222 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 



* Hibiscus Syriacus; "shrub mallow," rose of Sharon; 



white, pink, purplish. 

 Gelsemium sempervirens ; yellow jasmine; yellow; a 



climbing plant. 

 Jasminum officinale; Persian jasmine; white; not hardy 



north. 

 Jasminum grandiflorum; white; not hardy north. 

 Jasminum Sambac; Arabian jasmine; white turning pur- 

 ple as they fade ; single and double forms ; not hardy 



north. 

 Laburnum vulgare; golden chain; yellow; tree-like shrub 



or small tree. 

 Laurus nobilis; sweet bay ; yellowish flowers ; leaves used 



for flavoring ; and for crowning the victors in ancient 



games, etc. 



* Lonicera Periclymenum; woodbine ; yellowish white, car- 



mine outside. 

 Lonicera Etrusca; "Italian honeysuckle"; yellowish 



white, tinged red. 

 Myrtus communis; myrtle; white, rose; not hardy north. 

 Nerium oleander; oleander ; white, pink ; not hardy north. 



* Philadelphus coronarius, multiflorus plenus; "double 



white pipe-tree" — ^to-day called mock orange; 



white. 

 Prunus cerasus, double white cherry; white. 

 Prunus Lusitanica; Portugal laurel; tub plant. 

 Prunus Persica, fl. pi.; double flowering peach; pink. 

 Rhus Cotinus; smoke tree; brownish fluffy flowers. 

 Spircea salicifolia; willow leaved spirea ; pale peach color. 



* Syringa vulgaris; lilac ; purple, white. 



* Syringa Persica; lilac, "Persian jasmine" ; pale lilac. 

 Viburnum Tinus; "laurustinus" ; white or pinkish white; 



a pot plant. 



ROSES 



Rosa alba; white, single and double. 



