OR TV^OCK ORANGE 
(PHILADELPHUSi 
This is one of the oldest and most widely known of our hardy shrubs 
and has ever been held in highest esteem. Vigorous habit, hardy, requir- 
ing no special care or position, but thriving everywhere, and annually pro- 
ducing a profusion of creamy-white highly scented flowers, which in looks 
and fragrance rival the orange blossom. 
The Syringa is a valuable shrub and merits a prominent place in 
every collection of shrubbery. They may be allowed to attain a height 
of ten to twelve feet or kept low and shrubby by pruning. If pruned, it 
should be after flowering, as the flowers are produced on the previous 
season's growth. 
There are something over twenty varieties of the Philadelphus, the 
best being Coronarius or Garland, very fragrant and earliest to flower; 
Coronarius Aureus and riarginata, similar to above, but foliage golden 
yellow and variegated. All three very desirable and pretty. 
