Stocks of roses, willows, weigelas, dogwoods and philadelphus can all be increased through hardwood cuttings. From Wordnik.com. [icNewcastle] Reference
philadelphus coronarius and grandiflorus. philadelphus species.phillyreas. phlox, culture of. phlox, perennial. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
And Von Glauben drew a cluster of the overhanging philadelphus flowers down to his nose and smelt them approvingly. From Wordnik.com. [Temporal Power] Reference
Among other the other parts, which covers the body, trtes» is a fpecies of philadelphus, which and about the belly it is 'again tiel with grows OB the eminences that jut out into a girdle of nuit. From Wordnik.com. [The universal gazetteer : being a concise description ... of the nations, kingdoms, states, towns ... &c. in the known world ; the government, manners, and religion of the inhabitants ... of the different countries. Illustrated with a complete set of maps] Reference
Down one special alley, where the white philadelphus, or 'mock orange' grew in thick bushes on either side, intermingled with ferns and spruce firs, whose young green tips exhaled a pungent, healthy scent that entered into the blood like wine and invigorated it, Sir Roger de. From Wordnik.com. [Temporal Power] Reference
If you only have room for one large scented plant at the back of your border, make it a mock orange (philadelphus), whose white flowers appear in profusion in June and July and whose rich orange-blossom fragrance can be enjoyed from a good distance away in the warm summer evenings. From Wordnik.com. [icNewcastle] Reference
Launay was pacing to and fro with a swinging step which, notwithstanding its ease and soldierly regularity, suggested something of impatience, and on a rustic seat, above which great clusters of the philadelphus-flowers hung like a canopy, sat Professor von Glauben, spectacles on nose, sorting a few letters which he had just taken from his pocket for the purpose of reading them over again carefully one by one. From Wordnik.com. [Temporal Power] Reference
Foxglove, sweet Cicely, lupine, peony, lavender, and philadelphus grew in luscious abandon. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
In warm climates few plants produce buds, as the vegetable life can be compleated in one summer, and hence the hybernacle is not wanted; in cold climates also some plants do not produce buds, as philadelphus, frangula, viburnum, ivy, heath, wood-nightshade, rue, geranium. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
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