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SYRINGA 



quickly at Kew than S. japonica, having now a trunk more than 20 ins. in 

 girth, and flowering freely towards the end of June. 



Var. PENDULA. Raised from Chinese sed in the Arnold Arboretum, 

 Mass., and a very graceful, pendulous tree. 



SYRINGA PERSICA var. LACINIATA. 



S. PERSICA, Linnczus. PERSIAN LILAC. 

 (S. afghanica, C. K. Schneider (wild type).) 



A deciduous shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high, of dense, bushy, rounded habit; young 

 shoots slender, smooth. Leaves lance-shaped or ovate lance-shaped (rarely 

 three-lobed), with a long tapering apex and a more abruptly tapered base; 

 green and smooth on both sides; i to 2^ ins. long, \ to \ in. wide; stalk \ in. 

 long. Flowers of the common lilac shade and fragrance, produced in May 



