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growing species reaching a height of ten feet or more. The foliage is deep green and 

 the leaves large, thick and very glossy, making it quite attractive irrespective of the 

 flowers, which are bhiish purple and have no perfume. This is a desirable species on 

 account of its giving a succession of bloom and because of its fine foliage. It also 

 makes a good hedge plant, forming a stiff row and being very attractive on account of 

 its glossy foliage. 



Syringa villosa. — Chinese lilac (North China). This is also a strong growing 

 lilac and is growing taller than at first expected, some specimens being now from 

 6 to 8 feet high. The leaves are rough and rather coarse-looking, but this tends to 

 make the shrub more striking. It flowers during the second week of June, closely 

 following S. Josikaea. It is a free bloomer and the flowers, which are not highly 

 perfumed, are bluish pink and produced in good sized panicles. This is a very 

 desirable species. 



Syringa vulgaris. — Common lilac (Eastern Europe). The common lilac and its 

 varieties bloom during the last half of May, being usually at their best from the 20th 

 to the 27th. If we were confined to recommending one variety which is all that this 

 short list really permits of, the variety Charles X. would be the one chosen. This 

 is an old sort but one of the best, most reliable and cheapest. It is a very free bloomer, 

 the colour of the flowers being of a deep attractive purplish red, borne in large pani- 

 cles. 



There are, however, many fine varieties of the common lilac and from the large 

 collection of 134 varieties at the Central Experimental Farm the following additional 

 kinds are given here as there are man;^ persons who would like an assortment of this 

 popular shrub. 



The most satisfactory single white is Alba Grandiflora, a very free bloomer with 

 a large loose truss and pure white flowers. Of almost equal merit three of the best 

 double whites are Madame Casimir Perier, Madame Abel Chatenay, and Obelisque. 

 Of single varieties in the various shades the following are very fine. Congo is about 

 the best of those of the darkest violet or purplish red varieties, the panicles being of 

 good size and the flowers very large. Prof. Sargent and Souvenir de la Ludwig 

 Spaeth are very much like Congo. Other dark coloured single varieties of iireat merit- 

 are Aline Mocqueris and Charles X. Furst Liechtenstein and Jacques Calot are two 

 of the best singles with rosy lilac flowers, and Lavaniensis is almost a pure pink. Dr. 

 Maillot is a fine late variety. Two of the deepest coloured and best double varieties 

 are Charles Joli and La Tour d'Auvergne, both being dark reddish purple or violet 

 purple. A great deal of the charm of many of these newer varieties is in the contrast 

 of the colour of the flowers still in bud with those fully open on the same panicle. 

 The varieties that are particularly attractive in bud. the buds having a rosy appear- 

 ance are, Charles Baltet, Michael Buchner, de Jussieu and Prince de Beauveau, all 

 very flne sorts. The last named variety has a bluish tint when open, making the con- 

 trast between bud and open flower very striking. Two varieties that are of particu- 

 larly fine shades of lilac are Leon Simon and Comte Horace de Choiseul. Three 

 other excellent varieties that are bluish when open arc: Abel Carriere, Condorcet and 

 Boussingault. Linne is a very fine variety with twisted petals. 



Some of the best double varieties of more or less pink or rosycolou)' in bud or 

 flower are Emile Lamoine and Jean Bart, of which, although mentioned last, at least 

 one should not be omitted from the general collection. Taking into consideration 

 the range of colour we should select as the twelve best: Alba Grandiflora, Madame 

 Casimir Perier, Congo, Prof. Sargent, Furst Liechtenstein, Lavaniensis, Charles Joli, 

 Charles Baltet, Leon Sim.on, Abel Carrier, Charles X. and Emile Lemoine. 



Vihiirnum Lantana. — Way-faring tree (Europe). Height. 8 to 12 feet. In bloom 

 third week of May. Flowers white in compact flat heads. The fruit is very orna- 

 mental, being scarlet, turning to dark purple when ripe. 



Viburnum Opidus. — Guelder rose, high bush cranberry (Canada), Height, 

 6 to 8 feet. In bloom second week of June. Flowers, white, in large clusters. This 



