la'xus Schrad. The \oose-growing Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 



Identification. Hortul. ; Schrad. Diss. Philad. ; Dec. Prod., 3. fZte*^\ fi77 



p. 2()6. : Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. ''*^ ^^^ " " 



Synonymes. P. hilmilis Hortul; P. pubescens Lorfd. Cat, edit. 

 1836. 



Engravings. Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. ; and our fig. Sii. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval-ovate and with a 

 long acuminate tip, toothed, pubescent with 

 hairs beneath. Flowers solitary, 2 or 3 

 together. Lobes of the calyx very long, acumi- 

 nate. Style 4-cleft. Stigmas about level with 

 the stamens. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 206.) A native 

 of North America. Introduced about 1830; and, 

 according to the specimens in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, and at Messrs. Loddiges, 

 a rambling sarmentose shrub, growing to the 

 height of 3 ft. or 4 ft., with somewhat pubescent 

 leaves, and brown shoots ; apparently, the ten- 

 derest of the genus. 



* 8. P. (l.) grandiflc'rus Wil/d. The large-flowered Philadelphus, 

 or Alock Orange. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 1. p. 511. ; Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 44. ; Schrad. Diss. Philad.; Dec. 



Prod., 3. p. 206. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. 

 Syiionyme. P. inodbrus Hortul. ; P. laxus Lodd. Cat., edit. 1836. 

 Engravings. Guimp. Abb. Holz., t. 44. ; Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. ; and our fig. 676. 



Sjiec. Char,, Sfc. A shrub, 10 ft. or 12 ft. high. Epidermis of the branches 

 of a reddish brown colour. Leaves ovate, with a long acuminate tip, den- 

 ticulate, 3-nerved, hair}' upon the veins, and with groups of hairs in the 

 axils of the veins. Flowers about 3 together, or solitary ; scentless. 

 Lobes of the calyx long, acuminate. Styles, concrete into one which ex- 

 tends beyond the stamens. Stigmas 4, linear. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 206.) 

 A native of North America; introduced into British gardens in 1811. 

 A loose, rambling shrub, seldom exceeding 4 ft. or 3 ft. in height, and dif- 

 fering in P. laxus chiefly in having more pubescence on the leaves, and 

 considerably larger flowers. 



9k 9. P. HiRsu^TUS Xutt. The ha\ry-/eaved Philadelphus, or Mock Orange, 



Identification. Nutt. Gen. Am., 1. p. 301. ; Dec. Prod., ,3. p. 206. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 808. 

 Synonymes. P. villbsus Lodd. Cat. ; P. gricilis Lodd. Cat. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 47. ; and oar figs. 678, 678 a. 



Spec. Char., Src Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, dentate, /IJ 



5-nerved, hairy on both surfaces, whitish on the under 



one. Flowers singly, or by threes. Styles concrete 



to the tip. Stigmas undivided. Frequent in rocks of i 

 North America, in Tennessee, ^' 

 by the river French. (Dec. 

 Prod., iii. p. 206.) Introduced 

 into British gardens in 1820, 

 where it grows to the height 

 of 3 ft., flowering in June. 

 This is a hairy sarmentose 

 shrub, distinct from all the 



other sorts; and which would, probably, grow to the height of 20ft. or 



