SYRINGA, OR MOCK ORANGE. 493 



SYRINGE. 



Syringa, or Mock Orange (nat. 



ord. Saxifra'gese). 



The Philadelphus coronarius is far better 

 known under the name of Syringa than 

 the true Syringas, or Lilac, mentioned in 

 the preceding article. The smell, mulled by 

 its white blossoms, is considered to re- 

 semble that of the orange flower, whence 

 its name, Mock Orange. It is a hardy 

 shrub, as are all the other species belonging 

 to the genus. Like the lilacs, it will grow 

 well in any good garden soil, and is best 

 propagated by suckers or layers. The 

 leaves, when crushed, have an odour re- 

 sembling that of the cucumber. There 



may be used for the purpose is not avail- 

 able. They assume different forms, the 

 cheapest and simplest being a zinc pipe, 

 closed at one end with a perforated disc, 

 and open at the other, into which a rod of 

 wood, with a turned handle and a piece of 

 felt or coarse woollen stuff wrapped round 

 the opposite end, is introduced to act as a 

 piston to draw in the water through the 

 holes in the closed end, and to drive it out 

 when full by thrusting the rod into the pipe. 

 A syringe of this kind has its merit in being 

 cheap and serviceable, but it is inconvenient 

 on account of the tendency of the water to 

 reach the hands both from the outside and 



FIG. I. COOPER'S PATENT "PROTECTOR SYRINGE. 



ROTECTOR SYRINGE. SECTION. 



are many varieties of P. coronarius, one 

 of uhich, P. c. priinuUeflonts, has double 

 blossoms, while others arc distinguished by 

 their leaves, one having leaves edged with 

 white, another, leaves edged with yellow, 

 and a third with leaves of a golden yellow. 



Syringe. 



It is impossible to manage a greenhouse 

 without a syringe wherewith to sprinkle 

 growing plants, vines, &c. , with a refresh- 

 ing shower, and to inject into all parts of 

 the house the water that is necessary to 

 maintain a sufficient degree of moisture 

 within the structure. Syringes are also 

 useful in the garden for throwing water 

 over trees and shrubs for the purpose of 

 washing and refreshing the foliage when 

 garden hose or any other appliance that 



the inside of .the tube. This is obviated to 

 a great extent by the use of a brass syringe, 

 which, although the principle of action is 

 precisely the same, is nevertheless more 

 carefully constructed, being closed by a cap 

 at both ends that at the upper end con- 

 sisting of a fine spout for the emission of 

 water in one jet which diverges when it 

 leaves the orifice, or of a rose for its wider 

 dispersion. Instead of the thick wooden 

 rod of the zinc syringe, a smaller metal rod 

 is attached to a wooden handle, the rod 

 passing through a hole in the cap at the 

 lower end, and terminating within in a 

 suitable piston. Syringes of this descrip- 

 tion are made in various sizes, and supplied 

 at prices varying from is. to ips. They 

 are far better than the old-fashioned zinc 

 syringe for garden and grtxiiaous>e use* 



