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plants have no right to this title, which is the botanical name for the 
Lilacs. All the species are worth growing, but the best-known and 
most widely cultivated is— 
PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS (garland), the Common Syringa, or 
Mock Orange. A bush with straight stems, 4 to 10 feet high. 
Leaves oval, saw-toothed, with the flavour of cucumbers both to the 
taste and smell. Flowers white, fragrant, in racemes, of which the 
terminal flower is five-parted; May. A native of Asia, but cultivated in 
this country for three hundred years. There are a number of varieties, 
some of which may be briefly mentioned. Vars, jlore pleno and 
primuleflorus have double flowers; var. Soliis-argenteo-variegatis has 
the leaves edged with white; var, foliis-aureis has golden-yellow 
leaves; var. nanus is a dwarf form. 
P. GRANDIFLORUS (large-flowered). Stems slender, 6 to 10 feet high. 
Leaves nearly round, with irregular teeth ; downy when young. Flowers 
large, white, fragrant; June. Introduced from United States (1811). 
P. MICROPHYLLUS (small-leaved). Stems and branches slender, erect. 
Leaves small, lance-shaped or oblong, not toothed. Flowers white, at end 
of shoots, solitary or in groups of three. Native of New Mexico (1883). 
These plants thrive in ordinary garden ‘soil. Some of 
them soon grow into large shrubs unless well cut back each 
year. After the flowers have faded the flowering-stems should be cut 
away ; this will allow the new growths to ripen better, thus assuring a 
finer display of bloom next year, and will prevent the bush getting too 
large and unsightly. Propagation may be accomplished in spring by 
separating the suckers that shoot up around the base; or by taking 
cuttings from young shoots and striking them in a frame or under a 
- Cultivation. 
_- handlight, keeping them moist. P. Lemoini is suitable for forming 
large beds on the lawn. 
ESCALLONIAS 
Natural Order SAxIFRAGEH. Genus Escallonia 
ESCALLONIA (named by Linneus the younger in honour of Escallon, a 
_ Spanish traveller, who discovered E. floribunda, the first known species). 
A genus of hardy or half-hardy evergreen shrubs, comprising about 
thirty-five species, all natives of South America. The leaves are tough, 
seattered ; flowers red or white, in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx 
spreading with five teeth ; petals five, with long, broad, erect claws and 
