PHILADEL'PHUS LAX'US. 
LOOSE-GEOWING PIIILADELPHUS. 
Class. 
1COSANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PHILADELPHACE.E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
4 feet. 
June. 
Shrub. 
in 18:30. 
No. 1091. 
The ancient Greeks used the name Philadelphus 
for a tree which cannot now he identified ; there- 
fore it was taken up by Bauhin for this genus. 
The name Spinga has long been used as a com- 
mon appellation for the Philadelphus coronarius, a 
shrub known to almost every body, being very hardy, 
and producing abundance of fragrant flowers; it has, 
consequently, been heretofore given to the other 
species of Philadelphus, but with equal impropri- 
ety, inasmuch as being the systematic name of the 
Lilac, it should be confined thereto. 
The Philadelphus laxus produces a larger and 
more handsome flower than the common species 
coronarius, previously alluded to ; but its flowers are 
not fragrant, nor are they produced in so great 
abundance. The shrub, from the weakness of its 
branches, has a tendency rather to spread laterally 
than grow in height, which in planting, should be 
remembered, and sufficient space be given it. The 
usual method of increase is by layering, for which 
the habit of the plant is favourable. As its leaf 
buds burst early in spring, it should have a shel- 
tered situation, as a protection against late frosts. 
