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great reddish-lilac panicles of Charles X. fade, the 

 creamy-white Syringa flowers take their place, 

 till they again are succeeded by Roses, Paul's 

 Carmine Pillar and a mass of the white Felkite 

 Perpetuee on a rough arch ; and, when these are 

 over, that invaluable Noisette, Alister Stella Gray, 

 planted with them carries on the succession till 

 November. Sweet and early as is the common 

 White Lilac, Marie Legrange is a far finer 

 flower, coming into bloom a little later. In- 

 deed, by careful selection among the newer 

 kinds, the "Lilac season" may be prolonged 

 through a good many weeks. But for actual 

 flower effect few of them can beat a good 

 Rouen, known as Persian Lilac. A cottage 

 garden here last Spring was really a dream of 

 colour from well-kept bushes of Persian Lilac 

 standing at intervals along an otherwise wholly 

 uninteresting border, each a fountain of bloom. 

 To succeed with Lilacs, they should be pruned 

 with great circumspection as soon as they are 

 out of flower, as the blossom is borne on the 

 shoots of the previous year. Due encourage- 

 ment should therefore be given the plant by 



