SAXIFRAGACEi^ 



Floicers pure white, in dense axillary panicles ; Calyx small, sepals triangular ; 

 Petals ovate ; Disk yellow ; Styles 3 ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves opposite, small, ovate, acuminate, serrated. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-3 ft. ; Branches erect ; Buds small, scales tinged 

 with red. 



Introduced from Japan, 1843. 



MOCK ORANGE, or SYRINGA, Philaddphns corouarius. 



Gardens. June. This is a favourite garden shrub, very floriferous and 

 fragrant, of easy culture in any ordinary soil. Careful pruning after flower- 

 ing will encourage new growth, which will flower in the next year. It may 

 be propagated by cuttings of young shoots in sandy soil in gentle heat in 

 April, or in a close cold frame in May ; suckers or layers may be taken 

 in spring. 



Flowers white, fragrant, orange-like odour, 1-li in. diam., axillary, or in 

 small cymes at the ends of branchlets ; Calyx 4-partite, lobes ovate, acute, 

 tube turbinate, adnate to ovary ; Petals 4, obovate, convolute, ^ in. long ; 

 Stamens 20-40, epigynous, filaments subulate ; Ovary inferior, 4-celled, 4 

 placentas protruding into the cell from the inner angle, styles 4, stigmas 

 capitate ; Fruit a capsule, top-shaped, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded. 



Leaves opposite, exstipulate, ovate, acuminate, distantly serrate, glabrous, 

 dark green above, paler and pubescent beneath, 2-4 ins. long, odour and 

 taste of cucumber, when crushed. 



A deciduous shrub, 10-12 ft. ; Stems erect, rigid ; Bark light grey, peeling 

 in narrow longitudinal strips. 



Native of S. Europe and Asia; introduced 159G. 



CALIFORNIAN MOCK ORANGE, Carpenteria cali/brnica. 



Gardens. .June, July. The pure white flowers, resembling those of the 



.Japanese Anemone, render this a shrub of great beauty. It is best when 



sheltered by a south or south-west wall, and in a well-drained loamy soil. Prune 

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