PHILADELPHUS 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



1299 



ris. 1-3, 



lUy I 



c. r^lowering hranchlets 2 in. or more long, u'ith 2 or 3 

 pairs of rather large Irs.: pedicels and calyx 

 glabrous. 



li. Idxns, Schrad. {P.iinduWus, Hort. P. specibsus, 

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

 branches: Ivs. elliptic-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire 

 or sparingly denticulate, often slightly recurved and 

 pendulous, sparingly appressed pubescent beneath, 2—4 

 in. long: fls. oftener solitary, scentless, 1-1 J^ in. across ; 

 style as long as stamens. May, June. S. C. to Tenn. and 

 I'l'a. B.R. 2:186. Gng. 8:.'i40. — This species is closely 

 allied to the following, and perhaps best considered a 

 mere variety of it. 



12. inodorus, Linn. (P. grandifUrus,yf\\\d..). Shrub, 

 similar to the former, but usually more upright and 

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

 ally dentate, bearded in thr axil^ of tlin vriiis licTioath, 



3-5 



fls. 



caly. 



oftc 



N. C. and Te 

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

 smaller, often entire Ivs. and smaller, usually solitary 

 fls. with short ovate calyx-lobes. — Some forms of this 

 species, and especially the preceding species, have 

 proved tender north, but most are hardy. 



13 hirsiltris Nutt (P h nimus Schral ) tpright 

 or spreading shrub to 6 ft h ovite a uminate ser 

 rate pubescent il ove gravi h tomento e beneath 1 2^2 

 m long fls 1 3 on si rt 1 nnchlpt witl i lalH 1 ] iir 

 of Ivs creiray wl tp I 1 tii- 1 \ 



pubescent st^ le 1 I \ t 



Ala and Texas ( | | I II 



II 2 119 B R n U -11 I I 



than most of the 111 1 



most N A ] t 



enclose 1 1 1 1 



cept a fe 1 



I id en 1 1 1 I 



tl H pf 1 1 1p 1 1 II 



U microphyllus Shrub to 6 ft high with 



] 1 1 1 1 lianches Ivs oil n{,o-iate 



11 1 I 1 I t on both sides or almost 



gl lini „Ui escei t 1 eueath M 1 m long fs 1 3 

 \\ ite alout 1 in a ross veiv fragrant cahx gl Irons 

 r appresse 1 pubescent New Mex to Calif and Colo 

 ( f III ' li( Cn 40 8^4 P & 5 100 -One of the 

 t 1 I Hc PS deliciously fragrant likes sunnv 







v:is — i'. fichmik-ii, Rupr. 

 Upright.: Ivs. large and thin; fls. s<-. 

 appressed pubescent at the base; pet:il 

 —P. tenmnUus. Rupr. Allied to P. en 

 spre;i.ling l.ranohes : Ivs. almost glali 



of long-peduneled cymes. Origin unknown.— P. jierniMstM, 

 Sehrad. (P. pubescens, Koch, not Loisel.). Allied to P. pu- 

 bescens, but bark brown; Fls, smaller. Origin unknown. 

 Alfred Rehder. 

 PHILAGfiEIA. Consult iapagerm and Philesia. 



PHILfiSIA (Greek, ?orf?i/). Lilidcem. A member of 

 the lily family with the general appearance of some 

 common northern shrub is certainly an extraordinary 

 thing. Philosia is such a shrub, growing 3—4 ft. high, 

 near tin- Siiaits ..f Magellan, and bearing showy pen- 

 dulc'u-. n ,1, l,;i|i,iL'.ria-like fls. about 2 in. long. It is 

 far n iii"\. .1 fi^m iln- ordinary lily types with 6 similar 

 periaiirli-NrunHtiiiv. f,,r it has a distinct calyx of 3 sepals 

 and 3 petals, it is closely allied to Lapageria, but differs 

 in habit, in the calycine character of the outer perianth 

 and the monadelphous stamens. This plant is very rare 

 in cultivation. It is said to live outdoors in the most 

 favored localities of England and Ireland. 



Magellinica, J. F. Gmel. (P. hnxifdlin, Lam.). Much 

 branched: Ivs. alternate, linear-oblong, 1-134 in. long, 

 leathery, evergreen, feather-vpinpd. ghibrous, glaucous 

 lieneath; margins reflpx<'<l ; i"-ti'il" i"iiited at the junc- 

 tion of the blade: Hs. ^-In in l,i i i,i rosy red; petals 

 wavy; filaments unit. ,1 i , Ih l,,w the middle, 



then free: ovary l-cpll' ■: ' parietal placentas 



which bear seve'ral ovul. - ii :ii"ii\. B.M. 4738. F 

 1854:05. G.C. II. 18:105. W. M. 



Philesia is too slow-growing ever to become very 

 popular. The undersigned cultivated this plant more 

 than 20 years ago, but has not seen a specimen of it for 

 many years, and does not know where to find one at the 

 present time. It is a short-jointed, hard-wooded shrub, 

 with rather leathery, box-like leaves, and will grow to 

 about 4 feet in height in time. It is an Andean species 

 closely related to Lapagiri;i. wliicli fa.t will ;ifeount for 

 that bigeneric hyiirid knuwn a> /'Inhi.i, n,i I'titchii. 

 Philesia is said to be found from Cliilr .hwii nearly to 

 the Straits of Magellan, and sliould. tin n r.,ro, l.e nearly 

 or quite hardy. In the writer's oxjM-rionr,. \\ ith it this 

 plant was grown in a Camellia Inms.-, in wliirh a night 

 temperature of 45° was maintaim-il, tlir jihints being 

 firmly potted in a light, peaty soil. Ii llowored but 

 sparingly in the latter part of the sanmnr. The flowers 

 were borne only singly in the axils of the leaves. Cut- 

 tings may be rooted when taken from ripened growth, 

 but require careful management in a cool temperature, 

 and are usually several months in rooting. If one tries 

 to grow Philesia in too high a temperature the general 

 result is a good crop of thrips and a case of general 

 debility, much as with Pernetfi/a inurronafa under sim- 

 ilar conditions. The writer does not consider Philesia 

 extraordinarily hard to manage, provided it is kept cool 

 and in a dewy atmosphere, but it will positively rebel 

 against forcing. ^x, u. Taplin. 



PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, HOETICULTUEAL CAPA- 

 BILITIES OF. Fig. 17.50. The Philippine Archipelago 

 occupies about 700 miles of longitude and 1,000 miles of 

 latitude (from 4.40° to 20° north lat., and from 116.40° 

 to 126.30° ea.st long.), just across the China Sea from 

 the mainland of Asia. The equatorial current passes 

 its southern border, the Kuroshiwo originatos 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 than 

 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 main, abrupt and 

 forbidding, bat the elevations are gradual and deeply 

 indonted with valleys, affording innumerable fertile 

 llai- il.'h^ the slopes. The area of the islands is given 

 - ill : square miles, of which a large percentage is 

 1. i/on has about 36 per cent of the total area 

 iinl Min.l.niao 29 per cent. The temperature is not 

 extremp 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 1896 was 



