SYRINGA 



17C3 



•alyx. May. N.China. G.F. 1:221. A.G. 22: 183.- 

 earliest of all to bloom aufl handsome, -■"' 



vinous retl fol _ 

 flowers. 



hyacinthifldra, Hi 



mediate betw 

 turning 



fall. Var. Alba, Hort.. has white 



{S. oblata x vnUjaris). Inter- 

 cuts, with broadly ovate Ivs., 

 (iiilv known in the double 

 :M:iny or perhaps most of 

 ,1 vurs. have originated by 

 ^.,r.. ..fS. vulnuris. 



• rnrid 



-Var. dlba, Loud, (t 



form, var. plena. l,.iiii.iiM 

 the newer dciil'I'-ll-iu-.T, .1 

 recrossing this tonn "iili \ ^c 



6. vulgaris, Linn. Ki- Ji':, Jlit- I pnirlit shrui. 

 or small tree, 20 ft. hiyli: ' ~ ■ '' ^ '"'";■'''■ "',,|.'; 

 eordate, acuminate, lin:; I: ■ - ''" '"V," ;. ^ ,„;,',' 

 blue, purplish or whiti'. in l.u-- 1""'',."; ;■ .'-,„,,e 

 eastern Europe to Cauc-asus and At^'hauisiau . 

 times escaped from gardens in the eastern states. B.M. 

 183. Gn. 53, p. 150. M.D.G. 1899:205.-The most im- 

 portant of the older original vars. are the following: 

 Var. 41ba, Dietr., branches yellowish gray: Hs. wbite. 

 buds yellowish green; blooms a week earlier than the 

 other vars. A.F. 12:1081. Var. csrtlea, Dietr. Fls. 

 blue, in rather loose panicles. Var. purpurea, U(_ . ( yar. 

 rubra, Loud.). Fls. purplish red in lai-ge^"'' JiL''^/ 

 dense panicles. Here belong also yar. Marlyinsis, 

 Hort., knd Charles X. Var. vioUcea, Dietr. Fls violet- 

 lilac in rather loose panicles. Var. pl*na, Hort. With 

 double fls. There are several vars. with variegated Ivs., 

 but these are har.Uy w,.rtl. .■nltivating. 



7. Chinfinsis, Will. 1. I N. /'.«icaxOT(7garis. S.dubia. 



Pers S /.■"'/ 1./.".-'.-. I'oud- S. Varlna. Dum.- 



Cours. ) Shrub, M.uu.i,,. 12 it., with slender, often arch- 

 ing branches: Ivs, (.v:it' lai 

 long: fls. purple-lilac, n .1 . 



panicles. May. OriKiiKiir., m ■■ 



B.H. 188.'i, p. 80, F, l.s;:;, p, ." cis .s / ":'■'';• \.' > 

 free-flowcriiig. Var, alba, l.ow.l., with white lis. wi. 

 Mototiais Sim -Lniiis will pa e purplish ns. var. 

 "ugeana, iZl (v:u', ,.,W„v,,' Lodd.), with deep pur- 

 plish ivdiis, Var,diiplex, Lemoine, with double purplish 

 lilac H.)wi-rs. 



8. Persica, Linn. Fig. 24.55. Shrub attaining 5-10 ft , 

 with slender, arching branches: Ivs. lanceolate, acumi- 

 late lVi-3 im long: fls. pale lilac or whitish, in rather 

 loose, broad panicles, about 3^ in. long; pedicels as 

 long as or longer than calyx. May. June. Caucasus to 



Afghanistan. 



criitisii Hort. I. ns. wuilc. *^i. »»«*»»*—«-, . --- ,~- 

 pt.ridifdUa, filicifdlia and pinnAta, Hort ). With pin- 

 nately lobed or pinnatifidlvs;., of dwarferhabit and with 

 smaller panicles, R.H. 1878, p. 4.52, ia.i; 1883, p. 80, 

 1901. pp. 40, 41. 



[I. Pekinensis, Rnpr. i rj>pf^-tri,w Amurhisis. var. 

 J>r,„',is,s Mixiiii Li.iii.<lr)ini Pekinensis, Kegel). 

 I 'u'-T^hnil. attaining' l.'i tt., Willi slender, spreading 



.-Large 



,,M.r Var, pendula. Hon, Witl, v,,ry sl.uder. pendu- 



10. Amurfinsis, Kupr. {S. ligtisMna, Kort. ii.r/»,s/ii«o 

 iiiiKreiisis, var. Mandshiirica, Maxim. J^iiiKsuntn 

 '■imiiren^is Kegel). Shnih, att.aining 12 ft,, with 



:spreadi.,g ''^ "p"'''^';* /;;;;;;;';';:.;^,.'"i;-.i!:[7^,'.^;.r:r,;,!vl! 



ul"! Ju?:e'''Mailcliuria!'"i^'y -396: js; p 64. G.F. 

 "■•571 Gn. 12, p. 623, 624. R.H. 187/, p. 4o3-455.-^ 

 Sometimes cult, under the name S. Hibirica or *. bi- 



alba. 



Japonica, Df 



shortly acuminate, pale green b.n. . -1 > 

 bescent when young, 3-7 m. loni; i 

 in very large panicles often 1 ft. •■! i' ' 

 little longer than limb. .June, .Tniv : ■ 

 (as S. 4 m »reii.s is). G.C. IL-.^iil ' 

 D.G.M. 1899:424. Gt. :ti:'JI,, Ahi. 4, ] 

 R.H. 1894, p. 325.-Very .l.Mialil.' tr. .■ 

 and quite hardy north. Var, argentea, I 

 Ivs. variegated with silvery whitr, Alfi 



7534 



2456. Syrinea Japonica 



