XOTES FROM NEBRASKA EXPERIMENT STATIOV, YORK, NEB. 



C. S. Harrison, Yoi'k. 

 Lilac!«. 



These are often call Syringas and the shrub known as Syringas is 

 called Philadelphus. There are 150 kinds in cultivation and new ones are 

 being added yearly. Raising from seeds gives new varieties. 



At the Brandon Experiment Station in Manitoba there is a fine hedge 

 of Lilacs. There is quite a variation in the bushes. Some are dwarfish 

 and some are strong growing. The superintendent said there was 

 also quite a diversity among the flowers, many of them varied from the 

 parent. If these had been sorted out perhaps half a dozen new kinds 

 could have been added to the list. In the East we noted quite a variation 

 in seedlings raised from the Villosa. Here at York we are engaged la 

 originating new sorts. 



Different Group-s. 



There are the small and narrow leaved ones. Three of these belong 

 to the Persian family. The purple Persian is very hardy and is a much 

 surer bloomer than the old common one. The white Persian has small 

 delicate branches covered with pinkish white flowers. There is also the 

 exquisitely delicate cut leaved Persian with purplish flowers. As a shrub 

 this is very beautiful, unfortunately it is not always hardy. Then we 

 have the Rothomagensis, which is also called the Rouen, because the 

 cross between the purple and the old Vulgaris was made at Rouen. This 

 closely resembles the Persian, except that the leaves are a little wider. 

 It is one of the hardiest and most popular on the list for the great bleak 

 Northwest. The white Rouen has a purplish white flower. This is some 

 what trickey. Some years it will have pink blossoms. One season I 

 noted three twigs on one branch, two of them had white flowers, the- 

 other had pink ones. One year I noticed the whole collection were pink 

 instead of white. The white one will often disappoint and the nursery- 

 man will be blamed for sending them out when he is no't at all re- 

 sponsible for their freaks. They generally, however," are true to their 

 name. In this group also we have the Siberian white, which closely re- 

 sembles the Rouen. This is one of the hardiest on the list and gives 

 beautiful masses of bloom. 



This group does not spread from stolens ur root enroute like the 

 common sorts. The clumps, however, spread out like current bushes. 

 They can be pulled apart and a stem with a small piece of root will grow. 



