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months of May and June, before any of the other species of the genus. 

 The flowers smell like those of the orange, and the leaves taste like the fruit 

 of the cucumber. Very little is known as to the native country of this species. 

 In the Nbuveau Du Hamcl it is considered as indigenous to Switzerland; and 

 Pallas is said to have found it in beech forests on Caucasus. In the time 

 of Miller, it was unknown of what country it was a native. Clusius, who, 

 in the sixteenth century, observed plants of it in Spain, Austria, and 

 Hungary, says that he never found it any where in a wild state ; and that 

 it was introduced into these countries from Belgium, where it was first cul- 

 tivated in Europe. It was known to the ancients, and cultivated by the 

 Parthians in the same country where Pallas found it in a wild state. 

 (See Apollodorus, book iv., as quoted in the Nouveau Du Hamel, i. p. 71.) 

 It was first brought into notice, in modern times, by Bauhin ; and it is now, 

 owing to the extreme hardiness of the plant, to be found in almost every 

 garden from Lisbon to Naples, and from the Mediterranean to Stockholm and 

 Petersburg. It is one of the few shrubs that can be used to decorate the 

 gardens of the latter cities; though not without some protection during 

 winter. In British gardens, it has been known since the time of Gerard, who 

 had plants of it growing in his garden, "in the suburb of Holborne, in verie 

 great plentie." The flowers are used to give their perfume to pomatum. It 

 will grow in almost any situation, whether open or shady ; and it is easily 

 propagated by division of the root, and by suckers, layers, or cuttings. The 

 general mode of propagation, in British nurseries, is by taking up the plants, 

 and dividing them. 

 & 2. P. (c)inodo v rus L. The seen tless^owem/ Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 671. ; Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84.; Pursh Flor. Araer. Sept., J. p. 329. ; Sims Bot. 



Mag., t. 1478.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 206.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 808. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Syringa inodora Mcench ; P. laxus in various English gardens 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1478. ; and our fig. 674. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate* 

 perfectly entire, 3-nerved, usually feather-nerved* 

 Flowers singly, or in threes. Style, at the very tip 

 divided into 4 oblong stigmas. A native of South 

 Carolina, upon the banks of rivers : very rare. Re- 

 cent botanists do not find it in Carolina. {Dec. Prod., 

 iii. p. 206.) Introduced into British gardens in 1738, 

 and to be found in various collections. It is a some- 

 what rambling shrub, not quite so high, nor alto- 

 gether so hardy, as P. coronarius ; though it appears 

 to be only a variety of that species. There are 

 plants in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, and 

 in the Vauxhall Nursery, and they are easily re- 

 cognised from every other sort, by having the leaves perfectly entire. 

 flfe 3. P. (c) Zey'herj Schrad. Zeyher's Philadelphia, or Mock Orange. 



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

 Engraving. Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. 



S}» ■<•. Char., fyc. Not so tall as P. c. vulgaris. Leaves ovate, acuminate, ser- 

 rately denticulate, rounded at the base, 3-nerved, hairy upon the veins be- 

 neath. Inflorescence somewhat racemose. Flowers fewer and larger than 

 in P. c. vulgaris, and scentless. Lobes of the calyx long, acuminate. Style 

 deeply 4-cleft. A native of North America. It differs from P. c. vulgaris, 

 chiefly in its leaves being rounded at the base, and in its flowers being fewer, 

 larger, and scentless. {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 205.) There is a plant in the 

 Horticultural Society's garden. 

 it 4. P. verrucosus Schrad. The warted Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. 



UeHtyieation. Schrad. Diss. Philad. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. 

 fynonyme J' grandiflbrui Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 570., Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. 

 Engravingl Bot Reg., t. 570. ; and our fig. 675. 



8pe< ■ Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-ovate, acuminate, denticulate, pubescent with 

 hairs beneath, and bearing beneath, upon the midrib and primary veins, warts 



