HYBRIDS BETWEEN THE COMMON LILAC, &c. 303 
Decaisne avows that he scarcely credits its hybrid origin. Baillon, con- 
sulted by Duchartre, says that he knows absolutely nothing about it. 1 
read in the Bon Jardinier for 1864, compiled by Vilmorin, Poiteau, 
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Fic. 115.—SyRinGa DUBIA (VARINA, ROTHOMAGENSIS BICOLOR). 
Bailly, Naudin, &c., in the article “ S. Rothomagensis’’: “ It is said that 
this beautiful shrub has been found in a sowing of the common Lilac, 
made in Rouen by M. Varin; but it is a native of China, and constitutes a 
very distinct species.” Twenty years previously the same publication 
