DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERING SHRUBS. 427 
able from the early period at which they bloom, viz., that 
of having few or no leaves when the blossoms are in their 
full perfection ;” and suggests, that the planting of the 
American Arbor Vite# and Hemlock would remedy this 
defect, by forming a dark-green background on which the 
beautiful masses of Magnolia flowers would appear to 
great advantage. 
PHILADELPHUS,—Syrimea, Mock Oranae. 
The Syringa is a most delicious shrub ; the foliage is 
luxuriant, the blossom beautiful and abundant, white as 
the purest Lily, and of the most fragrant scent. In a 
room, indeed, this perfume is too powerful, but in the air 
it is remarkably agreeable. There is a variety which has 
no scent, and also a dwarf variety, which does not usu- 
ally exceed three feet in height. The flowers sweet, and 
some double. 
“The sweet Syringa, yielding but in scent 
To the rich Orange, or the Wooubine wild, 
That loves to hang on barren boughs, remote. 
Her wreaths of flowery perfume.” 
All the species are propagated by suckers, layers, or 
cuttings, and thrive in any good garden soil. 
Philadélphus grandifl6rus.—Large-flowering Syringa. 
—This is the handsomest of the genus, and is properly 
only a variety of P. inodorus. It is perfectly hardy, 
growing in any soil or situation, forming a spreading 
shrub about six feet high; flowering in June and July. 
P. hirstitus.—This shrub grows from four to five feet 
high. Like the last, it is a native of North America, and 
was first discovered by Mr. Nuttall. It thrives in the 
shrubbery in any common garden soil, and is propagated 
like the others. 
