A Continuous Bloom in the Shrubbery 



the adoption of some of the newer sorts — not to 

 displace, but to supplement and extend the lilac 

 season over a period unknown to the old-time 

 garden. 



Syringa vulgaris, alba and purpurea are 

 usually through blooming by the twentieth of 

 May, or thereabouts, but Emodi, with its rosy- 

 white flowers, is ushered in with the early days of 

 June and Josikaea shows its first purple blooms 

 late in the same month about the time that the 

 creamy-white panticles of Japonica appear. 

 The new double-flowered, named sorts come into 

 bloom about the time of the common sorts and 

 are well worth the extra cost they involve. Mme. 

 Cassimire Perier and Pres. Grevy are two of the 

 finest sorts and should be in every collection. 



In buying lilacs it will pay well to purchase 

 those on their own roots. Most of the named 

 lilacs are grafted on common stock and the 

 suckers are annoying and worthless and if allowed 

 to grow will seriously interfere with the blooming 

 of the graft. Such shoots as come from true 

 roots can be detached and used to increase the 



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