The NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MAGAZINE
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Philadelphus, ATLAS
Philadelphus Notes
The Lemoine Hybrids*
Joun L. CREECH
The majority of named mock-oranges that appear in American nursery catalogs were introductions from France. As far back as 1894, hybrids originated by the French horticulturists, Lemoine, began to dominate the Philadelphus collections in French nurseries. These early selections were periodically supplemented by new ones, some listed as late as 1925 and 1926.
It has not taken the American growers long to accumulate the bulk of these varieties, and at present, Standardized Plant Names lists 42 named varieties, credited to the Lemoine establishment, that can be purchased in one nursery or another.