. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXX. PHILADELPHA CEjE : PHILADE'LPHUS. 462 a 6. P. (v.) flokibu'ndus Schrad. The abundant-flowered Philatlelphus, or Mock Orange. lOsntf/ication. Schrad. Diss. Philad.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205. • Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. Engravings, Schrad. Diss. Fbilad., ic.; and our Jig. 827. from a speci
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXX. PHILADELPHA CEjE : PHILADE'LPHUS. 462 a 6. P. (v.) flokibu'ndus Schrad. The abundant-flowered Philatlelphus, or Mock Orange. lOsntf/ication. Schrad. Diss. Philad.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 205. • Don's Mill., 2. p. 807. Engravings, Schrad. Diss. Fbilad., ic.; and our Jig. 827. from a specimen in DeCandoUe's herbarium. Spec. Char., d^c. Leaves ovate-oval, and with a long acuminate tip, serrately toothed, 3-nerved, pubescent with hairs beneath. Inflorescence subracemose. Flowers 5—7, showy, slightly scented. Lobes of the calyx long and acumi- nate. Style 4-cleft at the very tip. {Dec. Prod.) A shrub like the preceding. Of uncertain origin. Cultivated in 1815 or before. a 7. P. sPECio'^sus Schrad. The showy;/?ow- ered Philadelphus, or Mock Orange. Jdentificatim. Schrad. in Dec. Prod., „ „ , , 3. p. 206. J Don's Mill., 2. p. 807.: '''• ^- """'""'i"- Bot. Reg., vol. 23. Synom/mes. P. grandiflbrus of German gardeners; P. grandifldrus 15xub of other gardeners. Engravings Schrad. Diss. Philad., ic. j Bot. Reg., t. 2003.: and our Jfe. 828. Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves ovate, rarely oval-ovate, long acuminated, sharply serrate, toothed, clothed with hairy pubescence beneath. Flowers solitary or by threes. Style deeply 4-cleft, exceeding the stamens. Lobes of calyx with very long acumens, tube nearly terete. (Don's MUl.) A vigorous-growing shrub, with ascend- ing branches gently bending at their extremities, and loaded with snow-white flowers of the largest size and scentless. Origin uncertain. Height 10 ft. to 14 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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