CHAP. XLVIII. 7'HILADELPHA CEJE. PHILA I)E LPHUS. 951 



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PHILADE'LPHUS L. The Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 

 Lin. Syst. Icosandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 614. ; Gasrtn. Fruct, 1. p. 173. t. 35. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205. ; Don's 

 Mill., 2. p. 806. 



Synonymes. Syringa Tourn. Inst., t. 389., not of Lin. ; Philadelphus, Fr. ; Pfeifenstrauch (Pipe 

 Shrub), Ger. ; Pipe Privet, Gerard; the Syringa of the gardens. 



Derivation. Philadelphus is a name used by Athenaeus for a tree which cannot now be identified : 

 Bauhin applied it to this genus. (Encyclopaedia of Plants, p. 415.) Instead of the common trivial 

 name Syringa, applied to this genu's in gardens, as its English name, we have substituted its 

 generic name, Philadelphus ; Syringa being the generic name of the lilac. 



Description. Deciduous shrubs, natives of Europe, North America, and 

 Asia; cultivated for their very showy white flowers ; most of which have a strong 

 scent, resembling, at a distance, that of orange flowers, but, when near, dis- 

 agreeably powerful. All the species are of the easiest culture in any tolerably 

 dry soil ; and they are all propagated by layers, or by suckers or cuttings. 

 The only sorts in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which are truly distinct, 

 either as species or varieties, are P. coronarius, P. (c.) inodorus, P. verru- 

 cosus, P. laxus, P. (1.) grandiflorus, P. hirsutus, and P. tomentosus. The 

 price of plants, in British nurseries, varies from 9d. to \s. 6d. each ; at 

 Bollwyller, from 50 cents to 2 francs ; and at New York, from 25 cents to half 

 a dollar. 



§ i. Stems stiff' and straight. Flowers in Racemes. 

 a* 1. P. corona v rius L. The garland Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 



Identification. Lin. Sp, 671. ; Schrad. Diss. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. 



Synonyme. Syringa suaveolens Mcench Meth., 678. 



Engravings. *Bot. Mag., t. 391. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 121. ; Lam. 111., t. 420. ; and our fig. 673. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrately denticulate, 3-nerved, 

 rather glabrous, but hairy upon the veins beneath; inflorescence racemose. 

 Flowers sweet-scented. Lobes of the calyx acuminate. Styles distinct 

 almost from the base, not exceeding the stamens in height. A native of 

 the south of Europe, but not common there. {Dec. Prod.,ui. p. 205.) 

 Varieties. This species varies in having its leaves sometimes perfectly glabrous 

 beneath, and sometimes slightly pubescent along the nerves ; and, besides, as 

 follows : — 



* P. c. 1 vulgaris Schkuhr Handb., t. 121., Lam. 111., t. 420., Dec. Prod., 

 iii. p. 205. — A shrub of about the height of a man. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, large, and rather distant. 

 Sk P. c. 2 nanus Mill. Diet., 2. — A shrub, 2 ft. high; its branches and 

 leaves crowded, and its flower-bearing branches incurved. It very 

 seldom flowers, and it is not known of what country it is a native. 

 sfe P. c. 3 Jiorepleno Lodd. Cat. is a dwarf plant, like the above, but with 



double flowers, 

 afe P. c. 4 variegdtus Lodd. Cat. has the leaves variegated with white or 

 yellow, and is one of the few varieties of deciduous shrubs, which 

 preserve, through the summer, a tolerably healthy appearance with 

 their variegation. 



Description, fyc. The common syringa, or mock 

 orange, is a shrub of 10 ft. or 12 ft. in height, crowded 

 with slender upright shoots, which are produced from 

 the base, and along the sides of the stem. These 

 shoots are clothed with a white bark, and interiorly 

 they have a very large pith. The leaves are rough, 

 and of a deep green above, though they are pale be- 

 neath. The flowers come out from the sides and 

 ends of the branches, in loose bunches, during the 



