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able from the early period at which they bloom, viz., that 

 of having few or no leaves when the blossoms are in their 

 full perfection ;" and suggests, that the planting of the 

 American Arbor Vitse and Hemlock would remedy this 

 defect, by forming a dark-green background on which the 

 beautiful masses of Magnolia flowers would appear to 

 great advantage. 



PHILADELPHUS.— Syringa, Mock Orai^ge. 



The Syringa is a most delicious shrub ; the foliage is 

 luxuriant, the blossom beautiful and abundant, white as 

 the purest Lily, and of the most fragrant scent. In a 

 room, indeed, this perfume is too powerful, but in the air 

 it is remarkably agreeable. There is a variety which has 

 no scent, and also a dwarf variety, which does not usu- 

 ally exceed three feet in height. The flowers sweet, and 

 some double. 



" The sweet Sj'ringa, yielding but in scent 

 Id the rich Orange, or the Woodbine wild, 

 That loves to hung on barren boughs, remote. 

 Her wreatiis of flowery perfume." 



All the species are propagated by suckers, layers, or 

 cuttings, and thrive in any good garden soil. 



Philad^lphus grandiflorus. — Large-flowering Syringa. 

 — This is the handsomest of the genus, and is properly 

 only a variety of P. inodorus. It is perfectly hardy, 

 growing in any soil or situation, forming a spreading 

 shrub about six feet high ; flowering in June and July. 



P. hirsutUS. — This shrub grows from four to five feet 

 high. Like the last, it is a native of North America, and 

 was first discovered by Mr. Nuttall. It thrives in the 

 shrubbery in any common garden soil, and is propagated 

 like the others. 



