222 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 



* Hibiscus Syriacus; "shrub mallow," rose of Sharon ; 



white, pink, purplish. 

 Getsemium sempervirens; yellow jasmine; yellow; a 



climbing plant. 

 Jasminum omcinale; Persian jasmine; white; not hardy 



north. 



Jasminum grandiftorum ; white ; not hardy north. 

 Jasminum Sambac; Arabian jasmine; white turning pur- 

 ple as they fade ; single and double forms ; not hardy 



north. 

 Laburnum vulgare; golden chain ; yellow ; tree-like shrub 



or small tree. 

 Laurus nobilis; sweet bay ; yellowish flowers ; leaves used 



for flavoring ; and for crowning the victors in ancient 



games, etc. 



* Lonicera P ericlymenum ; woodbine ; yellowish white, car- 



mine outside. 

 Lonicera Etrusca; "Italian honeysuckle"; yellowish 



white, tinged red. 



Myrtus communis; myrtle; white, rose; not hardy north. 

 Nerium oleander; oleander ; white, pink ; not hardy north. 



* Philadelphus coronarius, multiftorus plenus; "double 



white pipe-tree" to-day called mock orange; 



white. 



Prunus cerasus, double white cherry; white. 

 Prunus Lusitanica; Portugal laurel; tub plant. 

 Prunus Persica, H. pi.; double flowering peach; pink. 

 Rhus Cotinus; smoke tree; brownish fluffy flowers. 

 Spiraea salicifolia; willow leaved spirea ; pale peach color. 



* Syringa vulgaris; lilac ; purple, white. 



* Syringa Persica; lilac, "Persian jasmine"; pale lilac. 

 Viburnum Tinus; "laurustinus" ; white or pinkish white; 



a pot plant. 



ROSES 

 Rosa alba; white, single and double. 



