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SYRINGA, or MOCK ORANGE. — Phila- 

 delphus. 



Natural order, Hesperidece. Myrti, Juss. A 

 genus of the Icosandria Monogynia class. 



" The sweet syringa yielding but in scent 



To the rich orange ;" 



Mason. 



" Oh ! who that loves with curious eye to trace 

 Nature's least beauty, or most transient grace, 

 Can walk a garden's cultivated ground, 

 At morn, when flowers their fragrance breathe around, 

 Nor feel, as he inhales the balmy air, 

 And views the world of loveliness that's there, 

 His genius and his taste grow more refin'd, 

 And Fancy's vista open on his mind." 



J. Player. 



The Syringa, which covers its branches so 

 beautifully with ivory-coloured flowers, and 

 embalms our groves with its fragrance so 

 agreeably, in the months of May and June, has 

 been made the emblem of memory, because 

 when once we inhale this penetrating odour, 

 it continues to follow us every where for a 

 considerable time. 



