Jacq., of which it has by some growers been considered a 
variety, than to either of the species just mentioned ; 
S. Josikaea, however, has glabrous leaves, much whiter 
beneath, and has more deeply coloured flowers than our 
plant, which appears amply entitled to the separate recog- 
nition first accorded to it by Mr. Lemoine in 1900. Like 
all Lilacs, S. Bretschneideri is fond of abundant moisture and 
generous treatment at the root; it thrives well in a rich 
loamy soil. The finest example in the collection at Kew is 
now a handsome bush 10 ft. high and as much through, but 
it promises to become considerably taller. Its fine panicles 
—18 in. high and 12 in. across—are at their best in early 
June when those of the common Lilac and its varieties have 
faded. This feature adds greatly to the value of S. Bret- 
_schneidert in the garden, and entitles it to a foremost place 
among hardy flowering shrubs. It can be increased by 
means of cuttings and also by seeds. 
Descriprron.— Shrub, 10 ft. high or higher; branches 
glabrous. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or 
acuminate, base cuneate or almost rounded, glabrous above, 
beneath paler and thinly pubescent, 24—6 in. long, 1-23 in. 
wide, petiole 23-6 in. long. Panicle 3-12 in. long, 38-6 in. 
wide, flowers densely clustered at the nodes or at the tips of 
terminal branchlets. Pedicels 0-1 lin. long, glabrous or 
finely puberulous. Calyx 1-14 lin. long, campanulate, 
shortly and bluntly 4-toothed, glabrous or beset with a few 
seattered hairs. Corolla lilac-rose, glabrous ; tubes 5-6 lin. 
long, lobes 14—2 lin. long, ovate, obtuse, spreading. Capsule 
deflexed, 5-7 lin. long, 2 lin. wide, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 
olabrous. 
Fig. 1, flower with corolla removed ; 2, corolla laid open; 3, ovary, the style 
removed :—all enlarged. 
