PHILADELPHUS 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



1299 



ris. i-s, 



auji 



c. Flowering branchlets Z in. or more long, with S or S 

 pairs of rather large Ivs.: pedicels and calyx 

 glabrous. 



11. Mxus, Schrad. (P. «»i(iMM*!(s, Hort. P. specidsus, 

 Sclirad.). Shrub, to 8 ft., with spreading slender 

 brunches: Its. elliptic-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire 

 or sparingly denticulate, often slightly recurved and 

 pendulous, sparint'ly appnsscd pul>escent beneath, 2-4 

 in. long: (is. ■•fi' n- i- -"liiiii . . -<■ ml^ -.^, 1-lJ^ in. across; 

 style as Ion- ,! I : 'i i. s. C. to Tenn. and 

 Ma. B.R.L':! ■ ■ - ■ P ,pocies is closely 

 allied to tin- i-i i" ■, hil'. i iMr,i,i|,, I. i-st considered a 



12. inodorus, Linn. {P. grandifldritSfWiWd.). Shrub, 

 siiuihir to the former, but usually more upright and 

 more vigorous: Ivs. broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, usu- 

 ally dentate, bearded in the axils of the veins beneath, 

 3-5 in. long: fls. 1-3, occasionally 5, lK-2 in. broad, 

 seentlfss ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, twice as long 

 as ovary ; style often longer than .stamens. May, June. 

 N. C. and tenn. to Ga. B.R. 25:39 (as P. laxus). 

 B.M. 1478. The P. inodorus of Gray differs in its 

 smaller, often entire Ivs. and smaller, usually solitary 

 fls. with short ovate caljTC-lobes. — Some forma of this 

 species, and especially the preceding species, have 

 proved tender north, but most are hardy. 



CO. Flowering branchlets usually 1 in. or less long, 

 with rather small Ivs. 



13. hirsiltus, Xutt. (P. trinirvius, Schrad.). Upright 

 or spreading sliruli, to 6 ft.: Ivs. ovate-acuminate, ser- 

 rate, pubescent abuve, grayish toraentose beneath, 1-2^ 

 in. long: Us. 1-3, nn short branchlets with usually 1 pair 

 of Ivs., cn-amy white, 1-1^ in. across, scentless; calyx 

 pubescent; style short, with connate stigmas. N. C. to 

 Ala. and Texas. Gn. 26. p. 375; 34, p. 138. S.B.F.G. 

 II. 2:11U. B.li. 24:14.-This species is less decorative 

 than most of the others. It ditfers from all Asiatic and 

 most N. American species by its winter-buds being not 

 enclosed in the base of the petioles, while all others ex- 

 cept a few southwestern species have the small winter- 

 bud enclosed in the base of the petioles, and they are 

 therefore not visible until the Ivs. have fallen off. 



11. microphallus, Gray. Shrub, to 3 ft. high, with 

 spreading slender or rigid branches: Ivs. oblong-ovate, 

 entire, appresscd piihescent on both sides or almost 

 glabrous, glau--f«,-r„t l,.r-:.!l,. ' 1 in. !■.„,-: fls. 1-3, 



\yhite, about 1 ■^' :■■.'! - :>,,- ,..'■.•. j-labrous 



or appressi'l p ' ■ "I ' ini.l Colo. 



G.C. III. 2:i:.^. <. ., !■ - , , 1 ' ..| ,. of the 



pubescent. Urigm mil; 

 sumi.— P. Columbidnus 

 i:inus, but Ivs. smaller. 

 C:MI.-P.cor,liMi„s. I, 



hbUri. Kirolm.=r. hi 

 cnlt. under this name 

 P. Zeyheri, with the 



If'.ius, Wall. .Mlied to P. coroiiarins : hs. pubescent on both 

 sides, tompntose when younK. Himalayas.— /*. umbpUatus, 

 Kochne. Probably hybrid of P. inodorus and P. coronarius, 

 or an allied species: fls. in broad 2-15-t!d. panicles, compound 



of long-peduncled cymes. Origin xiiiknown.— P. verrucosus, 

 Schrad. (P. puliescens, Koch, not Loisel.). Allied to P. pu- 

 beseeus, but bark brown: Fls. smaller. Origin unknown. 

 Alfred Rehder. 

 PHILAGfiEIA. Consult Zapageria and Philesia. 



