Fig. 1045.— The Lilac 



THE LILAC. 



IN nearly every garden in Southern 

 Ontario we find the Common lilac, 

 Syringa vulgaris, and truly no shrub 

 is more prized for its elegant display of 

 beautiful flowers. The color may be 

 either red, blue or white, the latter being 

 particularly desirable ; groups of the 



white lilac may be seen growing, in the 

 garden of the old rectory of the English 

 Church at Grimsby, and are always much 

 admired. The common lilac was brought 

 to England from Persia in 1597 just 

 three hundred years ago. 



The generic name Syringa is from 



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