THE LILACS (SY RING AS). 



magnifictnt ci)llcction of" lilac flowers 

 from the nurseries at Fonthill, received 

 on the I St of June, representing thirty- 

 eight named garden varieties. Such 

 a grand display was well deserving of 



'E in Canada 

 are but no- 

 vices in Hor- 

 t i cu 1 1 ure, 

 and know as yet little 

 about the many varieties 

 of beautiful shrubs with 

 which to decorate our 

 lawns and gardens. — 

 Much less do we know 

 concerning the number- 

 lessvarieties of each which 

 our friends, the profes- 

 sional nurserymen, are or- 

 iginating and propagating 

 for our (and their own) 

 benefit. 



One of the best known 

 of ornamental shrubs is 

 the lilac. Almost every 

 one knows there is a white 

 and a purple lilac, but how 

 many know there are doz- 

 ens of cultivated varieties 

 of great beauty ! These 

 numerous garden varieties 

 are artificially improved 

 from several species, such 

 as S. Chinensis from 

 China, Emodi from the 

 Himalayas, S. Japonica 

 from Jajjan, Persica from 

 Persia, S. Vulgaris from 

 Persia and Hungary, and 

 others. The writer is in- 

 debted to Messrs. Morris, 

 Stone & A\^ellington, for a 

 notice, and was the means of gathering 

 together several members of the Board 

 of the Grimsby Horticultural Society to 

 studv their characteristics. 



