222 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 
* Hibiscus Syriacus; “shrub mallow,” rose of Sharon; 
white, pink, purplish. 
Gelsemium sempervirens; yellow jasmine; yellow; a 
climbing plant. 
Jasminum officinale; Persian jasmine; white; not hardy 
north. 
Jasminum grandidorum; white; not hardy north. 
Jasminum Sambac; Arabian jasmine; white turning pur¬ 
ple as they fade; single and double forms; not hardy 
north. 
Laburnum vulgare; golden chain; yellow; tree-like shrub 
or small tree. 
Laurus nobilis; sweet bay; yellowish flowers; leaves used 
for flavoring; and for crowning the victors in ancient 
games, etc. 
* Lonicera Periclymenum; woodbine; yellowish white, car¬ 
mine outside. 
Lonicera Etrusca; “Italian honeysuckle”; yellowish 
white, tinged red. 
Myrtus communis; myrtle; white, rose; not hardy north. 
Nenum oleander; oleander; white, pink; not hardy north. 
* Philadelplius coronarius , multidorus plenus; “double 
white pipe-tree”—to-day called mock orange; 
white. 
Prunus cerasus, double white cherry; white. 
Prunus Lusitanica; Portugal laurel; tub plant. 
Prunus Persica, d. pi.; double flowering peach; pink. 
Rhus Cotinus; smoke tree; brownish fluffy flowers. 
Spircea salicifolia; willow leaved spirea; pale peach color. 
* Syringa vulgaris; lilac; purple, white. 
* Syringa Persica; lilac, “Persian jasmine”; pale lilac. 
Viburnum Tinus; “laurustinus”; white or pinkish white; 
a pot plant. 
ROSES 
Rosa alba; white, single and double. 