PHILfiSIA (Greek, iow?!/). Liliicem. A member of 

 the lily family with the general appearance of some 

 common northern shrub is certainly an extraordinary 

 thing. Pliil.sia is .such a shrub, growing 3-t ft. high, 

 near till' mimii-- .it M.rc ll;iii, .umI i..'ai'iiiy; showy pen- 

 dulous. 1. I. . iIm.iii _• in. long. It is 

 farrcnp. ii . : I S M|.rs xyith similar 

 periantii ^i i m. i mlyx of 3 sepals 

 and3ii.':: I '. ' , i i- I, ^ . ria, but differs 

 in haliit. , , , , , : <,i,ter perianth 



and thr 11 .1 ..i; . ■ , ■ i '| !• ; ! mt is very rare 



in cultn ,i; ,-11. li i- -in i-. ,,:.■..:.,■ is in the most 



favored localnlL., oi Lnij,laii.l and licliuul. 



Magelldnica, J. V. Gmel. (P. buxifdiia, Lam.). Much 

 branched: Ivs. alternate, linear-oblong, l-l^gin, long, 

 leathery, evergreen, feather- veined, glabrous, glaucous 



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Philesia is too slow-growing ever to become very 

 popular. The undersigned cultivated this plant more 

 than 20 years ago, but has n..t v,...„ „ sp,^,.|men of it for 

 many years, and does not l<iiii.\ \v In i. n. liml one at the 

 present time. It is a shoii i ,i i . i. oiled shrub, 

 with rather leathery, box I J. i I ,i nl will grow to 

 about 4 feet in hcigiit in 111 - . Ii , n \ ml an species 



closely lrl:i1i-i| III l.;i|i:ui.'l I.I. • ]. :, l .. i, • ij :i I'r. h 1 1 1 1 for 



that biu. • • I • I, : I I ,, / . . I ,v/,;,-. 



Philesia I m: : i i •: ;i..|ii i ,. . . • ii m ,rly to 



the Straii- III ii'i - ., ,;,:,■, I, ,, , ].. ;;,.;,rly 



or quite luii-dy. I; . | i i ,. i, , n n iliis 



plant was grown n ■ , n ,,i-ut 



temperature of 1 i i i i -i , :i i ; iiiing 



firmly potted in ,■ I, ,, ..ii,| l,ut 



sparingly in tli.i I • i , u • . ir .,.ininn i . 1 iiu iluwcrs 

 were bull i . i ,ils of the Ic;ives. Cut- 

 tings nil ii I 11 from ripened growth, 



but ri-qii I ,! I I in a cool temperature, 



and an- ii-ii;i!iN- -iMnii iinuiiL. in rooting. If one tries 

 to grow Pliilesia in too hi|,'li a ti-ni|Miaiiir.- I lie gineral 

 result is a good crop of thrips ami a im-i i.f ;;,ncral 

 debility, much as with Pernettya 7tt i''r"/"ii'i nmii r sim- 

 ilar conditions. The writer does m.i cni-iil.r I'liil.-sia 

 extraordinarily h.ard to manage, provided it is kept cool 

 and in a dewy atmosphere, but it will positively rebel 

 against forcing. y^_ „ Taplin. 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, HOETICULTURAL CAPA- 

 BILITIES OF. Fi-. 17.-.l>. Thu I'liili|, pine Archipelago 



"pi'-s al.iiiit 7III1 niil.s .,f l,.n-itu.i.- an. I I.IIOO miles of 



liitilinb- (fn.in 4.111 ' to Jii^ north lat.. and from 110.40° 

 to r.'ii.3ir east long.), just across the Cliiiia Sea from 

 the mainland of Asia. The equatorial current passes 

 its southern border, the Kuroshiwo originates near the 

 northern limit, the eastern portion is influenced by the 

 Pacific drift, and over the whole the summer monsoon 

 bears its rain-laden clouds. Of the 1,200 or 1,300 islands 

 constituting the group, many are scarcely more tliun 

 mountain peaks thrust above the sea, and less than 30 

 have an area worthy of special consideration. In gen- 

 eral the mountains bear in a northerly direction and 

 rise to such height as to materially influence the rain- 

 fall. The mountains are not, in the nniin, abrupt and 

 forbidding, but the elevations are gradual and deeply 

 indented with valleys, affording innumerable fertile 

 plats along the slopes. The area of the islands is given 

 as 114,356 square miles, of which a large percentage is 

 arable. Luzon has about 30 per cent of the total area 

 and Mindanao 29 per cent. The temperature is not 

 extreme and is remarkably uniform on the islands of 

 the archipelago. The observatory at Manila reports 

 that the average temperature of December— the coldest 

 month — for the 17 years prior to and including 1890 was 



