PHILADELPHUS. 



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blossoms, and it is certainly one of the 

 finest flowering shrubs to be met with in 

 gardens. The blooms are a couple of 

 inches in diameter, white, and with little 

 scent, the bush forming a rounded mass 



Philadelphia grandiflorus. 



from 6 ft. to 12 ft. in height. There is a 

 variety of this (laxus) less in stature 

 and of a more open style of growth 

 than the type. P. speciosus is now 

 regarded as synonymous with P. grandi- 

 florus. 



P. Gordonianus is another large-grow- 

 ing kind, native of North America, whose 

 blooms are smaller than those of the 

 last named, but they are very numerous, 

 and later in expanding than most of the 

 others, and on that account this species is 

 especially valuable. It was introduced 

 from North-west America in 1823, and 

 was named in compliment to the late Mr. 

 R. Gordon, of the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, Chiswick. Other species a good 

 deal in the same \vay are P. inodorus and 

 P. verrucosus, both North American, 

 while P. mexicanus is too tender to be 

 generally planted. 



P. Satzumi is a slender, yet freely 

 branching bush about 6 ft. high, the 

 flowers rather small, borne in little clusters 

 for some distance along the shoots. Slight 

 forms of this are often met with under 

 different names, and it is also very prob- 

 able that the North American species 

 could be reduced in number if grown 

 under similar conditions. 



P. hirsutus. This derives its name 

 from the hairy undersides of the leaves, 

 while the flowers are, with the exception 



of those of P. microphyllus, about the 

 smallest of the genus. They are also 

 generally solitary, but are borne in such 

 profusion that a specimen is wonder- 

 fully pretty when in bloom. This, as a 

 rule, grows about 4 ft. or 5 ft. high. 



P. coronarius is the common Euro- 

 pean Mock Orange, which is well 

 known. There are, however, one or two 

 well-marked varieties, viz., nanus, a little 

 bush about 2 ft. high, that rarely flowers ; 

 variegatus, whose leaves are margined with 

 white ; and aureus, of moderate compact 

 growth, whose foliage retains its golden hue 

 throughout the summer. Several varieties 

 with double blossoms are to be met with, 

 among which may be mentioned flore- 

 pleno, primulasflorus, and rosaeflorus. T. 



Known Species P. affinis, Mexico ; as-perifolius, do. ; 

 coronarius, S. Kurope ; godokokesii, N. Amer. ; Gor- 

 donianus, Calif. ; grandiJJorus, N. Amer. ; hirsutus, 

 W. Amer. ; inodorus, N. Amer. ; insignis \ inter- 

 medius ; Keteleeiii; Lewisii, N. Amer. ; Mexicanus, 

 Mexico ; microphyllus, N. Mexico ; myrtoides, Guate- 

 mala ; parinjlotus, China ; pendulifolius ; rubricaulis, 

 China ; serpyllifolius, N. Mexico ; stenopetala ; tricfto- 

 petalus, Costa Rica. 



PHILESIA (Pepino\P. buxifolia is an 

 exquisite dwarf shrub, with large carmine- 

 red Lapageria-like bells (2 in. long) nest- 

 ling among and suffusing with their rich 

 colour the sombre evergreen foliage. It 

 is a precious shrub for the cooler parts of 

 the rock-garden in the more favourable 

 coast gardens, in peat or turfy loam. S. 

 America. 



PHLOMIS (Jerusalem Sage]. Among 

 the finest hardy plants of the Sage family. 

 There are about a dozen kinds in cultiva- 

 tion, showing great diversity of size and 

 habit. Some, like P. fruticosa, are shrubs, 

 others stout herbaceous plants, while 

 others again, as P. armeniaca, are suffi- 

 ciently alpine for the rock-garden. The 

 most desirable is the South European P. 

 fruticosa, a half-shrubby plant 3 to 4 ft. 

 high, its Sage-like leaves covered with 

 rusty down, while its large rich yellow 

 flowers, attractive in summer, are in dense 

 whorls for about half the length of the 

 branches. It may be grown in the mixed 

 border or associated with shrubs in an 

 open spot. It is hardy in light soils in 

 the southern counties. Of the few other 

 shrubby kinds none is so fine, and though 

 P. ferruginea is similar, it is neither so 

 effective nor so hardy. Of herbaceous 

 kinds the best is P. Herba-venti, a strong 

 plant i to 3 ft. high, its rich purplish- 

 violet flowers in dense whorls. P. tuberosa 

 and P. purpurea, with purple flowers, may 

 be naturalised with it, as they flourish in 

 any soil or situation. The best herba- 

 ceous kinds with yellow flowers are P. 

 Russelliana and P. Samia, both about 3 



