CHAP. XLVIII. 



PHILADELPHA V CE7E. PHILADE'LPH US. 



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at the base of the hairs. Similar 

 warts are, also, on the peduncles, 

 pedicels, and calyxes. Inflorescence 

 racemose. Lobes of the calyx acu- 

 minate. Style, at the very tip, 4-cleft. 

 (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 206.) A native 

 of North America. Introduced in 

 1800, or before; and forming a vi- 

 gorous-growing shrub, 8 ft. or 10 ft. 

 high, or more, with youngshoots twice 

 the thickness of those of P. corona- 

 rius, and having a somewhat more 

 fastigiate habit. P. speciosus Schrad. 

 appears to be only a variety of this 

 species. When in flower, this sort 

 and the two following make a splendid 

 appearance ; the plants, in fine seasons, being so entirely covered with bloom 

 as scarcely to show the leaves. To give them a gardenesque character, they 

 ought to stand singly, with abundance of room, and have all their suckers 

 removed as they are produced, so as to leave each bush with only a 

 single stem. 



m 5. P. (v.) latifo'lius Schrad. The broad-leaved Philadelphus, or Mock 



Orange. 



Identification. Schrad. Diss. Philad.; Dec. Prod.. 3. p. 206. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. ; Lodd. Cat. 



edit. 1836. 

 Synonyme. P. pube"scens Cels Hort.,Lois. Herb. Amat. 

 Engravings. Lois. Herb. Amat., t. 208. ; and 



our Jig. 616. 



Spec. Char.,fyc. Bark whitish. Leaves 

 broad-ovate, acuminate, toothed, 

 nerved with about 5 nerves, and 

 pubescent with hairs beneath. 

 Flowers in racemes. Lobes of 

 the calyx acuminate. Style 4-cleft 

 at the very tip. A native of 

 North America. It is distinguish- 

 able by its bark being whitish ; and 

 by its leaves, especially those of 

 the younger branches, being more 

 broadly ovate ; and by the hairs 

 they bear not being based by warts. 

 (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 206.) There 

 are plants in the Garden of the 

 London Horticultural Society, and ' 

 in the arboretum of Messrs. Lod- 

 diges ; and they appear to us to 

 be nothing more than a variety of 

 P. verrucosus. As a tolerably dis- 

 tinct variety, however, and as a splendid plant when in flower, it is well 

 deserving of cultivation. 



& 6. P. (v.) floribu'ndus Schrad. The abundant-flowered Philadelphus, 



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

 Engraving. Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate-oval, and with a long acuminate tip, serrately 

 toothed, 3-nerved, pubescent, with hairs beneath. Inflorescence subrace- 

 mose. Flowers 5 — 7, showy, slightly scented. Lobes of the calyx long 

 and acuminate. Style 4-cleft at the very tip. (Dec. Prod., iii. p. 205.) A 

 native of North America, which has been some years in British gardens, 



