PHILADELPHUS 



BOCKFOIL OBDEB 



PLATYCEATBR 433 



results are obtained. The old wood should 

 be thinned out in winter when necessary. 



P. Coulteri. — A pretty hardy shrub, 

 native of N. Mexico. It has slender 

 drooping branches and ovate lance-shaped 

 leaves with serrate margins, and covered 

 witii a white down beneath. The white 

 flowers about 1 in. across appear in early 

 summer singly at the ends of the branches. 



Culture Sc. as above. Eequires the 

 same treatment as P. mexicanus. 



P. Gordonianus. — A native of N.W. 

 America, about 10 ft. high, with ovate- 

 pointed, serrulate leaves. Flowers in 

 July, white, scentless, borne in racemes in 

 great abundance. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



P. grandiflorus (P. speciosus). — A 

 handsome shrub 6-10 ft. high, native of 

 the S. United States, with rather slender 

 twiggy stems. Leaves ovate, pointed or 

 nearly rounded, irregularly toothed, 

 downy when young. Flowers in June, 

 white, large, fragrant, 3-4 in. across, with 

 roundish or broadly obovate petals and a 

 bunch of yellow stamens in the centre. 

 The variety floribundus is a very free- 

 flowering form and the variety laxtis 

 may be recognised by its dwarfer habit, 

 ■leaves covered with a hairy down beneath, 

 and flowers either solitary or in threes. 

 P. inodorus is a scentless form. 



Culture do. as above. 



P. hirsutus. — A very pretty free- 

 flowering species 3-5 ft. high, native of 

 N. America. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, 

 toothed, hairy on both sides, white 

 beneath. Flowers in June, white, solitary 

 and in threes, covering the whole plant. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



P. Lemoinei. — This is a beautiful 

 hybrid between P. coronarius and P. 

 microphyllus. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 more or less pointed, slightly toothed, 

 3-nerved. Flowers in June, white, over 

 1 in. across, petals oblong-ovate, denticu- 

 late on the edges. The variety erectus is 

 erect growing in habit ; Boule de Neige 

 (a cross between Lemoinei and the double- 

 flowered form of corona/rius), beautiful 

 double white, fragrant. 



Culture do. as above. 



P. Lewisi. — A North American shrub 

 6-8 ft. high. Leaves ovate acute, almost 

 entire, with fringed margins. Flowers in 



June, white, rather smaller than those 

 of P. hirsutus. 



Culture de. as above. 



P. mexicanus. — A beautiful Mexican 

 Mock Orange 4-8 ft. high, with ovate 

 acute or tapering leaves 2-2^ in. long, 

 having a few distant teeth on the margins, 

 and more or less downy according to age. 

 The pure white circular flowers, over 2 

 in. across, with a conspicuous cluster of 

 golden-tipped stamens in the centre, are 

 borne singly in May and June at the 

 ends of the slender and more or less hairy 

 shoots. 



Culture do. as above. This species is 

 too tender for the northern and bleaker 

 parts of the kingdom, but in the mildest 

 places in the south and west is practically 

 hardy in ordinary winters. 



P. microphyllus. — A dense bushy 

 species about 3 ft. high, with ovate lance- 

 shaped myrtle-like leaves |-| in. long, 

 somewhat 3-nerved, and slightly hairy 

 beneath. Flowers in summer, white, 

 fragrant, sohtary or in threes, borne in 

 great profusion. It is a native of Colorado, 

 and although not many years in cultiva- 

 tion has abeady been used by the hybridist 

 to produce the beautiful P. Levioinel 

 mentioned above. 



Culture de. as above. Grown in small 

 groups on the grass or in front of taller 

 shrubs it makes a very effective picture in 

 the garden. 



P. Satsumi {P.japonicus). — A slender 

 free-growing Japanese bush 4-6 ft. high, 

 with longnarrow leaves, and white flowers 

 about 1 J in. across, produced in pairs at 

 the ends of the shoots in July. 



Culture de. as above. 



PLATYCRATER.— A genus having 

 only the one species described here : — 



P. arguta. — A trailing or creeping 

 deciduous Japanese shrub, with round 

 branches and opposite short-stalked lance- 

 shaped tapering leaves, deeply toothed on 

 the margins and distinctly veined. The 

 greenish-white flowers appear in summer, 

 and are borne in corymbs at the ends of 

 the shoots. The outer blossoms are sterile 

 and larger than the others, as in the 

 Hydrangeas, but much larger. The calyx 

 has 5 triangular acute lobes. Petals 4, 

 valvate. Stamens numerous, in many 

 whorls. Styles 2. 



Culture and Propagation. — This plant 

 flourishes in ordinary garden soil and may 



