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are produced in May, at the ends of the shoots, in large co- 

 nical shaped bunches, and have a delightful fragrance. 



Syringa fiersica^ or Persian. -This fine shrub does not 

 rise higher than from five to six feet ; the branches are long, 

 slender, and covered with a smooth brownish bark, with a 

 bluish tinge ; the leaves grow opposite, and are of a fine 

 green ; the flowers are delicate, and are produced in pani- 

 cles, in the same manner as the Common Lilac, but of much 

 smaller size. Thus far, the remarks apply to all the varie- 

 ties, of which there are three, viz. 



or Blue Persian. 

 White Persian. 

 Cut Leaved Persian. 



The flowers of the White variety have a blue tinge when 

 first expanded, but which passes off by degrees ; in foliage, 

 it resembles the Purple, the leaves of both being lanceolate. 

 In the Cut Leaved variety, however, the foliage is very dif- 

 ferent, each leaf being finely divided into a number of seg- 

 ments, which gives them a delicate and interesting appear- 

 ance, and renders this variety greatly admired. The flowers 

 of this kind are exactly similar to those of the Purple va- 

 riety. 



Syringa chinensis^ or Chinese. This is also called the 

 Siberian, for many of the plants received from China, and 

 supposed natives of that climate, have been ascertained af- 

 terwards to have been brought to that country from Siberia. 

 It has thence arisen that many species, which were supposed 

 at first to be delicate, and were treated as tender plants, 

 have, by experiment, been found to withstand our severest 

 winters, which at once proves, that they were either natives 

 of the northern provinces of China, or of some other locality 

 equally cold. This species of Lilac seems intermediate be- 

 tween the species already described ; the foliage is consider- 

 ably larger than the Persian, and smaller than the Common ; 

 the panicles of flowers bear also the same proportion : they 

 are similarly formed, and purple* It attains to the height 

 of six or seven feet, and forms a very thrifty branching shrub. 

 The foregoing include all that are known to Botanists, ex- 

 cept the Syringa media, which appears greatly to resemble 

 the one just described. 



Tamarisk, or Tamarix. ---There are two hardy species 

 known to our gardens, both of which thrive in any good 



