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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



ik S.p. iaalvifolia Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the leaves somewhat hoary, 

 like those of the common sage. 



s 4. S. rothomage'nsis Renault. The Rouen Lilac. 



Synoni/mes. S. dubia Pers. Erich., 1. p. 9. ; Lildceum rothomagense Renault Fl. de VOrne., p. 100. ; 

 S. media Diim. Cours., 1. p. 709., Lodd. Cat., ed. 18.36; Lilas Varin, >'. Iht Ham.; S. chin^nsis 

 lyuid. Sp., 1. p. 48., BeroL Baumx., p. 498., Don's Mill., 4. p. 51. ; S. sibirica Hort. ; the Siberian 

 Lilac, Hort 



Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 6:T. ; and our fig. 1041. 



Spec. Char., $fc. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Flowers purple. (Don's Mil/., iv. 

 p. 51.) An intermediate plant, between 5. <\'ulgaris and ^. persica. In 

 Belgium, there is a hybrid between this and S. 

 vulgaris, called S. media, or the Belgic Lilas de 

 Marly; which is probably the S. rothomag^nsis 

 of Turp. et Poit. FL de Far. A shrub, from 6 ft. 

 to 8ft. high; a hybrid between A", vulgaris 

 and S. persica ; raised at Rouen by M. Varin, 

 the director of the Botanic Garden there, 

 and introduced into British gardens in 1795; 

 flowering in May and June, It is of very 

 vigorous growth, and a most abundant flow- 

 erer ; and, in favourable soils and situations, 

 it will attain the height of 10 ft. or 1-.^ ft. 

 This sort, and the preceding one, grafted 

 standard high on the a.sh, or the common 

 privet, would form very ornamental trees. 



Varieties. The following are mentioned in the 



Bon Jardinivr for 1 830 : — 



A S. r. 2 Lilas Royal Bon Jard. has the flowers more compact than the 

 Belgic Lilas de Marly. 



a S. ;•. 3 sangeana Hort.; Lilas sauge, /'V. ; diflers from the Lilas Varin 

 in having the flowers more red and more beautiful. There" are 

 plants in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. It is probably identical 

 with the variety mentioned in Gard. Ma<j^.,\\\, p. 379., of which there 

 are plants in the (Jrosvenor Nursery, King's Road, cultivated by 

 Mr. Dennis. S. coccinea and S. chinensis rubra Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, 

 appear to be identical w ith this variety, or very slightly different ; but 

 the plants are too small to have yet produced flow ers, 



App. i. Species o/'Syringa not yet i7itroduced. 



S. Emhdi Wall. Cat, No, 28.31., Don's Mill, 4. p. 51., 

 Royle Ulust, p. 267. t. fi5. f 2. ; and our fig. KHl.; has the 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, glaucous beneath, attenuated at the 

 base, and acuminated at thea|)ex. Branches waned. Thjrse 

 terminal and panicled. Capsules almost cylindrical. The 

 bud. scales permanent at the base of the year's shoots. A 

 shrub, from 8 ft. to 10 ft. high, a native of Kamaon, towards 

 the Himalayas, with purj'le flowers, which appears to be a 

 very desirable plant. All the lilacs are so beautiful, both in 

 foliage and flowers, and of such easy culture in any common 

 garden soil, and even in climates of considerable severity, 

 that the number of sorts, provided they are truly distinct, 

 can hardly be too much increased. The objection which we 

 have to this genus of shrubs is, their liability to throw up 

 suckers, which, as we hiive more than once before observed, 

 have a disorderly and ungardcnesque appearance, and are 

 only suitable for scenery in which the object is to imitate wild 

 and' neglected nature. For this reason, we have often wished 

 that all the .sorts of lilac cultivated in British gardens were 

 worked on slocks of the common privet, on which, it is 

 said, they will succeed perfectly. As the privet is quite 

 hardy, and does not throw up suckers, this, we think, would 

 be a real improvement, at least with reference to gardenesque 

 beauty. 



S. villtisa Vahl Enum., 1. p. 38., Don's Mill., 4. p. 51., is 

 a native of China, on mountains about Pekin ; and, according 

 to G. Don, it is, perhaps, the same as /.igustrum sin^nsc 

 Lour. 



