PHILADELPHIA 



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ling and almost black the second. Leaves ovate, pointed, not toothed ; 

 to | in. long, | to % in. wide ; bright green and almost smooth above, grey 

 and covered with pale, appressed hairs beneath ; stalk -^ in. long. Flowers 

 very fragrant, pure white, about i in. across ; produced in June, usually singly, 

 at the end of lateral branches I to 2 ins. long, which spring from the joints of 

 the previous year's shoots. 



Native of Colorado, Arizona, etc. ; introduced by Prof. Sargent to Britain 

 about 1883. It is quite distinct from all other cultivated species of Phila- 

 delphus in its small entire leaves and low, compact habit. The leaves in a 

 state of nature are much more hairy than with us. The flowers have a strong 

 pineapple-like odour, very pleasant in the open air. Although coming from 



PlIILADKLPIIUS MICROPIIYLLUS. 



such a hot and sunny climate, it succeeds remarkably well in Britain, and 

 flowers profusely. For small gardens and limited spaces it and its progeny 

 are the most charming representatives of their kind. Hybridised with 

 P. coronarius it has given birth to the beautiful 'race of Philadelphuses of 

 which P. Lemoinei was the first to appear. 



P. PEKINENSIS, Ruprecht. 



A shrub up to 8 ft. high ; young shoots smooth, the bark peeling off the 

 year-old branchlets. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slender-pointed, 

 toothed ; i\ to 3^ ins. long, f to 2 ins. wide ; three-nerved, smooth or nearly 

 so ; stalk and veins beneath purplish. Flowers yellowish, about I in. across, 

 slightly fragrant, produced in racemes of five to nine (sometimes eleven). 



