Tiii FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



parts of this country, and much grown in the suburbs of London. P. qnad- 

 ra//r//i/a)'(6-, or granadilla, produces a large fruit, full of an agreeable yellowish 

 pulp that is eaten with wine and sugar in Jamaica. F. cdiilis also produces 

 an edible fruit. The i:)ossessor of a spacious stove house may find much to 

 interest him in the cultivation of passifloras, but for general purposes the 

 connuon blue-ilowered hardy species is sufficient. jj. 13. 



DEUTZIA, named after J". Deutz, a respectable citizen of Amsterdam, 

 is a member of the N.O., Fhiladclphat'CfP^ or Syriiigas. Linn^an : 10, 

 BiTdmlria ; 3, Tri</if>iia. — The Deutzias and philadelphias are so nearly 

 related that it is rather for convenience than for definite technical reasons 

 that they are separated. They are deciduous shrubs, with white or pink 

 flowers which come near to myrtle blooms in general character, but it may 

 also be said that thej' are not far removed in some of their characters from 

 the saxifragas and escallonias. The representative species are scattered over 

 the south of Europe, North America, Japan and India. In the arts they 

 have scarcel}'' acquired a place, although the rough leaves of FJcutzia scabra 

 are used in Japan by polishers, probably on account of a deposit of silica. 

 The tlowers of our mock orange {Fhiladclphus coronarhis) have been em- 

 ployed for adulterating oil of jasmine, although the odoui' of the mock 

 orange is coarse compared with that of jasmine. p. 17 



CLEMATIS, from kUnia, a vine or climber. From the same root 

 we have in Dutch, vUmhop^ the ivy. a very picturesque though strictlj'' classic 

 name. N.O., Ranimeula-cea-. Linn.i^an: 13, Fuhjmidna ; 6, FoJifgi/nia. — 

 The clematis section of crow-foots stands far apart in all its prominent 

 characters from the buttercups and anemones that are classed in the same 

 order. It agrees with them in the jtossession of an acrid juice which produces 

 inflammation when applied to the skin, and if taken internally is irritant and 

 may prove fatally poisonous. In the buttercup we see the leaves placed 

 alternately, and their bases sheathe the stem ; in the clematis the leaves are 

 opposite, and do not sheathe the stem. In the insertion of the stamens on 

 the receptacle all the meml-iers of this order agree. A large proportion of 

 the species of cleinatis are climbing shrubs of temperate climes, a few are 

 herbaceous, and all are ornamental, even oui- wilding of the hedgerows, the 

 traveller's joy, or Clematis vitalha, being extremely elegant, if not so showy 

 as the exotic species that are now so much cultivated. p. 21. 



KERRIA, named after M. Kerr, formerly superintendent of the 

 Botanical Gardens, Ceylon. N.O. Rosacea. Linnjean : 12, L-osandrta ; 

 '^) Trif/!//}i a. —The nearest alliance of Kerria is with spira-a. See under 

 " Rosa," synojasis. p 25. 



HELICHRYSUM, from /uiios, the smi, and chrij.'<ns, gold: the 

 familiar uame "everlasting" is explained by the dry chaffy 1..;xlure of the 



