SYRINGA 



as calyx. May. N. China. (i.F. 1:221. A. < i. 22: 183.- 

 The earliest of all to bloom and handsome, with its 

 vinous red foliage in fall. Var. Alba, Hort., has white 

 flowers. 



5. hyacinthifldra, Hort. (S.oltlafa x r /,/,<, v .< i. Inter- 

 mediate between the parents, with broadly ovate Ivs.. 

 turning purplish in fall. Only known in the double 

 form, var. plena, Lemoine. .Many or perhaps most of 

 the newer double-flowered vars. have originated by 

 recrossing this form with vars. of &'. rnly<irix. 



G. vulgaris, Linn. Figs. 245:!, 2154. Upright shrub 

 or small tree, 20 ft. high : Ivs. ovate, truncate or slightly 

 cordate, acuminate, bright green, 2-4 in. long: tts. lilac'. 

 blue, purplish or white, in large panicles. May. South- 

 eastern Europe to Caucasus and Afghanistan; some- 

 time-, escaped from gardens in the eastern states. H.M. 

 18,'i. (in. .">:!. p. l.lii. M.D.G. 1899:205.-The most im- 

 portant of the older original vars. are the following: 

 Var. alba, Dietr., branches yellowish ray: fls. white: 

 buds yellowish green; blooms a week earlier than the 

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

 blue, in rather loose panicles. Var. purpurea, DC. (var. 

 r>tbr<i, Loud.). Fls. purplish red, in large and rather 

 dense paaicles. Here belong also var. Marlyensis, 

 Hort., and Charles X. Var. violacea, Dietr. Fls. violet- 

 lilac, in rather loose panicles. Var. plena, Hort. With 

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

 but these are hardly worth cultivating. 



7. Chinensis, Willd. (S. Persica x vulgaris. S. ditbia, 

 Pers. S. Kothomaglnsis, Loud. S. Varlna, Duni.- 

 Cours.). Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with slender, often arch- 

 ing branches: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 in. 

 long: fls. purple-lilac, red or white, in large and broad 

 panicles. May. Originated in 1777 in Rouen, France. 

 R.H. 1883, p. 80. F. 1873, p. 76 (as S. Persica). -Very 

 free-flowering. Var. alba, Loud., with white fls. Var. 

 Metensis, Sim. -Louis, with pale purplish fls. Var. 

 Sougeana, Loud. (var. r ft bra, Lodd.), with deep pur- 

 plish red fls. Var.duplex, Lemoine, with double purplish 

 lilac flowers. 



8. Persica, Linn. Fig. 2455. Shrub, attaining5-10 ft., 

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

 nate, l%-3 in. long: fls. pale lilac or whitish, in rather 

 loose, broad panicles, about 3-4 in. long; pedicels as 

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



MI; IN i, \ i7i;:; 



Afghanistan. H.M. 4r,. Var. Alba. Loud 



i-i-ui/an. ll.-rt. i. KN. white. Vur laciniata, Vnbl iA' 



pUridiMia, fii,,-if,,i,<i and pfcmtte, n,, r t.i. Win 



natch lobe, I or pinnatitid Iv,., of dwarfer habit an. I with 



smaller panicles. u.n. ^7*. p. 



1901, pp. in, tl. 



!i. Pekinensis. Kupi / nns. var. 



(ntU, Maxim. | 



Larire shrub, attaining IT. ft., with slender, 

 branches, brownish red when \OUIIL-: ' Vv "vitte to 

 ovate-lanceolate, usually narrowed at the bus.-,!, 

 nate. rather dark green above, pal. 

 glabrous beneath. 2-1 in. \UK. 1 

 lowish white in laru'c |,anicles. n*nall\ in j 

 ends of branches; stamens about as longas limb. ,lun.-. 

 JN. China. (J.F. :( :!;:,; 7:386. M 

 shrub, of excellent habit, with hniid-mnr folium 

 tained until late in fall: (lowers profu-' l\ i.nl> when 

 older. Var. pendula, Hort. With very slender. "p. ndu 

 lous branche-. 



10. Amurensis, Rupr. (S. ligtttirlna.Hort. Ligttitrlna 

 Amxrtnxix, var. Atandxhurica, Maxim. Li<ttlrinu 

 Amurnsi, Regel). Shrub, attaining 12 ft., with 

 spreading or upright branch'-: 1\>. broadly <,\ 

 ovate, usually rounded at the base, bright green above, 

 pale or grayish green and glabrous beneath. . 

 long, \\4-2V* in. broad: fls. yellowish white, in large, 

 rather loose panicles; stamens almost twice an long as 

 limb. June. Manchuria, (it. 12:l(%: 4.1, p. M. 

 2:271. Gn. 12. p. U2X ii24. R.H. 1877. p 

 Sometimes cult, under the name S. Siblriea or 8. 8i- 

 birica alba. 



11. Japonica, Decne. (LigwsMna Amurtnsis, var. 

 Jap6n tea, Maxim.). Fig. 2456. Pyramidal tree, attain- 

 ing 30 ft., with upright branches: Ivs. broadly ovate to 

 broadly elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 shortly acuminate, pale green beneath, and usually pu 

 bescent when young, 3-7 in. long: fls. yellowish white, 

 in very large panicles often 1 ft. or more long; stamens 

 little longer than limb. June, July. Japan. B.M. 7534 

 (as S. Amttrensi*). G.C. II. 25:561. G.F. 2:293, 295. 

 D.G.M. 1899:424. Gt. 37:217. Mn. 4, p. 5; 7, p. 167. 

 R.H. 1894, p. 325. -Very desirable free-flowering tree 

 and quite hardy north. Var. argentea, Temple, has the 

 Ivs. variegated with silvery white. ALFRED REHDKB. 



2456. Syringa Japonica (X Ji). 



