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Notes and Gleanings. 



Philadelphus primul^florus. — This plant, represented in our engraving, 

 springs from the common Philadelphus coronaritis. The name that we have 

 given it describes quite exactly the form of the flowers, which, by their aspect 

 only, have some analogy with those of the double-flowered varieties of Primula 

 grandijiora, with which, in the spring time, such pretty borders are made. 



PHILADELPHUS PRIMULA FLORUS. 



The characters of the Philadelphus priimdcefiorus may be described as fol- 

 lows : Shrub bushy, branched, with short divisions ; leaves glabrous, regular 

 oval cordiform, deep green, crumpled, toothed on the edges, the teethed curved, 

 acute, spinescent ; the nerves reticulated, projecting ; flowers fragrant, semi- 

 double, of a beautiful white ; the petals regularly rounded. 



This plant is very beautiful, and is especially remarkable for the regularity of 

 its flowers, which, never opening completely, remind us somewhat of those of 

 certain species of ranunculus when they begin to expand. It seems hardly ne- 

 cessary to say that it is hardy, and that its culture and multiplication are identi- 

 cal with those of the common syringa {Philadelphus coronarius). 



E. A. Carriere, in Revue Horticole. 



Lapagerias. — Give the Lapageria abundance of water when growing ; that 

 is the way to make sure of fine plants and abundance of bloom. 



Floral World. 



