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free bloomer, with reddish-purple blossoms and glossy foliage; Charles 

 Joly, with reddish-purple flowers; Congo, a very dark bluish, very 

 distinct bloomer; Madame Casimir Perrier, with pure white double 

 flowers. These are all hardy to the Canadian Northwest. 



S. Persica Linn. (84), Persian Lilac, is a smaller and more graceful 

 snrub (four to eight feet) than the preceding, with smaller, more ele- 

 gant rich green foliage and smaller, pale lilac flower clusters (May, 

 June) all along the branches. A white variety is also often planted. 



S. Chinensis Willd. (85), {Rolhomagensis), Rouen Lilac, a large (eight 

 to ten "feet) Chinese shrub, excels in the profusion of very large clus- 

 ters of very fragrant violet flowers, and has smaller, more graceful foli- 

 age than vulgaris. 



S. oblata Lindl. (86), also from China, is similar to the common lilac, 

 with larger, purplish flowers, appearing two weeks earlier (the earliest, 

 May) and with the foliage variegated in brilliant, vinous red fall shades. 



S. piibcscens Turcz (87) (vil!osa).a. dwarf from China or Himalayas, 

 is useful for its late and very profuse blooming (end of May), with 

 almost scentless flowers of purplish or bluish rose turning into white, 

 and for its very large, striking bright green foliage. Fine for hedges. 



S. Japonica Decne (88), Japan Tree Lilac, a larger tree (over twenty 

 feet), with upright branches, spreading crown, large, elliptic leaves, and 

 very showy, unusually large flower clusters (often a foot long) of creamy- 

 white blosssoms which are not very fragrant, but come the latest in the sea- 

 son (end of June to July), and thus prolong the lilac season. Quite hardy. 



5. Josika:a Jacq. (89), a large (twelve feet), rigid, very hardy shrub 

 from Hungary with large, glossy, deep green, laurel-like foliage and 

 scentless violet flowers in narrow panicles, is less handsome, but it is 

 useful because of its late flowering (the latest colored one, June, July). 

 It is well adapted for hedge work. 



An endless number of hybrids have been produced, mostly of vul- 

 garis, some of which are cited above, to which constant additions are 

 made, most of which increase the size or vary the shade of the flowers, 

 while some form double flowers. Of the latter, S. lemoni (89a) 

 is said to be the best. 



PEA FAMILY (LEGUMINOSAE) 



This family with the familiar, two-lipped or winged flowers, pod- 

 like fruit of the common pea, and compound leaves, contains a large 



