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compound panicles of bright lilac flowers in June. This 

 is a very neat and beautiful plant. 



FIQ. 114.— CHINESE LILAC (SYRIIMGA CHINENSIS1. 



Japanese lilac (S. Japonicd). — A handsome plant with 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate leaves and large, terminal clusters 

 of creamy-white flowers. Large shrub of a robust habit, 

 flowering late in June. 



Persian lilac (S. Perskd). — This is a small shrub with 

 lanceolate, or sometimes pinnatiful. leaves and loose, ter- 

 minal clusters of puiple-lilac or white flowers in June. 

 Very fine and graceful. 



Hungarian lilac (jS.josihm) has inferior flowers, late in 

 June, but it is a robust ami vigorous shrub, very leafy and 

 ornamental in summer. — The use of lilacs in shrubberies 

 and groups is universal. The smaller kinds are exception- 

 ally fine for specimens on the lawn. 



