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of plant and some in season. Of the larger-growing species 

 Philadelphus roronarius, P. grandiflorns (Fig. 97), and 

 P. Gordoniaims are most valuable for the prairie States, 

 and probably for a large part of the Union. The smaller- 

 i^rowing type is best represented by such varieties as P. 



Fig. 97. — Mock-orange, large-flowered ( Philadelphus grandiflorus). 

 (After Maynai'd.) 



zeyheri, as their flowers are large, pure white, and very 

 fragrant. 



The beauty of bush and profuse flowering of the mock- 

 orange species depends largely on slight annual pruning 

 (152) 



335. The Barberry. — This is also a iium'erous family, 

 nearly all of which are hardy in the North and in the 



