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SYRINGA i The Mock-Orange j 



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The Characters arej 



The Flower, for the mofi fart, 

 confifts of five Leaves, which are 

 plac'd circularly, and expand in Form 

 of a Rofe ; from vphofe Flower-cup ri- 

 fes the Foihtal, which afterwards 

 becomes a roundiJJj Fruit adhering 

 to the Flower-cup, divided into four 

 Cells, -which are full of fmall Seeds, 

 The Species are i 



I. Syringaj alba, five Vhiladel- 

 fhm Athend. C. B. P. The com- 

 mon white Syringa or Mock-O- 

 range. 



2,. Syringa j fiore albo pleno. C. 

 B. P. The double white Syringa. 



5. Syringa,- fiore albo fimplici, 

 foliis ex luteo variegatis. The ftrip'd- 

 ieav'd Syringa. 



4. Syringa; nana, nunquam fio- 

 rens. The Dwarf Syringa. 



The firft Sort is very common 

 in moft Fnglifh Gardens, but the 

 iecond is not quite fo plenty, though, 

 indeed, it is a Variety fcarce worth 

 obferving, fmce the Flowers are 

 always lingle where they are pro- 

 duced in Bunches ; and where they 

 are produced lingly, they are dou- 

 ble : But this fo rare, that many 

 times upon a large Shrub there 

 can't be found fix double Flowers. 



The variegated Sort is preferv'd 

 in the Gardens of fuch as are cu- 

 rious in ftrip'd Plants, tho' there is 

 no great Beauty in it, becaule when 

 the Plants are vigorous, the Stripes 

 in the Leaves do fcarcely appear. 



The Dwarf Sort is not worth a 

 Place in a Garden, unlefs for the 

 Sake of Variety, fince it never 

 produces any Flowers. 



All thefe Plants may be eafily 

 propagated, by taking off their 



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Suckers in Autumn (which they 

 produce very pienti hilly) and plant- 

 ing them out in a Nurfery at three 

 Feet Diflance Row from Row, and 

 a Foot afunder in the Rows, obfer- 

 ving to keep the Ground between 

 them confliantly clear from Weeds, 

 as alfo to dig it up every Spring to 

 loolen it, that the Roots of the 

 Plants may more readily extend 

 themfclves. la this Nurfery they 

 may remain tv/o Years, by which 

 Time they will be fit to tranfplanc 

 out where they are to remain j 

 which may be into fmall Wilder- 

 nefs- Quarters, or amongft flower- 

 ing Shrubs va Clumps, obferving 

 to place them with other Sorts of 

 Shrubs of the fame Growth, for 

 thefe feldoni do grow above fix 

 or feven Fee t high in England, and 

 the Dwarf Sort not more than 

 three or forn'. 



They are; extream hardy, fb may 

 be planted in almoft any Soil or Si- 

 tuation, aud will require no farther 

 Culture but to take off the Suckers 

 every Year, and cut out the dead 

 Wood, zs alfo to keep them clear 

 from Weeds in Summer, and dig 

 the Ground about their Roots eve- 

 ry Wiuter, which Will make them 

 thrive and flower very plentifully. 

 The Scafon of their Flowering is 

 in Ma^, anc^ in cool Scafbns they 

 do continue in Beauty the firft Part 

 of June : Their Flowers have a 

 Scent fomewhat like thofe of the 

 Ormge-Tree, from whence it had 

 the Name of Mock-Orange : But if 

 thefe are plac'd in a clofe Room, 

 or are fmelt to too clofely, they 

 have a ftrong difagreeable Scene, 

 and too powerful for the Ladies; 

 but when they are in the open Air, 

 the Scent is not fo affeding. 



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