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tion comprises both species and varieties. Lilac species (the genus 
Syringa) may also be found with their botanical relatives in the 
Olive Family, in the southwest part of the General Systematic 
Section. 
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As the number of varieties of lilac is so great, an attempt has 
been made to place together those that resemble each other. In the 
south part, toward the point of the lilac triangle, are about twenty 
lilac species. These are followed by varieties and hybrids of spe- 
cies other than Syringa vulgaris. Along the Rose Garden fence 
are a number of the tall early lilacs called the “ Giraldit hybrids,” 
including Lamartine and Mirabeau. 
The main part of the collection consists of the horticultural va- 
rieties of Syringa vulgaris. As outstanding varieties may be men- 
tioned : 
Single White: Vestale, Mont Blanc 
Single Pink: Macrostachya, Lucie Baltet, Mme. F. Morel 
Single Reddish: Reamur, Rochambeau, l’Oncle Tom, J. de Mes- 
semaker 
Single Bluish: Boule Azurée, Saturnale (light bluish), Cavour 
(dark violet) 
Double White: Edith Cavell, Mme. K. Bruchet 
Double Pink; Mme. Antoine Buchner (cluster open), Duc de 
Massa and William Robinson (flowers globular), Hippolyte 
Maringer (cluster extra large), Waldeck-Rousseau (cluster 
open), Charles Sargent (cluster dense) 
Double Reddish: Paul Thirion 
Double Bluish: mile Gentile 
There are altogether about 20 species and 180 varieties in the 
collection, making it one of the most comprehensive Lil 
in America. 
ac collections 
West of the Lilacs, and within a separate enclosure, is 
THE Rose GARDEN 
The Rose Garden was made possible through the generosity of 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. Cranford, former residents of Brooklyn. 
The design was prepared by Mr. Caparn. Construction work 
started in June, 1927, and by the spring of 1928 nearly three thou- 
