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white, and have a strong scent, which at some distance resembles 

 that of orange-flowers; but near, it is too powerful for most persons : 

 the flowers appear at the end of May, and continue a great part of 

 June. It is a native, probably, of the South of Europe. 



There are two varieties: the Dwarf Syringa, which seldom rises 

 above three feet high: the leaves are shorter, more ovate, and little 

 indented on their edges: the flowers come out singly from the side 

 of the branches, and have a double or treble row of petals of the 

 same size and form as the other, and the flowers have the same 

 scent; but flowering very rarely, it is not so much in estimation. 



The Carolina Syringa, which rises with a shrubby stalk about 

 sixteen feet high, sending out slender branches from the sides, oppo- 

 site to each other: the leaves smooth, shaped like those of the pear- 

 tree, entire, opposite, on pretty long footstalks: the flowers are pro- 

 duced at the ends of the branches; they are large, but without scent; 

 each has four white oval petals spreading open, and a large calyx 

 composed of four acute-pointed leaflets. 



Culture. These plants may be increased by suckers, layers, and 

 cuttings. 



The suckers are sent from the roots in great plenty ; these should 

 be taken from the old plants in autumn, and be planted in a nursery, 

 to grow one or two years till they have obtained sufficient strength, 

 when they may be removed to the places where they are to remain. 



The layers may be laid clown in the autumn, being made from 

 the young twigs. These may be taken off in the following autumn, 

 when well rooted, being planted out where they are to remain. 



The cuttings of the young shoots may be planted in the autumn, 

 in a shady situation, where they soon form plants. 



The plants are extremely hardy, and thrive in almost any soil or 

 situation, but grow taller in light good ground than in. that which 

 is stiff. 



They are commonly disposed in plantations of flowering shrubs, 

 among others of the same growth; mixing very well with lilacs, 

 guelder roses, and laburnums; and particularly valuable from their 

 thriving under the shade of trees, and forming a blockade against 

 low buildings, where persons have no objection to their strong smell. 



