PHILADELPHUS, the PIPE-TREE, or Mock-orange; a
genus of plants belonging to the icofandria class. See
BOTANY Index.
The coronarius, white syringa, or mock-orange, has
been long cultivated in the gardens of this country as a
flowering shrub; it is not well known in what country
it is to be found native. It rises seven or eight feet
high; sending up a great number of slender stalks from
the root. These have a grey bark, branch out from
their sides, and are garnished with oval spear-shaped
leaves. This shrub by its flowers makes a fine figure in
May and June; for they are produced in clusters both
at the end and from the sides of the branches. They
are of a fine white colour, and exceedingly fragrant.