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SYRINGA 



SYRINGA 



check the plants receive from lifting will induce them 

 to form new flower-buds. These plants will force with 

 the greatest certainty. It is well to allow five weeks for 

 the earliest forcing. A strong heat is necessary, be- 

 ginning at 60 for the first few days and increasing to 

 75 or 80, with a daily watering and syringing several 

 times. After the flowers begin to open the syringing 

 can be discontinued and when fully expedient the plants 

 are better removed to a cool house, where they will 

 harden off and be much more serviceable when cut. As 

 the season advances, say March and April, less heat is 

 needed. They will then force in any ordinary house 

 where the night temperature is about 60 F. The Per- 

 sian Lilac on account of its abundance of bloom and 

 delicate truss is very desirable, but this must be 

 forced almost in the dark to produce white flowers. 

 Marie Le Graye is for all purposes the most useful 

 Lilac which the undersigned has used for forcing. 



WM. SCOTT. 



A. Tube of corolla much longer than 

 calyx: anthers sessile, not ex- 

 serted. 



B. Panicles on leafy branches, 

 usually terminal: Ivs. whit- 

 ish beneath. 

 C. Stamens inserted near the 



middle of the tube 1. Josikaea 



CC. Stamens inserted near the 



mouth of the tube 2. villosa 



BB. Panicles from lateral buds, 

 without Ivs.: terminal bud 

 of branches suppressed. 

 0. Under side of Ivs. grayish 

 green, pubescent at the mid- 

 rib when young 3. pubescens 



CO. Under side of Ivs. green, quite 



glabrous. 

 D. Lvs. truncate or cordate at 



base. 

 E. Shape of Ivs. roundish 



or broadly ovate 4. oblata 



5. hyacinthiflora 



KE. Shape of Ivs. ovate 6. vulgaris 



DD. Lvs. narrowed toward the 



base. 



E. Shape of Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolate 7. Chinensis 



EE. Shape of Ivs. lanceolate. 8. Persica 

 AA. Tube short, little longer than 

 calyx: stamens exserted : fls. 

 white. Ligustrina. 



B. Base of Ivs. usually narrowed. 9. Pekinensis 

 BB. Base of Ivs. usually rounded. 



c. Plant a shrub 10. Amurensis 



cc. Plant a tree 11. Japonica 



1. Josikaea, Jacq. Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with upright, 

 stout, terete branches: Ivs. broadly elliptic to elliptic- 

 oblong, acute at both ends, finely ciliate, dark green and 

 shining above, glabrous or pubescent on the midrib be- 

 neath, 2%-5 in. long: fls. violet, short-pediceled or almost 

 sessile, clustered, in rather narrow panicles 3-7 in. long; 

 stamens inserted somewhat above the middle of the tube ; 

 sepals half -upright. June. Hungary. B.M. 3278. B.R. 

 20:1730. Less handsome than most other species, but 

 valuable for its late blooming season. Var. pallida, Hort. , 

 has pale violet fls.; var. rubra, Hort., reddish violet. 



2. villdsa, Vahl, not Decne., nor Hooker, nor Koehne. 

 Figs. 2450, 2451. Bushy shrub, 8 ft. high, with rather 

 stout, upright, terete and warty branches: Ivs. broadly 

 elliptic to oblong, acute at both ends, finely ciliate, 

 bright green and dull above, pubescent on the midrib 

 or glabrous beneath, 3-7 in. long: fls. pinkish lilac or 

 whitish, short-pediceled, in broad or somewhat narrow 

 panicles, 3-7 in. long; stamens inserted near the mouth; 

 sepals half-upright. May, June. China to Himalayas. 

 The common form, var. rosea, Cornu (S. Bretschnelderi, 



2455. Syringa Persica, one of the common Lilacs (X %). 



Lemoine), has broadly elliptic or elliptic Ivs. and pink 

 fls. in rather large panicles with leafy bracts at the 

 base. R.H. 1888:492. G.F. 1:521. Gn. 39, p. 91. Gt. 44, 

 p. 500. Var. Em6di, Rehd. (S. Embdi, Wall.), has nar- 

 row elliptic to oblong Ivs., more whitish beneath; fls. 

 whitish or pale lilac, in rather narrow panicles, usually 

 with large Ivs. at the base. Himalayas. B.R. 31:6. R. 

 H. 1876, p. 368. Gn. 39, p. 106. Not quite hardy north. 

 There are also vars. with yellow Ivs. (var. aurea, Sim.- 

 Louis) and with yellow variegated Ivs. (var. aureo- 

 variegata, Hort.). Hybrids with S. vulgaris and S. 

 Josikcea have been raised at the Botanic Garden at 

 Paris. 



3. pubescens, Turcz. (S. villdsa, Decne., not Vahl. S. 

 villdsa, var. ovalifolia, DC.). Shrub, 6 ft. high, with 

 slender, somewhat quadrangular branches: Ivs. round- 

 ish ovate to rhombic-ovate or ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 ciliate, dark green above, 1-3 in. long: fls. pale lilac 1 , 

 fragrant, short-pediceled, in ovate, not very large, but 

 numerous panicles; tube very slender; apex of anthers 

 not reaching the mouth. May. N. China. G.F. 1:415; 

 6:266. B.M. 7064 (as S. villosa). Free-flowering shrub 

 of graceful habit, with handsome dark foliage. 



4. oblata, Lindl. Shrub or small tree, 12 ft. high: 

 Ivs. roundish ovate or reniform, often broader than 

 long, cordate, short-acuminate, bright green, 2K-4% in. 

 across: fls. purple-lilac or purple-violet, in rather loose, 

 pyramidal panicles, 3-6 in. long; pedicels about as long 



