Syringa Lilac. 



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termine whether these growths are indigenous to that 

 section or came from seeds or plants that had " escaped 

 from civilization," and thus found a new home through 

 processes well understood to horticulturists. The tree 



grows in some- 

 what bushy form 

 from ten to 

 twelve feet high 

 under favorable 

 conditions, with 

 smooth, cordate 

 leaves on long 

 petioles, and 

 large, showy 

 panicles of flow- 

 ers of that pe- 

 culiar and almost 

 indescribable 

 color that takes 

 the popular 

 name of the 

 g e n u s 1 i 1 a c . 

 As already indicated, scarcely any plant has been natural- 

 ized in so many lands, and been everywhere so thoroughly 

 welcomed, as this, and it is not too much to say that it merits 

 all the honors which it has received. It may now be old- 

 fashioned, but it is nevertheless to be loved and honored. 



Of this species there are many varieties, and among 

 them some of the finest plants in cultivation. It would be 

 practically impossible to describe them all or even name 



SYRINGA VULGARIS. 



