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* The common Lilac has been the glory of English gardens since the days of 

 Gerard and Parkinson of the sixteenth century. From the time that Parkinson 

 grew it in a pot, with no doubt as much care and anxiety as is bestowed nowa- 

 days on a hundred-guinea Orchid, the Lilac has, on account of its extreme hardiness 



