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and their great depth of color, which is there a bright cannine 

 red. 



Honeysuckles. — Lonicera. — These are very hardy shrubs, 

 growing in the open air about Stockhohn, in Sweden, and St. 

 Petersburgh, in Eussia, and may be safely planted anywhere in 

 Canada. They adapt themselves to almost every soU, and endure 

 any exposure. They may be grown from seed, which should be 

 Bown in the autumn, or from cuttings. 



Pink-Flowering. — A very showy variety, producing bright 

 red flowers, which are delicately veined with white. 



Red Tartarian. — ^The flowers of this variety are of a very 

 bright pink, and appear about the end of May. 



White Tartarian. — Differs from the preceding only in the 

 color of the flowers, which are white. 



Lilacs. — Syringa. — These are well-known hardy shrubs, 

 which grow well everywhere, in every soil, and all exposures. 

 They have become so generally difiused that they are hardly held 

 now in the estimation which they really deserve. Yet their 

 beauty has been celebrated in verse, for it is of the Lilac the 

 poet is speaking : 



" Various in array, now white, 

 Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set 

 With purple spikes pyramidal. " 



There are a few varieties that are worthy of special attention. 

 Among these we place the 



Persian Purple. — It is one of the most graceful and pleasing 

 shrubs in any collection. The leaves are small, and the spikes 

 of flowers so large and heavy that they bend the spray, and 

 hang like nodding plumes. The catalogues advertise a White 

 variety, but though we have bought it several times, in hopes to 

 secure so desirable a shrub, we have never yet seen it; the 

 flowers have all been a sort of faded purple. 



Chionanthus Leaved. — It is very distinct in both foliage 

 and flower, and blooms quite late. The flowers are purple. 



Virginalis. — The flowers are pure white, borne in large full 

 spikes, and exceedingly pretty. 



