106 LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



There is one known as Josikrea and one as Charles the Tenth, 

 which have much the same habit of the old variety, but with 

 more glossy leaves, and the former flowers of a deep purple, and 

 the latter a reddish purple. There is also a variegated-leaved 

 variety of the common vulgaris. 



There is also a class of lilacs under the names of Chinese and 

 Persian. The former, Chinese, is intermediate between vulgaris 

 and persica in its habit of upright growth and with partially 

 strong wood, while the latter has slender wood, sometimes almost 

 recurved. There are a great many varieties, differing mainly in 

 the shade of color in flower, while some are pure white. All of 

 the lilacs are perfectly hardy ; may be clipped and kept at any low 

 height, and masses formed from a complete collection of the colors 

 become very effective, especially if a little attention is paid, wdien 

 planting, to arranging them with regard to the shades of the 

 flowers and foliage. The cut-leaved lilac lasciniata is a pretty 

 variety for the foreground of a mass or for a single point plant, 

 on account of its curiously serrated or clipped leaves. 



The Mezereum Daphne. The Daphne, mezereum is a small 

 shrub of about two to three feet in height, producing on its 

 stems a profusion of pink or white flowers, according to the 

 variety, in "March or early April, before almost anything else. The 

 flowers are very fragrant, and the plant on account of its period 

 of blooming an exceedingly valuable one to plant. It needs a 

 dry soil, deep and rich. The seeds or berries following the 

 flowers become ripe and red in August or September, and are 

 poisonous. 



The Magnolia. Under the head of Trees we have named 

 most of the varieties of magnolia in cultivation, because most 

 of them form trees rather than shrubs; but the magnolia pur- 

 purea rarely, if ever, grows above six feet in height, and from 

 its hardiness, broad, large, dark green foliage and numerous 

 large cup-shaped purple and white flowers, demand for it a 



