tion to the leaves being trifoliate, they are produced by 

 threes on the stalk, whence it has been also called the Three 

 Leaved Bladdcrnut; the foliage is of a light green, and the 

 flower buds appear very early in spring, but do not fully ex- 

 pand until May: they are white, and produced in pendulous 

 bunches from the sides of the branches, and are succeeded 

 by large inflated seed vessels, like bladders, which are both 

 curious and ornamental. 



Stafihylea pinnata, or Pinnated. This is easily distin- 

 guished from the preceding by its leaves, which have five 

 folioles : they are of a pale green colour, and quite orna- 

 mental ; the flowers are white, and are produced from the 

 wings of the leaves in long pendulous bunches, and although 

 the buds present themselves very early, do not open until 

 May: they are followed by large inflated bladders, in the 

 manner of the foregoing one, and the seeds, which are con- 

 tained in them, are used by R'>man Catholics in some coun- 

 tries to form their rosaries. The bark of this shrub is ex- 

 ceedingly smooth, the twigs are pithy, and, when broken, 

 have a strong scent. It forms a shrub st maturity of about 

 eight feet in height. 



Lilac, or Syringa. Of this shrub, several varieties of 

 \vhich are so well known, and have been so long cultivated 

 in our country, there are a number of species, and a still 

 greater number of varieties, all of which are perfectly hardy, 

 and oi the easiest culture, assimilating themselves to any 

 common soil, and increasing rapidly by radical shoots. They 

 consist of the following: 



Syringa vulgaris^ or Common Lilac. This species is a 

 native t Persia, but some ot the varieties are now so plenti- 

 ful in our gardens and hedge rows, that they seem as com- 

 mon as natives of the soil The varieties are as follow : 



Purfile Lilac. 

 Red Lilac. 



White Liiac. 



Large Ftowering White. 



Varitgated Leaved. 



The Purple, which is the most common, has, in some in- 

 stances, attained to the height of from 16 to 20 feet, but, in 

 general, seldom exceeds 10 or 12 feet. The Common 

 White sometimes rises to the height of 12 or 14 feet, but 

 the others are of less stature. The flowers of all the kinds 



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