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F hiladelphus continued. 



FIG. 105. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OK PHILADELPHIA CORONARIUS. 



the new growths encouraged to take its place for the 

 year immediately following. In this way, the shrubs, 

 though large, may be kept within limited bounds, and 

 encouraged to flower more freely because of the wood 

 becoming better ripened. Propagated, in spring, by 



FIG. 106. FLOWERING TWIG OF PHILADELPHIA CORONARIUS 

 FiiiHi'i~FLORUs (natural size). 



Fh.iladelph.ns continued. 



suckers, by layers, or by cuttings of the young shoots, 



struck under glass, either in heat, or in a moist, cold 



frame. 



P. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of P. Satzumi. 



P. coronarius (garland).* Common Mock Orange or Syringa. 

 jt. white, with a strong, orange-like scent, racemose. May. 

 /. ovate, acuminated, serrately denticulated, smoothish, having 

 the odour and taste of cucumbers, when crushed. Steins stiff, 

 straight, h. 2ft. to 10ft. South Europe, .fee., 1596. A handsome 

 species. See Fig. 105. (B. M/391.) There are several forms, in- 

 cluding some with double flowers, one of which (priimtlee- 

 floras) is shown in Fig. 106; another, in which the leaves are 

 edged with white or yellow ; and a third, with golden-yellow 

 leaves, nanus, a dwarf form, is sometimes seen in cultivation. 



P. Gorclonianus (Gordon's).* ft. white, scentless, and pro- 

 duced in great abundance ; racemes terminal, compact, five to 

 nine-flowered. July. 1. ovate, acuminate, serrulate, h. 10ft. 

 North-west America. See Fig. 107. (B. R. 1839, 32.) 



P. grandiflorus (large-flowered).* ft. white, large, sweet-scented. 

 June. I. pubescent when young, ovate-acuminate or nearly ro- 

 tundate, irregularly toothed. Stems rather slender, twiggy. 

 A. 6ft. to 10ft. South United States, 1811. SYN. P. gpeeiostu. 

 (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 8.) 



P. g. laxus (loose), ft. white, solitary and in threes. June. L 

 ovate, long-acuminated, toothed, clothed with hairy pubescence 

 beneath. A. 4ft. to 6ft North America, 1830. (B. R. 1839, 39.) 



Fio. 107. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PHILADELPHIA GORDONIANUS. 



P. hirsutus (hairy).* ft. white, solitary and in threes. June. 

 I. oblong-ovate, acute, toothed, hairy on both surfaces, white 

 beneath, h. 3ft. North America, 1820. (B. M. 5334 ; S. B. F. G. 

 ser. ii. 119.) 



P. inodorus (scentless).* ft. white, large, scentless, solitary and 

 in threes. June. I. broad-ovate, acuminate, entire, h. 4ft. to 

 6ft. Mountains of Virginia and southward, 1738. (B. M. 1478.) 



P. Lewis!! (Lewis'), ft. white, smaller than those of P. hirsutus, 

 solitary and in threes. June. I. ovate, acute, almost entire, with 

 ciliated margins, h. 6ft. to 8ft. North America, 1739. 



P. microphyllus (small-leaved), ft. terminal, solitary or in 

 threes. Summer. 1. in. to Jin. long, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 entire, slightly obtuse, obsoletely triplinerved, minutely pilose 

 beneath. Branches slender, erect. New Mexico, 1883. 



P. Satzumi (Satsuui's). ft. white, about 14in. across, produced in 

 pairs at the ends of the shoots. July. I. long, narrow. A. 5ft. 

 Japan, 1851. A slender-growing plant. SYN. P. chineiui*. 



P. spcciosus (showy). A synonym of P. grandiftorus. 



